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When Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1988, "Banana-mania" seized the country. Kitchen won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the best-seller list, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. With the appearance of the critically acclaimed Tugumi (1989) and NP (1991), the Japanese literary world realized that in Banana Yoshimoto it was confronted not with a...

"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"-- Provided by publisher. "In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre in the small border town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is dodging chaos...

On the eve of her wedding Katie Lapp discovers she is not the birth daughter of her Amish parents but their adopted daughter. After finding out the truth she knows she must find her birth mother no matter what the cost.

"Jessie Sloane is on the path to rebuilding her life after years of caring for her ailing mother. She rents a new apartment and applies for college. But when the college informs her that her social security number has raised a red flag, Jessie discovers a shocking detail that causes her to doubt everything she's ever known. Finding herself suddenly at the center of a bizarre mystery, Jessie tumbles down a rabbit hole, which is only exacerbated by...

"En 1951, una misteriosa anciana confronta a Pilar Aguirre en La Cǐnaga, un pueblo fronterizo entre M̌xico y Texas. Convencida de que Pilar le rob̤ el marido, le arroja una maldici̤n que cae tambǐn sobre su familia. Medio siglo despǔs, Lul︢ Mųoz est̀ lidiando con una vida ca̤tica, sobre todo, con su inminente fiesta de quinceąos. Como si fuera poco, fallece su amada abuela. En el funeral, una desconocida glamourosa y solitaria aparece...

Kate Reddy, a hedge fund manager and mother of two, struggles to juggle her professional and personal lives and to balance--often unsuccessfully--on the tightrope of work and home.

"For fans of Fleishman is in Trouble and Such a Fun Age, an electrifying novel about six longtime friends on a tropical vacation, when an unexpected crisis forces them to ask how strong their bonds really are"-- Provided by publisher.

In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the...

A prosperous family in Berlin cannot foresee the future when they adopt a poor orphaned girl, Lore, as an older sister to their biological daughter, Caroline.

In a compelling portrait of real people in an unreal world, Hollywood is used as a backdrop to reveal the dreams, the fears, and the expectations of a ceremony that unites us all--from movie stars to long-married couples to nervous teenagers--and changes the lives of real men, women, and families forever.