You’re holding a real page-turner! The unusual name? That’ll come when you get deeper enough into my story. Young KateLynn McCray is the daughter of strict Irish Catholic parents. Set in the 1950s, the story narrates how she must take on the three Cs of her life: change, commitment, and challenge. Nothing will ever be the same as her life is bounced around from pillar to post in the so-called “decade of change.” Historians called it the “Age of Enlightenment,” after the railroad industry’s deepest, darkest secret finally is forced out if its closet!
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Mother-Daughter Murder Night – Nina Simon
Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. “The perfect mix of family drama and murder mystery” (Kellye Garrett, award-winning author) in this lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder. High-powered businesswoman Lana Rubicon has a lot to be proud of:her keen intelligence, impeccable taste, and the L.A. real estate empire she’s built. But when she finds herself trapped 300 miles north of the city, convalescing in a sleepy coastal town with her adult daughter Beth and teenage granddaughter Jack, Lana is stuck counting otters instead of square footage—and hoping ...
Nineteen Steps – Millie Bobby Brown
The New York Times bestseller from iconic Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN: Nineteen Steps is a captivating novel inspired by the true events of her family’s experience during World War II. “My inner history-loving teenage geek clapped her hands in ecstasy at the thought of a historical novel penned by Enola Holmes, and she wasn’t disappointed!”—Kate Quinn Love blooms in the darkest days… It’s 1942, and air raid sirens continue to wail around London. Eighteen-year-old Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground ...
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World – Naomi Klein
A National Indie Bestseller. “I’ve been raving about Naomi Klein’s Doppelganger . . . I can’t think of another text that better captures the berserk period we’re living through.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times. “If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one.” —Katie Roiphe, The New York Times Book Review. “If ever a book was necessary, it’s this one.” —Bill McKibben. “Thoughtful and honest . . . Incisive . . . Klein moves her ...
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier – Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime. In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. With insight, compassion, and hope, Brooks and Winfrey reveal how the tools ...
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point – Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the authors of How Democracies Die. America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system. Why is democracy under assault here, and not in other wealthy, diversifying nations? And what can we do to save it? With the clarity and brilliance ...