Melanie Gideon
Author
Language
English
Description
A mysterious map of another world plunges two friends into the adventure of a lifetime.
Suddenly the map darkened as if someone had dimmed the light. 'Did you see that?' whispered Billy. A fetid wind came barreling out of the window and sand whipped around in the hole. The two of them watched in astonishment as the map trembled and inhaled. 'It's breathing,' gasped Nora. 'The map is breathing!'
Nora Sweetkale has a strong feeling that her life is...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lux is a single mom struggling to make her way in the world when she stumbles across an idyllic town in the Sonoma valley where she feels instantly at home. It seems like a place from another time--until she realizes it actually is. One night in 1906, an earthquake left Greengage stuck in the past. Lux must keep one foot in her world, raising her son as well as she can with the odds stacked against her, but every day she is more strongly drawn...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Wealthy divorcée Ruth offers to host the Hillside Academy kindergarten meet-and-greet. But the parents are turned off by her ostentatious wealth, and Ruth and her daughter Marley become outcasts. The last guest to arrive is Gemma, a widow and a single mother to her daughter, Bee. Ruth sets her sights on the mother-daughter duo, and soon the two families are inseparable. For Gemma, who lives paycheck to paycheck, Ruth's largesse is seductive, but...