DescriptionA new student transfers to principal Tom Gardner's school and Tom realizes that this boy is his son - the product of a one-night stand years before. The teenage boy, called Kent Arens, was raised by an adoring and fiercely independent mother who never told the boy about his real father. Kent is a fine young man, but he represents something darker to the members of the Gardner family. To Claire, Tom's wife, Kent is the symbol of a bitter betrayal. To Chelsea, their daughter, he is the boy she is falling in love with, and to Claire's son, Robby, Kent is a rival in the classroom and on the football field. As the Gardners careen toward disaster, they must decide if there are sins of the heart that are beyond forgiving.
DescriptionMark Strand is a much-lauded artist whose awards include the Pulitzer Prize for his 1998 book Blizzard of One, a MacArthur "genius" grant, and the Bollingen Prize. He has also served as Poet Laureate and as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He teaches in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
DescriptionAll of us need to have a healthy confrontational conversation at one time or another. Sometimes it's a matter of simply saying no so we don't get overextended, or saying yes to better ways of building intimacy in a good relationship. At other times we may…
DescriptionIt is the greatest bounty hunt in history. There are 15 targets, the finest warriors in the world, commandos, spies, terrorists, and they must all be dead by noon, today. The price on their heads: almost $20 million each. Among the names on the target l…
DescriptionFrom the best-selling author of Practical Magic, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning. Be careful what you wish for. A small town librarian lives a quiet life withou…
