A Slender Thread:
As a girl swimming in the waters of Bow Lake, where she and her family spent every summer, Margot Winkler knew her big sister, Lacey, would keep her safe. Decades later, Lacey’s home in a small New Hampshire town is often Margot’s refuge from her less settled situation with her live-in lover, Oliver, in Manhattan. But everything changes just beforeThanksgiving, when Lacey meets Margot’s arrival for the holiday with devastating news.
Lacey’s life seemed close to perfect –a loving husband, twin daughters on the brink of womanhood, and a home filled with the beautiful creations she weaves. Now a rare disease is slowly stealing her ability to use language.
As Lacey’s words slip away, Margot struggles to support Lacey and her family while remaining close to Oliver and pursuing her own dreams. Somehow she must imagine the future, even thought the past draws her powerfully. Somehow she must find the courage to help her sister discover a new voice, keenly aware of the slender threads that bind them to this life and to each other.
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East Hope:
Several months after her husband’s sudden death, and troubled by one night’s indiscretion, Caroline Waverly seeks refuge in the gently worn house she has inherited from an aged aunt in East Hope, Maine. Renewed by the brilliant light reflecting off the sea and by the cozy, well-appointed rooms, she finds the courage to face the consequences of her choices: her precarious finances, her alienated college-age son, and the man she left.
Will Harmon also puts his old life behind him, and arrives in East Hope to run the local used-book shop. Setting aside worries about his derailed academic career and his failing marriage, he discovers in the quiet routine of a small town a satisfaction that has long been missing. As he questions his desires and struggles with feelings for his wife, Will yearns for the wisdom to do what is right.
Then one day Caroline walks into Will’s bookstore, and they establish a tentative connection –a friendship with the promise of something more. As they seek to rescue what is most important in their lives, they cling to distant hopes –for understanding, for family, and for love.
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Capturing Paris:
Married for twenty-five years, American expats Annie and Wesley Reed are living an elegant, sophisticated life in Paris. Their apartment is filled with food, wine, and accomplished friends. But when Wesley loses his job and a sexy, mysterious woman enters their lives, suddenly the sights, smells, and sounds of Paris may never be the same.
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