Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one
Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, th
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding is the second fresh and funny murder mystery from Catherine Mack featuring Eleanor Dash. The White Lotus meets Only Murders in the Building meets Murder, She Wrote.
What would you do to keep your child safe? The Quiet touches on many themes - the limitations of science, our relationship with past selves, the joy and solace of community - but at its core, this is a novel about a parent's love for their child and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love most.
The third novel from Lola Akinmade, this historical novel continents and decades, and exploring mother-daughter relationships, resilience, and what it means fully wear your skin and carve your own space in this world.
One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the co
STICKER BOOK - The Best Buds Googly Sticker book from Brass Monkey is like Mother Nature meets a comedy club, and the result is pure floral hilarity. From roses with a mischievous twinkle to daisies that look like they're up to something, these stickers are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face every time you see them. Perfect for adding a touch of whimsy to your notebooks, water bottles, lapto