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1	My Sister's Keeper more books like this by Jodi Picoult Written with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity, this novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and what happens when she begins to question who she really is. see all copies from $3.43! new only from $6.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Joy Luck Club more books like this by Amy Tan When June's mother dies, she is invited to join a long-standing club of Chinese women who urge her not only to take her mother's place at the mah-jongg table, but also to carry the news of her mother's death to her step-sisters in China. Through the stories of the women and their daughters, the values of different generations are articulated. June ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Year of Magical Thinking more books like this by Joan Didion In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion's grief was profound and debilitating; she and Dunne had been married for nearly 40 years, during which they were hardly ever apart. But in the course of her mourning period, she also gained crucial insights ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Friday Night Knitting Club more books like this by Kate Jacobs Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars who gather once a week to work on their projects and to chat. As they knit, they bond; and as they bond, their lives become connected in most unexpected ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bonesetter's Daughter more books like this by Amy Tan Ruth Young and Art Kamen live together in San Francisco, and the deterioration of their relationships renders Ruth unable to speak. Her Chinese mother, LuLing, who now has Alzheimer's, is another complicating factor in her life, but the diary she kept as a young woman still exists, and when Ruth reads it she comes to a better understanding of her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Drowning Ruth more books like this by Christina Schwarz The year is 1919, and--for reasons that eventually become clear--Amanda Starkey leaves the big city to go home and live with her sister Mattie, whose husband has been wounded in World War I and has not yet returned. Mattie drowns in the pond just before Carl, her husband, returns, leaving their little girl, Ruth, whose upbringing is eventually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Petals on the wind more books like this by V C Andrews In this second volume of the Dollanger series, Cathy, Chris and Carrie have escaped the mansion where they were held captive for three years. A young doctor takes them in, and they begin to start their lives anew. But Cathy can’t forget the torturous years in the attic, or her dead brother, and vows to take revenge on her mother, who chose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	50 Harbor Street more books like this by Debbie Macomber The fifth installment of Macomber's popular series continues story lines introduced in previous books. In particular, the mystery surrounding private detective Roy McAfee and his wife, Corrie, is solved. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.34! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Keeping Faith more books like this by Jodi Picoult When her parents divorce, seven-year-old Faith finds a friend who supports her--a friend who may be imaginary. Is Faith a prophet or just a troubled little girl? From the acclaimed author of "The Pact" comes a provocative novel about belief, betrayal, and miracles, and the fierce love of a mother for her child. see all copies from $5.07! new only from $8.26! \| first editions \| SVS
10	All We Ever Wanted Was Everything more books like this by Janelle Brown Exhilarating, addictive, and superbly accomplished, this novel that portrays a world that epitomizes everything wrong with the American Dream is an original, utterly modern addition to the genre of suburban fiction. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $13.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood more books like this by Rebecca Wells SiddaLee Walker, at 39, is a creative theatrical director. She prides herself on having escaped her Louisiana hometown and her mother, Vivi Abbot Walker, a local beauty and performer who, in a recent "New York Times" article, is called a "tap-dancing child abuser." A fight over this article erupts between Sidda and Vivi, just when Sidda needs her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	White Oleander more books like this by Janet Fitch Thirteen-year-old Astrid Magnussen has to grow up quickly when her beautiful, mercurial mother murders her lover (with the poison from oleander flowers) and is sentenced to life in prison. Astrid is raised in a series of foster homes--never losing her connection with her dominating and larger-than-life mother. As Astrid learns how to deal with her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Dreaming in Cuban more books like this by Cristina Garcia A vivid and funny first novel about three generations of a Cuban family divided by conflicting loyalties over the Cuban revolution, set in the world of Havana in the 1970s and '80s and in an emigre neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is a story of immense charm about women and politics, women and witchcraft, women and their men. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Almost Moon more books like this by Alice Sebold When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of "The Lovely Bones" and "Lucky." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	This Lullaby more books like this by Sarah Dessen This "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year from the acclaimed author of "Dreamland" is a captivating novel about a tough-as-nails girl and the unexpectedly charming boy who's determined to soften her up. see all copies from $3.07! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Kitchen God's Wife more books like this by Amy Tan Pearl gradually comes to understand her mother Jiang Weili (Winnie) as a heroic survivor, not a troublesome anachronism, as they begin to reveal secrets about themselves to one another. Winnie tells the story of how she escaped a horrible marriage to a cowardly fighter pilot in the Sino-Japanese war and how he may or may not be Pearl's father. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Riding Lessons more books like this by Sara Gruen From a stunning new voice in American fiction comes this masterful debut with a novel of family, tragedy, rebirth, and the breathtaking love of something wild. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| SVS
18 view cover	Certain Girls more books like this by Jennifer Weiner Described by "The Miami Herald" as a breezy, sweetly oddball urban fairy tale, this sequel to the bestselling "Good in Bed" picks up with an older, wiser, and thinner Cannie Shapiro raising her 13-year-old daughter, Joy. see all copies from $14.68! new only from $16.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss more books like this by Hope Edelman In the tradition of Passages and My Mother, My Self, this unique, personal, and groundbreaking New York Times bestseller--the first of its kind--explores the profound pain of motherloss among women. "A moving and valuable treatment of a neglected subject".--New York Times Book Review. (Pscyhology) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	True betrayals more books like this by Nora Roberts A dazzling new romantic thriller that unmasks dark passions and deadly lies--from the author of Hidden Riches. Kelsey Byden makes a clean break from her marriage and, at age 26, begins anew. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of learning that her mother--whom she had assumed was dead--has really been in prison all these years for killing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Garden of Last Days more books like this by Andre Dubus, III From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection "House of Sand and Fog" comes a new painful, page-turning novel that seizes the reader by the throat. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $11.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	One True Thing more books like this by Anna Quindlen As her mother dies of cancer, a young woman learns that nothing she thought about her mother or her family is quite what it seems. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Watermelon more books like this by Marian Keyes A bestseller in Ireland, this wild and humorous novel is the story of Claire Webster, who is dumped by her husband after the birth of their daughter. She flees to Dublin, where her eccentric family take her in, and finds a new lover. Then her husband wants to come back. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Girl of the Limberlost more books like this by Gene Stratton-Porter Stratton-Porter's unforgettable novel about a young woman who finds her true self through her devotion to learning about butterflies and moths is a classic coming-of-age story as well as a tribute to the Indiana wilderness in which it is set. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.72! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Shem Creek more books like this by Dorothea Benton Frank Dorothea Benton Frank has set most of her novels in the Low Country of South Carolina, where she herself is from. In this addition to her stable of best-sellers, Frank introduces Linda Breland, who returns to the area with her two teenagers after living in New Jersey. Down on her luck and still hurting from a divorce, Linda craves the down-home ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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