Kristin Hannah
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When her father impulsively moves the family to mid-1970s Alaska to live off the land, young Leni and her mother are forced to confront the dangers of their lack of preparedness in the wake of a dangerous winter season.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Kristin Hannah's next novel. It is an epic love story and family drama set at the dawn of World War II. She is the author of twenty-one novels. Her previous novels include Home Front, Night Road, Firefly Lane, Fly Away, and Winter Garden"--
"Viann and Isabelle have always been close despite their differences. Younger, bolder sister Isabelle lives in Paris while Viann lives a quiet and content life...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman's only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she...
4) Home front
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with a marital estrangement that is further complicated when one of them is deployed, military couple Michael and Joleen Zarkades are forced to confront their problems while protecting the security of their family.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Reunited when their beloved father falls ill, sisters Meredith and Nina find themselves under the shadow of their disapproving mother, whose painful history is hidden behind her rendition of a Russian fairy tale told to the sisters in childhood.
6) True colors
Author
Language
English
Description
Despairing of receiving their critical father's love, Winona occupies herself in books and dreams, while Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart instead of dutifully fulfilling their father's ambitions.
7) Angel falls
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Liam will do anything to break his wife out of her coma, even locating the first love of her life--the man she married before him--and bringing him to her bedside.
8) Night road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
After a string of foster homes and the death of her heroin-addict mother, Lexi Baill is taken in by a newly discovered great-aunt who lives a spartan life near Seattle. Lexi soon meets Mia and her loving twin brother, Zach. The friendship flourishes, and Mia's mother draws Lexi into the family circle. A slowly growing attraction between Zach and Lexi begins, but then Lexi, Mia, and Zach collectively make a bad decision that results in a tragedy with...
9) Firefly Lane
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
479 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inseparable best friends Kate and Tully, two young women who, despite their very different lives, have vowed to be there for each other forever, have been true to their promise for thirty years, until events and choices in their lives tear them apart.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Returning to her hometown to care for her aging mother and run the family restaurant, Angie Malone hires job-seeking teen Lauren Ribaldo, with whom she shares an emotional journey that helps both women realize the meaning of family.
11) Fly away
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A follow-up to "Firefly Lane" returns readers to the world of Tully, Kate, and Tully's mother, who explore their understandings about love, family, loss, and redemption while turning to each other in the hopes of salvaging their lives.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling comedienne Ruby Bridge confronts the legacy of her mother's abandonment as a secret from the past of Nora Bridge, now a syndicated columnist known for her moral advice, draws the two women together in a reunion that transforms both their lives.
13) Between sisters
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
With her wedding day approaching, Claire Cavenaugh prepares to confront her estranged older sister and self-absorbed mother after more than twenty years apart and find out how to transform themselves into a family.