Caroline Leavitt

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Cruel Beautiful World

“With or Without You is a moving novel about twists of fate, the shifting terrain of love, and coming into your own. With tenderness and incisive insight, Leavitt spotlights a woman's unexpected journey towards her art.” —Madeline Miller, author of Circe After almost twenty years together, Stella and Simon are starting to run into problems. An up-and-coming rock musician when they first met, Simon has been clinging to dreams of fame even as the possibility of it has grown dimmer, and now that his band might finally be on the brink again, he wants to go on the road, leaving Stella behind. But when she falls into a coma on the eve of his departure, he has to make a choice between stardom and his relationship—and when Stella wakes a different person, with an incredible artistic talent of her own, the two of them must examine what it is that they really want. Unapologetically honest and intimately written, With or Without You is a contemporary story of what happens to relationships as the people in them change, whether slowly or in one cataclysmic swoop.

A Novel

With or Without You

In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood—in the throes of Cold War paranoia—seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son. Years later, when Lewis and Rose reunite to untangle the final pieces of the tragic puzzle, they must decide: Should you tell the truth even if it hurts those you love, or should some secrets remain buried?

Is This Tomorrow

Adopting the baby of a sixteen-year-old girl abandoned by her boyfriend, George and Eva are increasingly distressed by their inability to bond with the child to the same degree as its mother, a fear that results in a drastic decision and devastating consequences. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Girls in Trouble

After Isabelle accidentally kills April in a highway collision, Isabella must pick up the pieces of her own life and, with the help of April's husband and son, figure out where April was running to.

Pictures of You

Days of Wonder

When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life.

The Prince and the Pooch

Brad Strickland

Prince and the Pooch

As he and Joe try to get to the eight-grade basketball game in time, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Robinson Crusoe, the sole survivor of a shipwreck who lived on a deserted island for nearly thirty years.

Robinhound Crusoe

Baba

It can take a long time to build up a life, and only moments to destroy it. Gary and Molly met in the way couples do: after a long haul of being single, quickly becoming soulmates and rejoicing in that fact. Beautiful, red-haired Molly ignites a fire in Gary and he eases the pain she feels about her past. Starting a family is something they both want badly to do, and with great joy, Molly finds herself pregnant. It is when she leaves for the hospital that things start to go wrong. Only a few weeks later, alone with a newborn and a mountain of medical bills he has no means to pay for, Gary must call on Molly's long estranged sister Suzanne to help. Many authors have tackled the challenges of love and marriage. Caroline Leavitt claims the turf in her own exciting way, twisting and turning a medical nightmare into an opportunity for redemption and hope, in Coming Back to Me.

Coming Back to Me

Kids are always bursting with questions about their family history--and this popular, updated guide gives young would-be genealogists the knowledge they crave. They'll learn how to research ancestors on the Internet, interview family members, reach relatives through social media, check the National Archives, and uncover clues in old photos and records. Fun projects include an online scrapbook, a crayon batik family tree, planning a family reunion, and more.

The Kids' Family Tree Book

Critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt explores the family ties that bind—and garrote—in two haunting stories. In “The Wrong Sister,” a younger sister yearns to be like her elder one, right down to cozying up to her boyfriend, with startling results. In “The Last Vacation,” a family finds itself imploding during a sunny Cape Cod vacation, and nothing will ever be the same. Moody, funny, and full of insights about what makes a family.

Stories

The Wrong Sister

Mark Twain

Into Thin Air

Lee faces the consequences of a rash and seemingly heartless act when she abandons her husband and newborn baby, leaving both to rebuild lives for themselves without her. 12,500 first printing.

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