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Advertising executive Marta Zinsser is no poster child for her wealthy Seattle suburb-and nothing could please her more. This former New Yorker wears combat boots, not Manolos, and drives a righteous Harley hog instead of a Mercedes SUV. Now she's launching her own agency in this land of the Microsoft elite, even though her ten-year-old daughter wishes she'd put on a sweater set and just be normal. Can... (more)

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

by Anne Lamott

It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all important first year. From finding out that her baby is a boy (and getting used to the idea) to finding out that her best friend and greatest supporter Pam will... (more)

The Lottie Project

by Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is a bestselling author in England, second only to J. K. Rowling. Charlie's world is changing -- for the worse. Her new teacher refuses to call her anything but Charlotte. (Blech!) And forces her to sit next to Jamie Edwards, the most revolting stuck-up boring boy in the whole class. (Yuck!) And assigns her a project on the boring Victorian period. (Ugh!) But Charlie's dreary research -- and... (more)

The Tiger Rising

by Kate DiCamillo

The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger - a real-life, very large tiger - pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his.... (more)

Lakeshore Chronicles: Book 3

Dockside

by Susan Wiggs

Long, Lazy Days . . . Hot Summer Nights With her daughter grown and flown, Nina Romano is ready to embark on a new adventure. She's waited a long time for dating, travel and chasing dreams. But just as she's beginning to enjoy being on her own, she finds herself falling for Greg Bellamy, owner of the charming Inn at Willow Lake and a single father with two kids of his own. Greg lost his first marriage to... (more)

The Garden of Last Days: A Novel

by Andre Dubus

From the author of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection House of Sand and Fog --a new big-hearted, painful, page-turning novel. One early September night in Florida, a stripper brings her daughter to work. April's usual babysitter is in the hospital, so she decides it's best to have her three-year-old daughter close by, watching children's videos in the office, while she ... (more)

Inside Out Girl

by Tish Cohen

Rachel Berman wants everything to be perfect. An overprotective single mother of two, she is acutely aware of the statistical dangers lurking around every corner—which makes her snap decision to aid a stranded motorist wholly uncharacteristic. Len Bean is stuck on the shoulder with Olivia, his relentlessly curious, learning disabled ten-year-old daughter. To the chagrin of Rachel's children, who are about to be... (more)

Junebug

by Alice Mead

As his tenth birthday--and thus his gang eligibility--approaches, Junebug dreams that his family can escape their housing project home and its violent world of drugs and guns. Reprint. H. K. AB.

The Rescue

by Nicholas Sparks

Volunteer fireman Taylor McAden is driven to take terrifying, heroic risks to save lives. But theres one leap into the unknown he cant bring himself to make: He cant fall in love. A man who likes to rescue troubled women, he inevitably leaves them as soon as they want more from him. Then, one day, a record-breaking storm hits his small Southern town, and Taylor comes across a young single mother named Denise... (more)

A Bend in the Road

by Nicholas Sparks

Where does a story truly begin? In life, there are seldom clear-cut beginnings, those moments when we can, in looking back, say that everything started. I'm not sure why I feel compelled to tell my story in the first place. What can be achieved by unearthing the past? But I know I must try to tell it, if for no other reason than to finally put this all behind me. This is, above all, a love story, and like so many... (more)

Catalyst

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Meet Kate Malone-straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend (to Mitchell "Early Decision Harvard" Pangborn III), unwilling family caretaker, and emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it as logically as the periodic table. She can handle it all-or so she thinks. Then, things change as suddenly as a string of chemical reactions; first,... (more)

Raising You Alone

by Warren Hanson

RAISING YOU ALONE is an essential book for any single-parent family. With heart and humour, it talks about the quirks and challenges that must be faced every day. A picture book for parents as well as children, this honest, engaging story is the perfect way to say, "I will always love you." Bunnies are universal and represent any type of single parent family (Mom or Dad. Boy or Girl. Divorice or Death.)

Pieces of Georgia

by Jennifer Bryant

Like her mother, Georgia McCoy is an artist, but her dad looks away whenever he sees her with a sketchbook. Sometimes it’s hard to remember what it was like when her mother was still alive . . . when they were a family . . . when they were happy. But then a few days after her 13th birthday, Georgia receives an unexpected gift–a strange, formal letter, all typed up and signed anonymous–granting her free admission... (more)

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

by Jeanne Birdsall

THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster. Enter the Save-Daddy Plan—a plot so brilliant, so bold, so funny, that only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it. It’s high jinks, big... (more)

Illusions: Things Are Not Always What They Seem...

Illusions: Things Are Not Always What They Seem...

by Lea Mishell

Dear Santa (Silhouette Special Edition)

by Karen Templeton

His daughter's birth made him a father. Becoming a daddy would take a bit longer... Connecticut mogul Grant Braeburn never thought he was father material, even though his nearly four-year-old daughter should have convinced him otherwise. But then his ex-wife's death made him Haley's permanent parent. Her only parent. He needed help, in a hurry. It came in the form of Mia Vaccaro, the lively, lovely party... (more)

Yours, Mine...Or Ours? (Silhouette Special Edition)

Yours, Mine...Or Ours? (Silhouette Special Edition)

by Karen Templeton

He took one look... and fell in love. From the moment Rudy Vaccaro saw her, he was a goner. Never mind that his twelve-year-old daughter hated the house on sight. The old girl might be nothing to look at, but Rudy saw her potential. So did Violet Kildare... The house was supposed to be hers! Now Violet would have to find another place for her and her two sons to live. And then Rudy made an offer the... (more)

Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul: Stories of Hope, Healing and Humor (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul: Stories of Hope, Healing and Humor (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

by Jack Canfield

Every single parent has a different story to tell, but a common thread of hope and comfort unites them all. Being a single parent can sometimes seem overwhelming. But the joys and triumphs of this special responsibility are incalculable. Whether you are a single parent because of divorce or widowhood, by choice or by surprise , you are part of an extraordinary club, shouldering the many obligations and... (more)

Fatal Legacy: A Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery

Fatal Legacy: A Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Fenwick Mystery

by Elizabeth Corley

All is not what it seems at the respectable firm Wainwright Enterprises. When the managing director Arthur Wainwright dies in a suspicious accident, his last will throws the business and family into turmoil. The familys inheritance leads to a web of corruption, and the only person who can untangle the mystery is D.C.I. Andrew Fenwick.

Sweet & Crazy

by Patty Dann

Poignant and bittersweet, Sweet & Crazy is the story of a single mother coping with the extremes of life. At thirty-nine, Hanna Painter has returned to her hometown of Ash Creek, Ohio. Since Hanna's husband, Ed, has died of cancer, Hanna has been raising their precocious four-year old son, Pete, on her own. Mother and son are dealing with their loss in different ways. Hanna is teaching older women to... (more)

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by Nicholas Sparks

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by Karen Templeton

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