Books for Moms

In this sequel to her bestselling memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert picks up the story of her ongoing relationship with Felipe, the Brazilian divorce with whom she fell in love in the first book, all the while closely examining traditions and notions of marriage and divorce.

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A Chinese schoolgirl emigrates with her mother to an impoverished life in Brooklyn where she works in the sweatshops - a story of hardship and triumph baased upon Jean Kwok's own experience as a Chinese immigrant to the U.S.

The author of The Time Traveler's Wife is back wih her second novel, a supernatural tale about twins who inheret their aunt's apartment near a London cemetary.

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Mary Anning is an unusual woman with the ability to see what no one else can along the fossil-rich beaches of the English coastal town of Lyme Regis. Elizabeth Philpot is a spinster and also a fossil hound like Mary. The friendship that emerges between these two is at the center of Chevalier's exploration of the plight of Victorian-era women.

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Heidi Durrow's first novel is the story of Rachel, a young biracial girl who is the only survivor after her mother threw Rachel and her siblings from a rooftop and then leapt to her own death. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, based upon a true story, won the 2008 Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.

Ida Maclaird has come to the islands of St. Hauda's Land in search of a hermit scientist who she believes can help her with her bizarre condition: Ida is turning to glass. Ali Shaw's debut is a wonderfully written story tinged with magic.

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Gretchen Rubin's experiment in happiness is eclectic and illuminating. As she makes clear from the start, each person's happiness project is a unique adventure. However, Rubinx adheres to hers so methodically and documents it so meticulously, that there is much that we can all take away from The Happiness Project.

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Nicholas Sparks' new novel finds a New York teenager with her estranged father in a North Carolina beach town in a story that explores the relationship between parents and children.

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Sarah Blake's debut novel is composed of intertwined stories of three woman during World War II - a Cape Cod postmistress, a radio gal in London, and a young bride who awaits her husband's return from the war.

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The story of a tenuous friendship that emerges between a Nigerian refuge girl and a white British magazine editor Little Beee is a fascinating story, stunningly told.

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