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Diane is 48 years old and - according to her husband - boring...which is apparently the reason that he had an affair and left her. After taking the charge to heart, Diane decides to undertake a ribald and highly entertaining journey that will help her restore trust in herself and others. An astute commentary on women and girls, gender differences, and the curious institution of marriage in the 21st century, Autopsy of a Boring Wife is a wonderfully fresh and engaging novel of the pitfalls and missteps of an apparently “boring” life that could be any of ours.

Despite the end of her marriage, Diane still has plenty of love to give. Determined not to waste her days - that’s just not her style - she finds a job in a daycare and solace in cocktails with her best friend, Claudine, who convinces Diane her love life is not over. Diane wants romance and sees no reason why she shouldn’t have it, but she soon discovers, in her typically chaotic and hilarious manner, that the task is not as simple for a woman approaching her 50s as it is for a man.

Flats Junction is a town torn in half as the war between the two doctors spills into everyday life. Businesses are forced to choose sides, as are the people who own them. Caught in the middle are Kate, Marie and Jane, each with their own ambitions and fears. Kate, postponing her wedding for political reasons, attempts to hold onto power as the newly elected Mayor, even as she faces her own death. Marie begins to lose the battle of her depression and deep changes within her family.

When Josie Jackson discovers her past is not all as it seems, her life is changed forever. After being warned not to investigate photographs she was sent of her mother before Josie was born, Josie discovers more secrets in unexpected places. At the same time, Josie meets a handsome stranger who raises more questions than answers. How can she resist his charms when he is everything she has been looking for? Josie’s colleagues, Kim and Gareth, are caught in the danger. Will Josie discover the truth before anyone gets hurt?

Martha Grimes's Hotel Paradise was hailed by Booklist as "superb...beyond genre...one of the year's best." Now, Grimes returns to the same small town, intertwining the threads of one young girl's unexplained death with another young girl's attempt at making sense of her own life.

This is the story of a marriage. Mary Cassatt Miller falls for famous photojournalist Ethan Graham. But it’s complicated. For months at a time, Ethan’s work takes him to Afghanistan, and Cass, who’s passionate about her job in Atlanta, wants a husband who comes home at night. Then, there’s the issue of family - he wants one; she doesn’t. What they do want is a life together, so Ethan agrees that after three years, he will stop traveling - whether Cass agrees to children or not. But for Cass, even thinking about children is troubling.

When her tinsmith father and brothers head West, Polish immigrant Marie Kotlarczyk has no choice but to go along. Family, after all, is family. The Dakota Territories are anything but welcoming to the Kotlarczyks, and as the months trip by, Marie must pick up the hammers she’s secretly desired but also feared. When she faces the skeptical people of Flats Town, the demands of the local Army commander, and her public failures, her inner voice grows destructively, forcing Marie to decide exactly who she is and what it means to be a woman smith.

Diane a dû faire une croix sur son mariage, mais elle a encore assez d’amour pour trente. Alors elle donne généreusement : d’abord à ses grands enfants, puis à sa meilleure amie Claudine et à ses filles, et bientôt, à toute une classe de petits qui ne demandent pas mieux, et même à Madeleine, l’adorable voisine fripée toute perdue dans sa grande maison ouverte au vent et aux chats. Ça en laisse encore assez pour un homme capable de la faire sentir comme une reine... Lady Di, ça sonne bien, non?