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“Honey isn’t one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store.…a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare.” — Booklist Meet a woman as...

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by...

Riley is stuck —in a job she hates, a toxic relationship, and in life. She knows the relationship is bad for her, but she also can’t seem to let her go. After catching her girlfriend cheating, again, she finds comfort at her favorite bar, with her best friend by her side. After punching someone in the face and meeting a mysteriously gorgeous bartender, Riley thinks things may be changing. Sawyer is adventurous, sexy, and confident— all the things Riley yearns to be. And a sunrise motorcycle ride starts to give her hope that things can change.

Lady Mona Roughton ist keine Aristokratin, wie sie im Buche steht. Der geerbte Adelstitel kommt mit einem altehrwürdigen Anwesen, das mehr Risse hat als ihre Ehe mit dem verstorbenen Lord. Damit der Freigeist aus San Francisco ihr neues Leben im ländlichen England halten kann, wird das stattliche Easley House prompt zur gewinnbringenden Touristenfalle. Zum Glück steht ihr Adoptivsohn Wilfred zur Seite, der einst vor der Deportation durch Thatchers eiserne Legislation floh. Denn als die Amerikanerin Rhonda ein Zimmer mit ihrem Ehemann mietet, braucht Mona jede Hilfe, die sie kriegen kann.

When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that's what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. Nine years later, Eli isn't so sure. His rounds with his father to evangelize at hospices and sell his father's self-published book, Heaven or Bust!, feel inauthentic and strange, especially now that he's started having sex dreams about Jesus.

A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR “A heartfelt portrait of a complex family.” —People “Laugh-out-loud-funny.” —Harper’s Bazaar “Quintessential...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a...

Diego já sabe muito bem que seu irmão só liga para ele em duas situações: no Natal e quando precisa de um favor. Mas dessa vez, unindo o inútil ao desagradável, Diogo decide inovar e pede um favor natalino: que Diego seja o Papai Noel na festa da escola dos sobrinhos. O problema é que Diego odeia o Natal. E fazer favores. Fugindo de todas as comemorações e decidido a deixar o irmão se virar, Diego recebe a visita de três espíritos natalinos (tal qual Ebenezer Scrooge) que são a cara dos seus sobrinhos e trazem a mensagem de que o Natal quer fazer as pazes.

Diego espera tudo de ruim dos próprios parentes, mas tudo mesmo. Que o pai tenha uma segunda família. Que a mãe comande um esquema de tráfico humano. Que o irmão lave dinheiro. Por serem versados em todos os crimes do manual da família tóxica, Diego decidiu ser gay bem longe deles. E tudo vai muitíssimo bem, obrigado.

Kendall eventually had surgery against her grandmother's wishes and belief that all should happily accept what God gives one. She became a girl and went on to college, where she fell in love and married Margery, a bisexual woman. As if the drama in Kendall’s life wasn’t enough, Margery’s mother disagreed with her sexual status and relationship, while the father came out to reveal he is also bisexual.

The MacInnes family is grieving. The loss of Miranda has devastated her husband, John Andrew, her eldest daughter, Tammy, and her youngest child, Dawn. Not Donnie anymore but Dawn, like sunrise, who transitioned while her mother received cancer treatment—without the rest of the family knowing. Now, when Dawn leaves Halifax for rural Nova Scotia to attend her mother's funeral, she knows she'll be meeting her sister and father for the first time as herself.

Tall. Toned. Attractive. Women were drawn to her easy confidence and mystique. They wanted to be near her and would do anything for her. Sage Bristo enjoyed the attention and her reputation. But what she really needed was a woman of conviction and passion. The last thing Deanne Demore wants in her life is a modern day Don Juana. And she is not about to get caught up in a ruinous relationship. So why is she watching Sage Bristo? More importantly, why is her heart racing?

This novel follows the lives of a straight married couple: a workaholic husband, a strong-willed wife, and her younger, troubled gay brother. The hold these three characters have on each other takes on mythic proportions when one of them faces a serious illness. As their relationships take an unexpected turn—one that doesn't always make sense—the listener will come to understand how love, in all its forms, can be stretched, even beyond the grave.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE “An intimate story from the family archive that is also the infamous history of our continent.”—Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive Award-winning Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener delivers her stunning English breakthrough...

It’s the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Bríd and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother’s fanaticism and a family tragedy, Bríd joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Bríd is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive daughter, Bernie, in Southern California.

Husbands Thomas and Matt are enjoying a second-chance marriage after coming out, leaving their wives, and finding happiness in a summer cottage on the southern coast of Maine. They’ve kept a tenuous peace with their exes. Thomas toils in the garden. There is an ease to their love. This is the way life should be. But it’s not long before their three children—each nearing adulthood and fleeing personal crises of their own—descend on their fathers’ bliss. The two-bedroom getaway has just enough space for Thomas and Matt’s future. Now they must make room for the past, and all its drama.

“A tender-hearted novel and a dream to read. I loved this book.” -- Matt Haig #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library “so so so so good…[Speech Team] is a MUST…It has all the feels and brilliant writing to boot.” -- Elin Hilderband (on Instagram) #1 New York...

Mit ihrem Collegeabschluss frisch in der Tasche freut sich Emily auf New York – ein bisschen unbeschwerte Zeit genießen und dabei Geld sparen, um anschließend weiter zu studieren. Der einzige Haken: Ihre neue Chefin ist Camila, erfolgreiche Geschäftsführerin eines Fernseh-Imperiums, offen bisexuell und Emilys Idol und Promi-Schwarm. Doch Camilas kleiner Sohn Jaime erobert Emilys Herz im Sturm und schon bald kommen sich die beiden Frauen auch auf privater Ebene sehr viel näher, als gut für Emilys Seelenheil ist.

Families should grow, not shrink. It’s been on Jon’s mind since before he tied the knot with his millionaire lover, Cole. Now hoping to adopt, Jon and Cole search for a mother-to-be willing to let them love her baby. The interminable wait is already unbearable, and when Jon’s well-intentioned father invites Cole’s estranged mother to spend Christmas with them in Munich, the results are disastrous.

That Which Makes Us Stronger is a colorful and brutally honest account of growing up gay in an alcoholic Midwestern household.