by Hadley Hoover (2011)
In Crosby, North Dakota at its annual threshing show, three lives cross paths: an author who has lost his muse--and more ; a homeless man living a hard-scrabble existence ; and a deflated woman whose husband deserted their marriage.
Michael Bedar
On the verge of a blissful retirement, Gene Curtin suddenly faces an unexpected diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. While he greatly appreciates the love and support of his wife, Hope, and college-aged son, Jim, he cant seem to shake the mounting shame and despair that threaten to engulf him.
Marilyn Levinson
When her father leaves the family to marry a younger woman, eleven-year-old Cassie Landauer feels she can't trust any male, including her best friend, until her great-uncle helps her put the changes in her life in perspective.
Victoria Hislop
A "novel about loyalty, love, and resilience in the face of tremendous upheaval--a saga of survival set during the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état that tells the intersecting stories of three families whose lives are decimated when brewing ethnic tensions erupt into conflict"--Amazon.com.
P.L. Travers
Mary Poppins comes back on the end of a kite string, stays with the Banks family for a while, and then disappears on a merry-go-round horse.