"Masterful...A big story about human connection and emotional
survival" - Los Angeles Times
The first book ever chosen by Oprah's Book Club
Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story—a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club.
The first book ever chosen by Oprah's Book Club
Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story—a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club.
Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of
Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American
girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents'
money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the
girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who
find their beauty charming—and their wealth extremely useful.
One of America’s greatest women writers, Willa Cather
established her talent and her reputation with this extraordinary
novel—the first of her books set on the Nebraska frontier. A
tale of the prairie land encountered by America’s Swedish,
Czech, Bohemian, and French immigrants, as well as a story of how
the land challenged them, changed them, and, in some cases,
defeated them, Cather’s novel is a uniquely American epic.
Count 'em–a dozen carrot topped, freckle-faced kids. Dad, a
jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond
of doing his work at home. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting
everything she knows into practice.
Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's experiments run awry…how Frank Jr.
Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's experiments run awry…how Frank Jr.
Laughter and wedding bells ring as Jan Karon takes her millions of
fans back in time to the most cherished event in Mitford.
Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyful event in years.
