A young girl in a small town named Bend of the River Road struggles to understand her mentally disturbed mother and preserve their relationship. By the author of Charms for the Easy Life.

The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the second volume of The Passenger series: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. 1972, BLACK RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN: Alicia Western, twenty years old, with forty thousand dollars in a plastic bag, admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral candidate in mathematics at the University...

Izzy and Ellie are sisters whose lives were irrevocably changed when their mother committed suicide on her 41st birthday. Izzy is now on the eve of turning 41 herself “entering virgin time” and her family is about to descend on the emotionally charged weekend. Alternating between past and present, Izzy reflects on her mother’s turbulent life and long-buried guilt surrounding the suicide. When Izzy discovers her sister is also showing signs...

The humble Jane Eyre is plain and penniless, but full of courage and spirit. After being spurned by the only family she has left, she endures years of harsh treatment at a boarding school. When she finally escapes by taking a position as a governess, she finds herself becoming more fully involved with life than ever before. Her melancholy and mysterious master, Mr. Rochester, arouses feelings she never knew she could have...