Stella Bain
by Anita Shreve | 
Cordelia Underwood
by Van Reid | 
Arundel
by Kenneth Roberts | 
A Piece of the World
by Christina Baker Kline |
Come Spring
by Ben Ames Williams | 
Heyday
by Kurt Andersen | 
The Real Minerva
by Mary Sharratt |
The Nature of Monsters
by Clare Clark |
Mollie Peer
by Van Reid | 
The Immigrants
by Howard Fast | 
God is an Englishman
by R. F. Delderfield | 
The Golden Age
by Gore Vidal | 
Sold on a Monday
by Kristina McMorris | 
Good King Harry
by Denise Giardina | 
Off Season
by Anne Rivers Siddons |
Forbidden Land
by William Sarabande | 
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan | 
The Great Alone
by Kristin Hannah |
In October 1947, after a summer-long drought, fires break out all along the Maine coast from Bar Harbor to Kittery and are soon racing out of control from town to village. Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her husband, Gene, joins the volunteer firefighters. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie's two young children, Grace watches helplessly as their houses burn to the ground, the flames finally forcing them all into the ocean as a last resort. They spend the night frantically protecting their children and in the morning find their lives forever changed: homeless, penniless, awaiting news of their husbands' fate, and left to face an uncertain future in a town that no longer exists. In the midst of this devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms--joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain--and her spirit soars. Then the unthinkable happens and Grace's bravery is tested as never before.