THOUGHTS ON THIS 'n THAT

In this deftly comedic and deeply contemplative memoir, the  New York Times  bestselling author faces life’s biggest curveball only to find resilience in the most unlikely places. After Annabelle Gurwitch received an out-of-the blue diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer, an existential dread set in. Precision medicine offered a temporary reprieve—but instead of turning into a cancer warrior, Annabelle declared herself a  cancer slacker . Her motto: no runs, no ribbons, no religion. Told with her signature wit, warmth, and gimlet eye, Gurwitch draws inspiration from Greek mythology and TV comedies, Kermit the Frog and Samuel Beckett. She accidentally acquires an angel, embraces being in it “just for the sex,” and finds herself on a European van tour selling merch for a heavy metal band. In this hilariously and deeply affecting meditation on mortality, the actress and activist illuminates life with chronic disease, inequities in care, and celebrates tiny victories, the crusty en...

  The HOUSE OF HIDDEN LETTERS (Berkley) is a beaut iful and escapist novel full of heart. For sale: Greek cottage. One euro. Skye MacKinnon is desperate for an escape. When she wins a lottery to buy a run-down cottage on a Greek island for only one euro, Skye jumps at the chance to get out of England and start over. As she unlocks the tattered blue door of her whitewashed new cottage, the sun-kissed sea glinting in the bay outside her windows, Skye immediately feels like she’s found her true home. Skye and the other lottery winners—the first residents in these houses since the 1940s—form a tight-knit group, finding in one another the strong relationships they’d been missing in their own lives. When Skye and local contractor Andreas find a set of mysterious letters, they begin to unravel the history of the prior residents, and the truth about life on Folegandros during World War II. Sweeping, escapist, and full of heart,  The House of Hidden Letters  reminds us of the impo...

  The women of the Novak family were each born with a gift: they can, just once, turn back time. Lauren has known since she was fifteen that her mother Marcella saved Lauren’s father from a deadly car accident. Dave is alive and happy, and out on the Malibu waves. But ever since, Marcella, her power spent, has lived in fear of what she won’t be able to reverse. Her own mother, Sylvia, is her polar opposite: a free-spirited iconoclast with a glamorous past she only hints at. Lauren has spent her life between these two role models—and waiting for her own catastrophe to strike. Then one summer, Lauren’s husband takes a job in New York, and she moves back to Broad Beach Road, back into her childhood home on the shores of Malibu. Lauren looks forward to surfing with her dad again and perhaps repairing an unspoken fracture in her relationship with her mother. What she doesn’t expect is for the boy next door to return home as well: Stone, Lauren’s first love, who broke her heart nearly a ...

  THE SECRET ORDER of LIBRARIANS by Blake Harris is an exciting fantasy graphic novel about books coming to life! Aspiring graphic novelist Dewey Page’s world is changed when he uncovers the Philadelphia Library Company is part of a secret order tasked with protecting our world from the ones in books.  When the most notorious characters in literature are mysteriously freed from their books, Dewey must team up with head Librarians Mildred and Erma to embrace his true identity, unlocking a powerful secret along the way.  From hidden high-tech library headquarters and spellbound binding stamps to No. 2 pencils that erase gravity,  The Order of the Librarians is a fast-paced, fantasy graphic novel that reimagines the true heroes among us, proving that a cardigan can be just as powerful as a cape. Blake J. Harris is the author of the  USA Today  and  Wall Street Journal  bestseller  History of the Future  and the cult classic  Console Wa...

  #1  New York Times  bestselling author Lucy Score, whose smash hit  Things We Never Got Over  captured millions of hearts, invites you back to Story Lake for a swoon-worthy new small town romantic comedy. He's looking for the perfect wife. She's looking for the perfect one-night stand. Literary agent Zoey Moody doesn't like small-town life, but here she is: exiled from Manhattan's publishing scene and trapped in a tiny Pennsylvania town with her BFF and only remaining client, Hazel. The problem? She's totally broke. All she needs is for Hazel's next romance novel to become a gigantic hit, and Zoey will be back in New York. Nothing will stand in her way. Nothing except her six-foot-two-inch landlord, Gage Bishop. He's smart, serious, and sexy. Worst of all, he's ready to settle down. Zoey might be the most beautiful woman Gage has ever met, but it's clear they're all wrong for each other. She's allergic to commitment and can't work a cal...

  Ana Blacksmith has gathered her closest friends and sister, Vera, for a brunch to celebrate her recent breakup with her boyfriend, Paul. But when shocking news about Paul arrives, all eyes are on Ana, the angry ex with a bad reputation. Suspicions only intensify when Ana’s best friend falls deathly ill after the brunch. But Ana is not the only one who had a score to settle with Paul. As the investigation unfolds, rumors of a secret network that uses ancient methods to obtain justice begin to emerge. Vengeance is sweet, but it can also be deadly. Ana and Vera are determined to find the truth before Ana takes the fall and their own long-buried history comes to light. Lisa Unger is the   New York Times   and internationally bestselling author of twenty-three novels . With books published in thirty-three languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, she is regarded as a master of suspense. Unger’s critically acclaimed novels have been featured on “Best Book” lists from t...