Laughter is the glue that holds the women of Freesia Court together—and it is the foundation of a book group they call the AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons).  Holding on through forty eventful years Faith, Audrey, Merit, Kari and Slip will take the plunge in the chaos that inevitably comes to those with the temerity to be alive and kicking.

With extraordinary emotional power, Linda Olsson's stunningly well-crafted debut novel recounts the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women. Veronika, a young writer, rents a house in a small Swedish village as she tries to come to terms with a recent tragedy while also finishing a novel.

The first book in the popular Mitford series (1998) introduces generally lovable people living in a charming village. Father Tim, the bachelor rector, becomes involved in a rich, provincial comedy in which mysteries and miracles abound.

On the hottest day of the summer in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house, watched by their housekeeper's son.  By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever as Robbie and Cecilia become victims of the younger girl’s scheming imagination.

At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for “re-education.”  Their meager distractions include a violin—as well as, before long, the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. But it is when the two discover a hidden stash of Western classics in Chinese translation that their re-education takes its most surprising turn. From within the hopelessness and terror of one of the darkest passages in human history, Dai Sijie has fashioned a beguiling and unexpected story about the resilience of the human spirit, the wonder of romantic awakening and the magical power of storytelling.