Peg O'Crerieh is a wife, mother, creative writing instructor, and occasional resident of the Everview Residential Treatment Center, which she is once again preparing to leave. Awaiting Peg at home are her devoted family; the normal pressures of daily life; and, most important, the students in her Nontraditional English class, where the assignment is always to write about Peg.As Peg struggles to find her place in the outside world, she finds herself...

"Louise Beeston is haunted ... Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. And her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music all hours of the night. And to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it. Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, David, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled...

What happens when you are forced to let go of the things you love the most? What are you left with?In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process, Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and sometimes surreal ways we say goodbye.The stories -- which range from tender and heartbreaking to unsettling and darkly funny -- will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss....

"A teen struggles to overcome both the physical and emotional scars that resulted from an accident that killed her best friend"-- Provided by publisher. A year after surviving a car accident that killed her friend Trent and left her body and face scarred, Sadie can't move forward. The only person who seems to understand her is Trent's brother, Max. He looks at her scars and doesn't shy away; he knows about the list she writes in the sand at the beach...

Seeking a retreat from her failing marriage in a remote Scottish island house, Zoe disregards local superstitions about the property's tragic history until her peaceful retreat is disrupted by strange and disturbing events.

Tamar is admitted to Lime Grove, a psychiatric ward for teenagers, where the psychologists ask her endless questions. How did the self-harming start? Will you tell us what happened? How do you feel, on a scale of one to ten? But there's one question Tamar can't - won't - answer: What happened to her friend Iris? A uniquely powerful, devastating novel of friendship, fragility and forgiveness. Contains scenes of suicide and self-harm that some readers...

"Eliya thinks that she's finally found true love and passion with her charismatic and demanding husband, an aspiring novelist -- until he ends their relationship in a Paris café, spurring her suicide attempt. Seeking to heal herself, Eliya is compelled to piece together the jagged shards of her life and history. Eliya's heart-wrenching journey leads her to a profound and unexpected love, renewed family ties, and a reconcilliation with her orphaned...

Beautiful and charismatic, Catherine, a.k.a. "Maman," smokes too much, drives too fast, laughs too hard, and loves too extravagantly. During a joyful and chaotic childhood in Paris, her daughter Violaine wouldn't have it any other way. But when Maman is hospitalized after a third divorce and a breakdown, everything changes. As the story of Catherine's own traumatic childhood and adolescence unfolds, the pieces come together to form an indelible portrait...

Ella Mentry School hires a health teacher who tries to force the students to eat healthy foods and exercise, whether they want to or not.