Rediscover the sensational 1942 bestseller that unveiled the Jazz Age as women lived it As seen in THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW and VANITY FAIR Set in Boston, New York, and Virginia, The Prodigal Women tells the intertwined stories of three young women who come of age in the Roaring Twenties, not flappers and golden girls but flesh-and-blood female protagonists looking wearily—and warily—at the paths open to women in a rapidly changing world. Leda March, “frantic with self-consciousness and envy and desire,” is the daughter of poorer relations of a prominent Boston family and an aspiring poet torn between an impulse to conformity and the pursuit of personal freedom. Betsy Jekyll, newly arrived with her family from Virginia, becomes Leda’s closest childhood friend, bringing a beguiling new warmth and openness into the New Englander’s life. But Betsy soon abandons Boston to land a job at a fashion magazine and enjoy life as a single woman in New York before falling in love with—and marrying—an abusive, controlling man. Betsy’s older sister, Maizie, a Southern belle idolized by the two younger friends and pursued by numerous men, grows tired of “running around” and fatefully looks for happiness in marriage to a turbulent artist. When The Prodigal Women was published in 1942, its uncompromising portrayal of women’s shifting roles, open sexuality, and ambivalence toward motherhood made it a succèss de scandale, spending twenty-three weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Now Library of America restores Nancy Hale’s lost classic to print with a new introduction by Kate Bolick exploring how the novel measures “the gap between what liberation looks like, and what it actually is.”

New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck—she’s getting everything she ever wanted. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever… London, 2019. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own—but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. Maddie finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’s haunting past—a story of friendship, betrayal, and the unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

Practically left at the altar will be written on Thandie Nkosi’s headstone if she doesn’t run far enough away from her past. Out of money and out of options, she finds temporary solace and a job she’s wholly unqualified for as the Director of Activities at a new resort. Meanwhile, a potential investor sends a consultant to assess the resort’s viability. Grant, who is running from his own trauma, runs right into Thandie on the first day’s hike. Their connection electrifies as storms threaten the future of the resort itself. With the power out, their attraction heats up. It’s clear that if he will ever move on, Grant needs to come to terms with his own loss. He hides his secret from Thandie, but the more he pulls away, the harder he falls for her. Will his past loss cloud him from love? Can Thandie allow her heart to bloom again?

He’s home from the war, but his own battle is just beginning. After 9/11, Nolan Wright knew enlisting in the army was his ticket out of small-town South Carolina. He’d return a decorated war hero and finally earn his parents’ approval. But when his unfinished tour in Afghanistan leaves him disabled, he comes home to a life—and a family—he barely recognizes. Benji idolized his older brother, but being abandoned once by Nolan was painful enough. Now, Benji shuns him, vowing to spend one awesome summer with his best friend instead. That is, until Nolan offers Benji a real chance at the relationship he always wanted. Benji must choose: spend his summer with the best friend who’s been there or with the brother who hasn’t. But Nolan isn’t finding a new normal, not even close, and the family he needs is unraveling. Benji must find a way to forgive his brother and convince Nolan there is life after war. If he fails, Benji risks losing his brother forever.

Four women a potter, a caterer, a councillor and a teacher all have a connection with Nottingham. They tell of their Jamaican childhood and their lives resettling as early immigrants in England. The journeys, full of pathos and often laced with humour, provide insight into their inner strength, values, and triumph over adversity. Here, history becomes Her-story.

Lillian often finds herself asking the question: Why me?I was Lillian booth kincaid. I was the daughter of Ramon Luzon-Kincaid and Stella booth. Two people who never really could love each other. But got together long enough to make me. My masquerade dance is over. I had to take it off my mask to revile my sadness, my grief, my shame, my pain, my lost hope, and dreams. I had to watch as my last bit of happiness got sucked down the drain.This story takes a close look at Lillian's most awkward years. It reads more like a group of snapshots then the story of Lillian's life. It explores her complex and often combative home life with her mother Stella and her equally abusive relationship with her boyfriend Xavier how it pushes her to the edge.