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Elizabeth Berg
This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses…
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The bestselling author of The Year of Pleasures and Open House returns with a wonderful novel in which a woman and her daughter embark on new adventures.
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From the author of We Are All Welcome Here comes her most ambitious work to date–a moving novel where unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate…
The bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures follows the story of three women in 1965, Tupelo, Mississippi, each struggling against overwhelming odds for her…
A beautiful story about the power of love and family, this new novel by the beloved, bestselling author of The Last Time I Saw You follows the journey of a…
Desperate for marriage and motherhood but impossibly in love with the wrong man, real estate agent Patty Hansen comes up with an ingenious, if offbeat, solution to accomplishing her goals.
In this rich new novel by the bestselling author of Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother uncovers secrets and…
A woman recreates her life after divorce by opening her house to strangers–and her heart to the simple miracle of possibility–in this unforgettable, deeply felt story by the author of…
When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go? This work tells a story, which charts the days and nights of a family whose normal life…
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In this wonderful novel about love and trust, hope and belief, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures transports readers to Nazareth in…
This is the third in a series of "Happy" books, compilations of Facebook posts. First two were Make Someone Happy and Still Happy.
In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of The Art of Mending, a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.
From the beloved bestselling author of The Year of Pleasures comes a novel about women and men reconnecting with one another–and themselves–at their 40th class reunion.
A searing, evocative novel of a family in turmoil focuses on a family whose ordinary life has been shattered by unexpected revelations, in a story told from the perspective of…
Appearing for the first time in a trade edition, this novel from the bestselling author of Range of Motion is about a middle-age woman who begins an impromptu trek across…
From the New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and Open House comes Berg’s superb new novel, set in the time of World War II, about…
In this warm and engaging novel, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg revisits the heroine she so lovingly brought to life in Durable Goods and Joy School. Worse, Katie…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY * Elizabeth Berg has written a lush historical novel based on the…
A lonely thirteen-year-old girl moves to Missouri with her distant and occasionally abusive father and falls in love with an older–and married–gasoline station attendant, an affair that teaches her some…
Have you ever considered the wondrous wishes of a wizard, or the delightful dreams of a unicorn? Maybe you know what the moon dreams about, or maybe you would like…
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Unmarried at 51, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by immersing herself in her home nursing career. Now Chip Reardon is assigned to be her new…
It is 1961, and thirteen-year-old Katie is facing a summer full of conflict. First, instead of letting her find her own work for the season, Katie’s father has arranged for…
Ann and Ruth have always talked honestly - about husbands and marriages, sex and children, their work, their hopes, their disappointments and their dreams. Then Ruth is diagnosed with cancer…
As Jay lingers is a coma, his wife, Lainey, is the only one who believes he will recover. She hopes to reach him by offering reminders of the ordinary life…
Laura Bartone looks forward to her annual family reunion with a mixture of excitement and wariness. But, on their first evening together, Caroline confronts Laura and their brother Steve with…
Paige Dunn is a woman whose beauty, intelligence, and free spirit are such that two men in town are pursuing her despite the fact she has been handicapped by polio…
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this superb new novel by the beloved author of Open House, Home Safe, and The Last Time I Saw You, four women venture into their…
Following her mother’s death, Katie, a young girl living on an army base, waits for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her and struggles to understand her distant, violent…
Includes P.S. insights, interviews & more…
Sometimes you have to leave your life behind for a while to see it and really live freshly again. Here, a woman follows the pull of the moon to find…
From the bestselling author of Talk Before Sleep and What We Keep comes the love story of the year ( Detroit Free Press ). A woman waiting for her husband…
The beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the poignant love story of caring for her parents in their final years in this beautifully written memoir.
I’ll Be Seeing You…
This beautiful new novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur…
A baking class instructor, her haunted assistant, and a youth reeling from a family tragedy discover the power of community while navigating complicated choices and uncertain futures.
Includes an excerpt from Night of Miracles.
In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of…
In this uplifting novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv, good friends discover that the things they fear revealing to others can be the…
When Betta Nolan’s husband dies, she honours a promise she made to him to move to a small town and start a new life. This book talks about her, who…
Sometimes heartbreak shows us who we really are… An uplifting and heart-warming story of how a fifty-something widow learns to love her life again
In Ordinary Life, the opening story of this collection, Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week. In Today’s Special, a woman finds solace in the simple atmosphere…
In this collection, Berg explores the everyday challenges that women face, whether teenaged or octogenarian braving the emotional landmines underlying domestic scenes, navigating the slippery slope of constant dieting, and…
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The Story of Arthur Truluv: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg: Conversation Starters Maddy understands Arthur when she sees him in the cemetery talking to his dead wife. She wants to…
A woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening her house to strangers–and her heart to the simple miracle of possibility–in this unforgettable, deeply felt story by the author of…
