![]() ![]() The eldest daughter, Ana María, quickly finds herself attracted to a stoic, serious member of Parliament named Gideon Fox. With their controlling father an ocean away, the young women are free to make their own choices and bond as siblings and friends - while navigating all the temptations and microaggressions of high society. It begins in 1862, when the second French intervention in Mexico sends the three wealthy Luna sisters fleeing to the safety of their uncle’s house in London. ![]() ![]() It’s a bit like trying to rebuild a runner’s knee while they finish a four-minute mile: painful and audacious and exhilarating, all at once.įor a gentler take on subverting familiar romance forms, try the first volume in Liana De la Rosa’s new historical series, ANA MARÍA AND THE FOX (Berkley, 352 pp., paperback, $17). This romance does not simply build a love story it transforms one from the inside out. There are years of deflected conflicts roiling the pages - along with devotion, vulnerability and the kind of desperate pining that turns a reader absolutely feral. ![]() In short, these hockey men need therapy, as well as love. For Nisha, it means: “I’ve been in passionate love with you and our other best friend for years - now he’s happily engaged, and knowing you’re starting to look for someone too has me binge-drinking until all I can hear is my abusive parents’ voices telling me I deserve to be alone forever.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() Revisit the novel’s first chapter, now that you know the full story. Yet, as these lives advance across decades, the Garretts' influences on one another ripple ineffably but unmistakably through each generation.įull of heartbreak and hilarity, French Braid is classic Anne Tyler: a stirring, uncannily insightful novel of tremendous warmth and humor that illuminates the kindnesses and cruelties of our daily lives, the impossibility of breaking free from those who love us, and how close-yet how unknowable-every family is to itself.ġ. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping his family's orbit, for reasons none of them understand. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. ![]() Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. ![]() ![]() “A moving meditation on the passage of time.a quietly subversive novel, tackling fundamental assumptions about womanhood, motherhood and female aging.” -Jennifer Haigh, New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() "In a world that encourages an 'all about me' mentality, I am so grateful for this devotional that helps us learn all about Him. These snapshots are dense with theological truth, helping you grow in the truth of His character and rest in His goodness and kindness. Each day's reading points toward a name or attribute of God from that passage. ![]() In this 100-day devotional, trusted Bible teacher Tara-Leigh Cobble explores powerful sections from each book of the New Testament. ![]() These are truths we can lean on every day of our lives, but we miss the beautiful attributes of God when we look for only ourselves in our Bibles. What does He want to tell us about Himself? He describes Himself as the God of peace. What if all you needed was a new lens? We often look to the Bible for advice on how to live, but when that becomes our focus, it's easy to miss the point of Scripture: to reveal God and His character to us. See a Clearer Picture of Who God Really Is Scripture is meant to reveal God to us, but sometimes it's hard for us to see Him there. ![]() |