"A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate--the first automobile any of them have seen--and a stranger arrives. In...

Italian teenager Giovanna searches for a sense of identity and clear perspectives when she finds herself torn between the refinements and excesses of a divided Naples.

"Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are about to face their most important challenge. Their eleven-year-old son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in--so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don and Rosie to decide how much to guide Hudson, and raise some significant questions about Don's own identity."--...

"If you could choose your family...you wouldn't choose the Penningtons. One father. Four mothers. Five children. The author of the "brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel" (Oprah Daily) Queenie, named Book of the Year by the British Book Awards, returns with another witty and insightful novel about the power of family--even when they seem like strangers. Dimple Pennington knows of her half siblings--Nikisha, Danny, Lizzie, and Prynce--but...