Playing My Mother's Blues

Dani Carter was seven years old—her sister, Rose, seventeen—when their beautiful, impetuous mother, Maria, walked out of their lives, abandoning her husband and family for a love affair that would end tragically mere months later. Now, after decades, Dani's own loveless marriage is faltering—propelling her into the arms of another and inspiring troubling thoughts of escape from her husband and beloved young son.
Dani fears the sins of the mother have been visited upon the daughter. And, unlike Rose, who never speaks of their lost parent, Dani can't help but wonder who Maria really was. It's a puzzle that may soon be solved because, in a time of emotional and physical chaos, Maria, calling herself Mariah, is about to re-enter her daughters' worlds—bearing secrets and bitter truths . . . and, perhaps, long-awaited answers.

Literature & Fiction

Valerie Wilson Wesley

United States

William Morrow Paperbacks

P.I Tamara Hayle and her latest client, popular radio personality Mandy Magic, share the same roots -- both grew up in the hardscrabble projects on one of the meanest streets in Newark. But that's what brings her to Tamara Hayle. Mandy Magic knows that each act of vandalism and seemingly random murder brings the demons of her yesterdays closer -- and each day that passes makes her easier to kill.

Easier to Kill (A Tamara Hayle Mystery)

Romance

Avon/Books

How to Lose your Cookie Money, Willimena Rules, Book # 3, Paperback.

How to Lose Your Cookie Money (Willimena Rules!, 3)

Contemporary

scholastic

What new set of rules does Willimena live by in this adventure? Well, summer's over, and Willie is finally about to enter the third grade.  Things are looking pretty rosy until she learns that Mrs. Sweetly-who's anything but sweet-is going to be her teacher for the whole year.  Not to be daunted, Willie wonders how she can make a good impression on the "sinister" Mrs. Sweetly.  And, as Willie soon finds out, the first rule to losing your class pet (and impressing your teacher) is to "volunteer to bring your class pet home."  Rule #2?  "Make sure you look away while cleaning his cage in your backyard".  And so, when Lester, the third grade's beloved floppy-eared guinea pig makes a break for it, Willimena's rules are about to change.

How to Lose Your Class Pet

Bt Bound

Easier to Kill

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Robert Hale, Ltd.

The Devil Riding

When Death Comes Stealing

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Headline Book Publishing

An Essence(r) BestsellerTamara Hayle, Newark, New Jersey's number one private investigator, is smart, sexy, and "has a way with a wisecrack that is positively lethal" (The Washington Post). Now the past has come back to haunt her - literally - in the form of terrifying dreams about Celia Jones, an old friend whose walk on the wild side led to a horrible death. Celia's teenage son begs Tamara to find his mother's killer . . . only to end up stabbed through the heart.

Dying in the Dark: A Tamara Hayle Mystery

Thorndike Press

What new set of rules does Willimena live by in this adventure? Well, summer's over, and Willie is finally about to enter the third grade. Things are looking pretty rosy until she learns that Mrs. Sweetly-who's anything but sweet-is going to be her teacher for the whole year. Not to be daunted, Willie wonders how she can make a good impression on the "sinister" Mrs. Sweetly. And, as Willie soon finds out, the first rule to losing your class pet (and impressing your teacher) is to "volunteer to bring your class pet home." Rule #2? "Make sure you look away while cleaning his cage in your backyard". And so, when Lester, the third grade's beloved floppy-eared guinea pig makes a break for it, Willimena's rules are about to change.

Willimena Rules!: How to Lose Your Class Pet - Book #1

Children's Books

Hyperion Book CH

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Willimena's cousin Teddy comes for a visit, her dad plans lots of activities for everyone to share. But Willimena grows resentful of all the attention Teddy receives, and decides to turn the tables on the situation.

Willimena Rules!: How to Fish for Trouble - Book #2

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