Henry Carter Hull

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

Three young women come to terms with their identity as women and as sexual beings in a small New England town in the 1950s.

"The inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, You Are Here brings this diverse group of characters vividly to life--flawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after...

Although his elegant neighbors do not appreciate his efforts, a kind old man transforms his rundown house and a small neglected pine tree into the best on the street.

Loyalty and friendship within The Persian Pickle Club, a Depression-era farm town women's quilting and gossip club, is put to the test when a city girl joins.

When Duane's life seems to fall apart, he shocks his hometown by living a Thoreau-like existence in the countryside, until he meets and falls in love with a lesbian psychoanalyst who wants to help him.

Captain Carmine Delmonico, already dealing with trouble within the ranks of his police force in the Holloman suburb of Carew, Connecticut, in 1968, must somehow unite his team to find a rapist whose crimes have escalated to murder.

Describes the lonely predicament of Carol Kennicott, who is caught between her desires for social reform and individual happiness. Her dilemma is intensified by the fact that she lives in a small, self-satisfied, Midwestern town.

"Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago to small-town Maine when their neighbor Morgan Baines is found dead in her home. The murder rocks their tiny coastal island, but no one is more shaken than Sadie. But it's not just Morgan's death that has Sadie on edge. And as the eyes of suspicion turn toward the new family in town, Sadie is drawn deeper into the mystery of what really happened that dark and deadly night....