Henry Carter Hull

"What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards...

In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton finds inspiration for her next book in her correspondence with a native of Guernsey, who tells her about the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a book club born as an alibi during German occupation.

Twins, orphaned at the age of six and sent to live with different relatives, meet again after more than fifty years apart and struggle to find common ground.

With hope dwindling, will she find her way again? The three Caldwell sisters have split up. Imogen has joined the war effort, Elsie has married, and Daisy is living away from home and missing her sisters. Although she is busy making new friends and dancing with handsome young men, Daisy cannot avoid the horrors of the war. Working as a nurse and confronted with death daily, she finds herself wondering what the point of it all is. As the chaos...

Contains 1417 illustrations including 319 plates in full color. Discusses the origins of modern art, its growth, why it has taken certain forms, and how it continues to develop.

"The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays"--

Presents selections of works by Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, and James Merrill.

The author and her son chronicle his first year as a teenage father and her journey as a mother and new grandmother, describing their respective experiences with changing roles, the baby's mother, and poignant family losses.