Henry Carter Hull

The third book of the "Christmas Box" collection, telling the story of the love between David and MaryAnne Parkin, and following David's quest to find his mother, a woman whose abandonment had a devastating impact on David's life.

Story of four generations in the life of the Ward family, from America's western frontier to today.

When Claire returns to her family's estate in Ireland, she learns that years earlier her sister had traveled there to have an illegitimate child, and when Claire arrives, she gets the chance to meet the niece she never knew she had.

When Lily Wilk is asked to paint a family portrait for a wealthy storekeeper, Lily finds herself examining her own family life and reevaluating her relationships.

As Veblen and Paul struggle to make it to their wedding day in one piece, they grapple with staying true to their ideals in life and work, dealing with dysfunctional parents, a seductive pharmaceutical heiress, and a very charismatic squirrel. "A dazzlingly original novel about love and family, war and nature, set amid a California culture clash of new money and antiestablishment values." -- provided by publisher.

In 1965 the Bedloe family lives on a quiet street in Baltimore. Seventeen-year-old Ian has dreams for the future, until the night when he meddles in his older brother's life--and from that careless moment on, nothing can ever be the same.

Ave Maria Mulligan, a thirty-five-year-old spinster in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is jolted out of her rut when her mother reveals a shocking secret, and things become even more exciting when Elizabeth Taylor announces plans to visit the sleepy town.

The death of Vernon Proctor, the oldest of three illiterate brothers living on primitive farm in upstate New York, sets off a wave of suspicion and accusations in the community, and complicates the work of state trooper Del Graham, who must look at Creed and the feeble-minded Audie as suspects.

In April, 1796, young Charlotte Stuart writes a series of letters to George Washington, whose portrait is being painted by her father, reporting on her efforts and those of her brothers to follow the rules of good behavior in the book Mr. Washington gave them. Includes historical notes.

Charlotte Dawes, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a distinguished New England couple, has her innocence stripped from her by a violent act, and the family's decision to hide what happened marks the beginning of a cover-up that changes the lives of everyone involved.