They met at a party. It was hate at first sight. Ruth was far too beautiful, too flamboyant. Not at all Ann's kind of person. Until a chance encounter in the bathroom led to an alliance of souls. This is the story of Ruth and of Ann. And all of us who wonder what we'd say if we knew we didn't have forever.

Paige Dunn is a woman whose beauty, intelligence, and free spirit are such that two men in town are pursuing her despite the fact she has been handicapped by polio and is raising her daughter with just the help of her carer Peacie. Her daughter, Diana, longs to please her mother, and makes a radical move which changes everything.

Katie has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels lonely. When she accidentally falls through the ice while skating, she meets Jimmy, handsome, far older than she, and married. But she is entranced. As their relationship unfolds, so does Katie's awareness of the pain and intensity first love can bring.

As Jay lingers is a coma, his wife, Lainey, is the only one who believes he will recover. She hopes to reach him by offering reminders of the ordinary life they shared. And throughout her ordeal, Lainey is sustained by her relationship with two women, each of whom teaches her about the enduring bond of friendship and the genuine power of hope.

Unmarried at 51, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by immersing herself in her home nursing career. Now Chip Reardon is assigned to be her new patient. He is an old school friend who, with an incurable illness, has returned home to New England to spend his remaining days.

Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr Right and start a family? But Patty is in love - with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's just one small problem: He is also gay.

When Betta Nolan's husband dies, she honours a promise she made to him to move to a small town and start a new life. This book talks about her, who rediscovers meaning in life. It is about deliberately acknowledging the solace found in ordinary things: a warm bath, good food, the beauty of nature, music, art found in museums and in gardens.

Sometimes you have to leave your life behind for a while to see it and really live freshly again. Here, a woman follows the pull of the moon to find her way home. Sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest, this is a novel about the journey of one woman - and about the issues of the heart that transforms the lives of all women.

Laura Bartone looks forward to her annual family reunion with a mixture of excitement and wariness. But, on their first evening together, Caroline confronts Laura and their brother Steve with devastating allegations about their mother. Taken aback and incredulous, the siblings are unable to reconcile their perception of their childhood.

When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go? This work tells a story, which charts the days and nights of a family whose normal life has been shattered. It is told from the point of view of a man who goes overnight from being a husband to becoming his wife's roommate.

A new novel from the author of 'Open House' and 'Never Change'.

Laura Bartone looks forward to her annual family reunion with a excitement and wariness. Every year, she and her siblings return to their parents' home outside Minneapolis to attend the state fair. This year, things are different. As soon as she arrives, Laura realizes their is something wrong with her sister Caroline.

When Samantha Morrow's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son she is faced with the terrifying prospect of having to recreate her whole life. She opens her house to a series of lodgers who each in the eccentric way help her to see herself. And she shakes a friend, who shows her that she has the ability to make her own future.