Elizabeth Berg, bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures, has a rare talent for revealing her characters hearts and minds in a manner that makes us empathize completely. Her new novel, We Are All Welcome Here, features three women, each struggling against overwhelming odds for her own kind of freedom.
It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis s birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently and violently across the state. But in Paige Dunn s small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate...

This wonderful novel transports us to Nazareth in biblical times, where we meet Mary and Joseph-and understand them as never before: young, in love, and suddenly faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Aided by a great and abiding love, they endure challenges to their relationship as well as threats to their lives as they come to terms with the mysterious circumstances surrounding the birth of their child, Jesus. For Mary, the pregnancy is a divine miracle and a privilege. For Joseph, it is an ongoing test of his faith-in his wife as well as in his God. Exquisitely written and imbued with...

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 wond

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.

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.

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

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.

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 incr

In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of "The Art of Mending," a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.

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, lon