Sarah Jio

In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one way ticket to happily ever after. Six years later, the tide has turned on Emily's good fortune. So when her great aunt Bee invites her to spend the month of March on Bainbridge Island in Washington state, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea. Researching her next book, Emily discovers a red velvet diary, dated...

"Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, good night and reluctantly leaves for work. She hates the night shift, but it's the only way she can earn enough to keep destitution at bay. In the morning--even though it's the second of May--a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes to wake Daniel, but his bed is empty. His teddy bear lies outside in the snow. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge...

"A librarian inherits a bookshop from her estranged mother, leading her halfway across the world on a journey of self-discovery that transcends time and honors the unbreakable bonds of love and family. When librarian Valentina Baker was a teenager, her mother, Eloise, unexpectedly fled to her native London, leaving Val and her father on their own. Now in her thirties and fresh out of a failed marriage, Val feels a nagging disenchantment with her life--and...

"The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon Goodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the "great green room" might have come to be. June Andersen is professionally successful, but her personal life is marred by unhappiness. Unexpectedly, she is called to settle her...

# Mesma autora do best-seller As Violetas de Março, considerado o melhor livro do ano (2013) pelo Livrary Journal. # O livro mescla drama, suspense e ação contando a história do sequestro de uma criança durante uma grande nevasca em Seatle. Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray dá um beijo em seu filho, de três anos de idade, e, mesmo contrariada, sai para trabalhar. Ela odeia o turno da noite, mas o emprego de camareira no hotel é a única fonte de sustento...

Verão de 1942. Anne tem tudo o que uma garota de sua idade almeja: família e noivo bem-sucedidos. No entanto, ela não se sente feliz com o rumo que sua vida está tomando. Recém-formada em enfermagem e vivendo em um mundo devastado pelos horrores da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Anne, juntamente com sua melhor amiga, decide se alistar para servir seu país como enfermeira em Bora Bora. Lá ela se depara com outra realidade, uma vida simples e responsabilidades...

Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor's fate, but little suspects that Penny's mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.

Fleeing an East Coast life marred by tragedy, Ada Santorini takes up residence on houseboat number seven on Boat Street. She discovers a trunk left behind by Penny Wentworth, a young newlywed who lived on the boat half a century earlier. Ada longs to know her predecessor's fate, but little suspects that Penny's mysterious past and her own clouded future are destined to converge.

Presents short stories that all take place in and around New York City's Grand Central Station on the day after World War II ends, including contributions from such authors as Melanie Benjamin, Sarah Jio, and Amanda Hodgkinson.