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James Willoughby is a na ï ve young medical student whose family fortunes have taken a negative turn,

The ruthless young competitors are warriors and strategists who have been cultivating the skills and

Elwood Curtis is a promising young man in 1960s Tallahassee.

pirate--ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young Amina soon finds herself entangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while fighting Click here for my full review of North Woods. 04 The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young June struggles Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy, loosely set in

more closely with her real life, and she furiously shares detailed notes with Fran, an up-and-coming young

She's a black young woman supporting residents who are largely white, and Reid shows widespread entitled Meanwhile the students under Millie's watch in the dorm are developing young-feeling (dirty dishes in

Meanwhile Jade, a young girl who has been sold to a courtesan, befriends JungHo, a young orphan boy in

In 1982, Dawn, a young mother in a fine but loveless marriage finds happiness in a socially unacceptable relationship, and the legal backlash causes her to lose custody of--and contact with--her beloved young editor and sometimes-writer), struggle to cope with financial pressures and relationship issues, while young

A young professor determined to make her mark is inspired to pursue a project that just might earn her

On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying

Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. Eli is a good young fellow who is growing more savvy, is increasingly able to see shades of gray, and Despite the desperate behaviors of the adults in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers

Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time. rescued from that tragedy; it follows the path of the twins' lives as they grow up; the story tracks young passion for aviation and her adventures; and the book injects a modern-day story line in which a famous young Shipstead has created two independent, defiant, appealingly strong young women split by time (and, secondarily

Marguerite is heir to a fortune, but after she is orphaned, she grows into a young lady while her guardian Young Jude and Faha's grown twins, Tim and Tom, bring the baby girl to Dr. On the side, she shows her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying

Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with

Robert Kolker retraces the lives of Mimi and Don through their young marriage, their conflicts in ambition But there’s no permanently hiding the wandering, ranting, furious young men. One sister remains linked to the family, and as an adult she continues to try to assist ill siblings

Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe.

But when a young woman shows up bleeding at his home, then mysteriously disappears, he is shocked into

Walsh's The Love of My Life, Emma is a marine biologist who's devoted to her husband Leo and their young Walsh tells the story in two parts, alternating between chapters exploring Emma's young life (the true

The young couple find one another and bond to each other in their desperate run to escape the devastated precedes her novel Lila and takes the form of the aging Reverend's recollections and letters to his young Gilead is largely an exploration of the Reverend's complicated relationship with his troubled young namesake

She recalls how as a young woman she felt hemmed in by hippie culture and also by the societal opposition at times funny with a tragic undertone, as in the recounting of the song Lucinda sold when she was young

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Foster, Claire Keegan's slim Irish novel about a young girl sent 01 Foster by Claire Keegan In Claire Keegan's slim novel Foster, a young girl in Ireland is taken by

In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is

Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young Henry Gaunt, Sydney Ellwood, and their classmates came as young boys to their sometimes claustrophobic But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors. the constancy of life-and-death danger and the deep-seated fear of destroying a friendship that both young Her charm comes through in candid reflections about her fascinating life, and her young life's adventures

She spies from a distance the comings and goings of a group of seven people, some young and some older

Erin Crosby Eckstine's richly detailed historical fiction explores the life of Junie, an enslaved young

commanding general--who also happens to be Violet's mother--pushes her to vie with the rest of Navarre's young character Rachel is an Irish university student working in a Cork bookstore, dating a boring but reliable young

Young Lucrezia is lucky enough to exist outside of palazzo scrutiny, free to follow her own imagination Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

memoir about growing up while her father was incarcerated and the complicated childhood that shaped her adult Land by Anthony Doerr In this upcoming book by Anthony Doerr (author of All the Light We Cannot See), young

Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory by sending an idealistic, headstrong young

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe.

Cora is a strong young ballet dancer when she meets her future husband, and it is excruciating to repeatedly

author of The Master , The Magician , and other novels. 03 Trespasses by Louise Kennedy Cushla is a young

begins a winding path to figuring out her life that mainly entails defying most of the stereotypes of a young Frankel Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two young

contract-worker brother who feels socially awkward and is doubting his chess prowess after having built his young

James Willoughby is a na ï ve young medical student whose family fortunes have taken a negative turn, 05 Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1) by Sebastian de Castell Kellen begins as a principled, headstrong young Arienne knew since she was a young girl that because she was born with magic, her future would end with

the overworked dad trying to make it home in time for his daughter's musical, to the mother of two young

It's a fairytale-like love letter to Paris in which a staid young woman has almost magical encounters

Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult instilled a love of music in her, and raised her--although not always competently--until she was a young

As the young men in The Lincoln Highway face challenge after challenge, they grow, learn, and fight for Towles crafts a solid historical fiction adventure for his young-men protagonists, balancing weighty

She was a promising young playwright, but life got in the way, cost of living pressures led her to find

horrific car accident with her father at the wheel changed her family forever when Shannon was very young , and she doesn't shy away from exploring her young understanding of the circumstances, loss, and her

Those around Selma work to quickly come to terms with their finite existence, and young and old members mortality in the text and there are allusions to intimacy, the tone of the book feels geared toward young

Joe's neighbor Lila is a tough young woman who's endured hardship and is slow to trust.

I'm reading The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O'Farrell's newest historical fiction, about a young duchess reading Kate Manning's Gilded Mountain (to be published tomorrow), historical fiction about a strong young

When she emigrates to New York City, she is befriended by two strong young sisters, Anne and Alma, and

Annis is a young Southern woman enslaved, sold, and abused in the years before the Civil War.

Such a Fun Age centers around a young Black babysitter, her employer, and the complicated nature of their

In 1840 in London, young Arthur lives near the sewage-filled River Thames, desperate to escape poverty

more Bossy reviews of book set in Maine. 02 There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak In 1840 London, young