As a child, Elizabeth White was sent from her war-torn London home to a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It was there, in the crowded, chaotic O'Connor household, that she met Aisling-who would become her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling's boldness brought Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carried Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents'...

When Susannah, the owner of a new flower store, and her employee, a young widow named Colette Blake, join the knitting class at A Good Yarn, they meet a group of unforgettable women who offer them life-changing advice, support, and friendship.

Une nuit de temp�ete de neige en 1992, Vinca Rockwell, brillante �el�eve de pr�epas, s'enfuit de son campus de la C�ote d'Azur, avec son professeur de philosophie. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Fanny, Thomas et Maxime, qui �etaient les meilleurs amis de Vinca, se retrouvent, li�es par un secret tragique.

"Liss Larkin and Nao Kao Inthavong hail from opposite corners of the world when they meet in graduate school; she an exuberant daughter of the American Midwest, and he the reserved survivor of Southeast Asia's wars. Yet their connection is immediate and their bond gradually deepens - right up until the moment Liss walks away without a word of explanation. Twenty years later, Liss and Nao Kao unexpectedly cross paths again and emotions that seemed...

"Nimbus had a rough start as a kitten. But her fortunes changed the day she met Fletcher. The boy nursed her back to health from a life-threatening injury and adopted her. But when Fletcher's aunt brings home a mysterious jar, an ancient nightmare demon is unwittingly unleashed. Despite battling the monster to save her friend, Fletcher's superstitious aunt blames Nim for the attack and secretly abandons her at a dump. There, Nim is befriended by a...

"Jojo looks around and everyone seems to have friends but her. She feels sad and lonely. She wonders, how do you make a friend? How do you BE a friend? Then, Jojo meets Puddles, the snowman made with magic snow. The discovery of a best friend is a precious gift of childhood."--Back cover

"An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On Beauty. Two brown girls dream of being dancers--but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties,...

"One of Marisol's least-favorite things is gym class-- especially when Coach Decker announces that they will be playing kickball-- so Marisol and her best friend Jada ask the best (and stinkiest) athlete they know-- Marisol's big brother Oz-- for help"--Provided by publisher.

While attending a tea party at Katerina Kittycat's house, Daniel helps his friend when things go wrong.

"What should a puppet master do when he's old and alone and all his puppets are gone? Silvester decides to make one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he starts to walk . . . While Silvester shows Puppet the town, the playground, and other wonders the world holds, Puppet in turn helps Silvester to make a new friend and share his puppet-making skills with the next generation"--Provided...