Berthoud Community Library District

Marianne is stuck in a loveless, unhappy marriage. After forty-one years, she has reached her limit, and one evening in Paris she decides to take action. Following a dramatic moment on the banks of the Seine, Marianne leaves her life behind and sets out for the coast of Brittany, also known as "the end of the world." Here she meets a cast of colorful and unforgettable locals who surprise her with their warm welcome, and the natural ease they all...

"It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris’s grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling...

"A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled--the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across...

The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870's New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an "apology" for her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, which was more brutal and critical. Not...

After his wife steals holy scrolls entrusted to his family centuries earlier, Alex Mendeneres chases after her to retrieve them, bringing his young daughter to New York with him, where she meets and is watched over by aspiring author Dani Arnold.

When his partner and lover, Rainie Conner, vanishes during her investigation into the case of a missing foster child, private detective Pierce Quincy enlists the aid of his daughter Kimberly, a rookie FBI agent, to uncover the truth.

Eleven years ago, Honor thought she had the perfect home, the perfect love, the perfect life. Then her husband, brilliant photographer and sculptor John Sullivan, broke her heart--and tore their little family apart. Now, hearing of Regis's impending marriage, John has ended his self-imposed exile and returned to the family he's always loved more than anything on earth. What he finds is one daughter still hurting over his abandonment, another who barely...

"When Noelle Van Doren's only child is stolen from her by her wealthy estranged husband, it is she who must battle, against an onslaught of false evidence, to prove she's a fit parent"--Jacket.

"Packing up the girls and her grandmother, Susanna heads to a cabin in the Adirondacks, trying to escape her fears, her secrets ... and maybe even the man she loves. Little does she realize they are being followed, only this time by her husband ... and a murderer."--P. [4] of cover.

Serena Tully's jealous husband locks her out of their home after accusing her of having an affair, and in order to regain custody of her children, Serena turns to Doctor Morgan Reece, a child-parent relationship specialist.