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BABYVILLE
Jane Green
Broadway Books
Fiction
ISBN: 0767912233
Coming May 27
Jane Green has written a witty and tender story about three friends whose lives are suddenly turned upside down by the life-changing event that hangs over the heads of many women: motherhood.
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BETWEEN SISTERS
Kristin Hannah
Ballantine Books
Fiction
ISBN: 0345450736
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Twenty-five years ago, Meghann Dontess was forced to make a terrible choice, one that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her judgmental older sister and their self-absorbed mother. This is the first time they have been together in more than 20 years and they will try to become what they never were --- a family.
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A BODY TO DIE FOR
Kate White
Warner Books
Fiction
ISBN: 0446531480
Coming in June
In this follow-up to the bestselling IF LOOKS COULD KILL, Bailey Weggins visits the Cedar Inn Spa for some R&R. But when Bailey finds a dead body in the massage room, her instincts as a detective are unable to take a vacation. As Bailey uncovers the victim's mysterious past, she finds herself becoming infatuated with Jeffrey Beck, a detective working on the case. Meanwhile, another horrifying murder is committed at the inn --- and Bailey finds herself the killer's next target.
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THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
St. Martin's Press
Fiction
ISBN: 0312313810
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez writes about six upwardly mobile Latina friends in their late 20s. These women, who come from widely varied backgrounds, meet at Boston University and, after graduating, reunite every six months to share their stories. Facing the complications and pressures of everyday living, the Social Club offers a chance for these women to meet regularly and help each other deal with life --- and love.
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FAMILY TRUST
Amanda Brown
Dutton
Fiction
ISBN: 0525947302
Coming July 10
Becca Reinhart is a career-oriented woman who has no desire to marry and raise a family. Edward Kirkland is a charming playboy who has never known what it means to work for a living, and hopes never to find out. But when a high-spirited little girl named Emily enters their lives, these two individuals, who have never met, suddenly find themselves immersed in the trials and tribulations of domestic life.
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LITTLE BITTY LIES
Mary Kay Andrews
HarperCollins
Fiction
ISBN: 0060199598
Coming in July
Mary Bliss McGowan doesn't realize her marriage is in trouble until the night she finds a note from her husband telling her he's gone --- and has taken all the family finances with him. A shocked Mary Bliss had thought everything was fine. The way she handles this dilemma is anything but conventional.
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SAPPHO'S LEAP
Erica Jong
Norton
Fiction
ISBN: 0393057615
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Erica Jong takes readers back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known. At the age of fourteen, Sappho is seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with him to overthrow the dictator of their island, and is caught and married off to a repellent older man in hopes that matrimony will keep her out of trouble. Instead, it starts her off on a series of amorous adventures with both men and women, taking her from Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades.
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SAY WHEN
Elizabeth Berg
Pocket Books
Fiction
ISBN: 0743411366
Coming in June
Settled comfortably in a Chicago suburb, Griffin adores his eight-year-old daughter Zoe and his shy, bookish wife Ellen --- he is without doubt a happy man. But when he wakes up one morning to hear of his wife's love affair with another man and her request for a divorce, Griffin's view of life is irrevocably altered.
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WHAT SHE WANTS
Cathy Kelly
Dutton
Fiction
ISBN: 0525947396
Coming June 26
Hope, Sam, Virginia, and Nicole are four women trying to cope with the various changes in their lives. Struggling to fit her family in with the hectic demands of her career has made Hope feel like a stranger to her husband and their two small children. Her unconventional sister Sam has big plans to be the first female music mogul, running her own record label exactly the way she pleases. Virginia and her husband can't wait to build their retirement dream home and spend more time with their granddaughter. Nicole is the wild child who sings and parties her way through life. Now a day of reckoning is coming, as each of them confronts a shattering crisis that will change them in ways they could not have predicted. But can they survive the fallout?
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THE WIFE
Meg Wolitzer
Scribner
Fiction
ISBN: 0684869403
Joseph Castleman is on an airplane with his wife of 40 years, Joan. One of America's preeminent novelists, Joseph is about to receive a prestigious international award to honor his accomplishments. For years, Joan has subjugated her own literary talents in order to devote herself completely to him and their children. But Joan has reached her breaking point, right there in the plane, and has finally decided to leave him.
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