san francisco (calif.)

Stuart and his family try to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

An overview of life for the Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco from 1840 through 1910, including their employment, family life, and everyday activities, as well as the prejudice they faced.

Nine-year-old Holly tries to adjust to a new home with a neighbor who has just invented a de-yukkification device.

After a difficult first week of third grade, Holly begins to adjust to her new school and living in her new stepfather's tiny apartment with his four cats.

Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.

Retells the story from the Bible book of Hosea, set in California's gold country in 1850, in which Angel, sold into prostitution as a child, cannot accept that her husband truly cares for her, and must make peace with God before she feels free to take the love Michael offers.

Kaden Norris moves to San Francisco to visit his cousin James after Kaden's older brother is killed in Iraq, and is introduced to a life of drugs, sex, and apathy.

The members of the Women's Murder Club are thrown into turmoil when one of them is injured in a shooting incident on a crowded ferry, and homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer has her hands full trying to find out who tried to kill her friend while at the same time investigating the kidnappings of children from well-to-do families, along with their nannies.

Certain that she is being drawn by more than coincidences into the lives of people living nearly 100 years ago, Violet, who feels like the odd sister in a set of triplets, searches for clues to help her avert an imminent tragedy.

San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer calls upon the members of the Women's Murder Club for help when a series of violent incidents puts police on the trail of a killer or killers intent on murdering someone every three days, and the investigation becomes urgent when Boxer learns one of her friends is a target.