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Golden Richards, a polygamist Mormon with four wives and twenty-eight children, is building a brothel in Nevada, telling his wives it is a senior center; but his desire for a young woman on the construction site, the increasing burden of his large family, and his son's sinister plot against him contributes to his ever-increasing anxiety.

Julia, suffering from a recent tragedy, visits the farmhouse in which her great-grandmother, Violet, once lived and uncovers secrets with consequences reaching fifty years forward about how Violet, her daughter Lena, and another woman named Grace, who all worked in a Wisconsin shipyard and had loved ones fighting in the war, were affected by World War II.

Tassie Keltjin, a twenty-year-old girl from a small town, comes of age as a college student while the U.S. prepares for war in the Middle East, and when she takes a part-time job as a nanny, she encounters various emotional and political issues and learns more about herself.

Barley, an adopted little bear, is reassured of his mother's love after she tells him the story of how she wished for him and how her wish came true.

John Schwartz reflects on his and his wife's efforts to help their son understand his homosexual identity after he attempted to commit suicide. Schwartz details the major obstacles his family had to overcome along the way and reveals how they finally managed to move forward and build a better, more stable future for them all. Includes tips and advice for teens and parents in similar situations.

When a sudden, shocking event strikes Rosemary Cooke's family, they are each affected and changed by it. As she struggles through the reality of the situation, she must also learn what it means for her personally as well as those she cares about.

A collection of poems in which the author draws upon her experiences as a Palestinian-American living in the Southwest, and her travels in Central America, the Middle East, and Asia, to comment upon the shared humanity of different cultures throughout the world.

Izzy Spellman, an employee at her family's private investigation firm, becomes convinced that her neighbor is hiding a dark secret, and is willing to lose her license to find out what it is.

Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, having decided to work as a bartender instead of a private investigator and struggling with personal issues, is thrown back into the world of spying when she agrees to help a customer find out if his wife is cheating.

Angel runs a bakery in Kigali, Rwanda and she listens to the secrets of many who are willing to share them. Suddenly a mystery takes place in Angel's own family and they fall apart.