mothers and daughters

Longing to hide from the world after the trauma of her parents' divorce and the terrible bullying inflicted on her in school, teenaged Shelley moves with her timid mother to a remote cottage in the English countryside where all goes well, until an intruder invades their reclusive life and nothing is ever the same again.

"As the new millennium approaches, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Clocked by a Catholic statuette, Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues. Her daughter, Tabitha Scales, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus--whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. Only a modern master like Gregory Maguire can spin a tale this frantic, funny, and farcical. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born. THE NEXT QUEEN OF HEAVEN is Maguire's most imaginative story yet"--.

Painfully shy high school senior Teresa Adams gets a chance to work at The SLAM, Miami's hottest FM radio station, and to the surprise of everyone blossoms into confident, sexy Sweet T behind the microphone, but her secret identity is put at risk when the station announces a songwriting contest--and a prom date with Sweet T as the prize.

Sisters Junan and Yinan form a pact after their mother's suicide never to be apart, which endures until Junan enters into a marriage of convenience with a soldier who puts even more distance between the young women when he has an affair with Yinan.

Now almost thirteen, Clovermead uses her shape-shifting powers to protect her family, friends, and herself against a figure from the past who tricks her by playing on her sympathy.

Thirteen-year-old Cissy must discover what family means to her as she is caught in a struggle between her aunt and mother in Depression-era Colorado.