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"The daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. For her little brother, Wavy is the only responsible adult. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house. Until her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with Kellen, one of her father's thugs with a heart of gold. And when she is a teenager, Wavy's relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world"--Back cover.

"In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney's famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. From their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined, and an unexpected friendship blooms. When Tina's letters stop coming, Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?"--Provided by publisher.

"Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning ... past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them ... Their life-as she sees it-is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?"--Provided by publisher.

Intertwining stories in small-town America in the 1980's feature a man searching for answers after his son commits a crime and a pastor's wife who has returned to the town for mysterious reasons of her own. Weaves together elements of folklore and Norse mythology with the background of a murder mystery.

Bonaventure Arrow is so quiet he can hear everything, including flowers growing, different shades of the color blue, and the voice of his father's spirit, and with this special gift he sets out to soothe his troubled family.