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From Jamie Ford, author of the beloved Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, comes a much-anticipated second novel. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness.
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A mother reflects on the all the milestones, from walking in a deep wood to holding someone else's hand, that her child will achieve during life.

An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker, and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident.

Throughout the year, a little bear struggles to learn the things his mother teaches, but she reassures him of her love no matter what he does.

Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick, so when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her.

Mama Penguin has hidden all the alphabet letters in the snow, with each letter marked by a clue, and her six little penguins must find them all and bring them home--to a big bowl of alphabet soup.

When Mama Rabbit gets unexpectedly called away one night, it's up to the six young bunnies to pitch in and make themselves soup for dinner.

Little Critter and his mother take a trip to the city exploring the department stores and museums.

An overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elusive dancer whose untimely death her fiancé is desperate to untangle. A mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident ... Magnus, a New York neurologist -- son to one, lover to another, and doctor to a third -- is the thread that binds these womens stories together as he navigates relationships defined by compromise and misunderstanding,...

Three mothers and their offspring--fox, rabbit, and human--wait for the first snow of winter.