KDL Recommends

A proudly deaf artist in Philadelphia, Lacey Gears is in a relationship with a wonderful man and rarely thinks about her childhood in a home for disabled orphans. That is, until Lacey receives a letter that begins, ‘You have a sister. A twin to be exact’.

Tells the story the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy.  Growing up she learns to swallow her grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.

Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt’s pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests.

The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

An atmospheric debut novel about growing up in the changing South in 1960s Mississippi in the tradition of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help.

After losing her infant daughter, Maya Lange opens The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of their desire for a child.

A retelling of Dracula from Mina Harker’s
perspective, unveiling the story of a woman falling into a forbidden, dangerous love and whose powerful emotions are subdued by the restrictions of her time.

Wryly humorous anecdotes mingle with bittersweet memories of a relationship that was passionate and loving in this psychological study of grief viewed from deep inside the experience itself.

Former Bolshoi ballerina Nina Revskaya auctions off her jewelry collection and becomes overwhelmed by memories of her homeland, the friends she left behind amidst Stalinist aggression, and the dark secret that brought her to a new life in Boston.

Shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, Karr drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a spiritual awakening led her to sobriety.

When Cassandra Fallows returns home in search of her next best-seller, she starts exploring the story of a childhood friend accused of killing her infant son. But as she digs deeper, Cassandra unearths secrets about her own past that cast her dearest memories in a new light.

A poignant tale of love, adolescence, and
treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy—and the man he later becomes—looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single long, hot, life-altering weekend.

Julie Metz had seemingly the perfect life—an adoring husband, a happy, spirited daughter, a lovely old house in a quaint suburban town—but it was all a lie. This is the story of rebuilding both a life and an identity after betrayal and widowhood, of rebirth and happiness—if not perfection.

In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, young Willow and young Pearl S. Buck, the headstrong daughter of Christian missionaries, embark on a friendship that will sustain both of them through one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history.

A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Once a week they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilized world. But one small mistake allows a backcountry
jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence.

Jane Austen’s beloved Sense and Sensibility has moved to Westport, Connecticut, in this enchanting, modern-day homage to the classic novel.

Brings history to life in a vivid and
wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt.

Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary,
England, until his brother’s death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village.

Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all midlife crises. His professional and personal lives are in chaos, and after some devastating personal losses, he has come to doubt the capacity of his own heart.

On an ordinary afternoon during rush hour traffic, a trailer truck violently swerves across fives lanes of traffic—careening cars into one another like dominoes and leaving a trail of chaos and confusion. As the survivors await help, their stories unfold.

In a small Louisiana river town, Calla Lily Ponder enjoys a blissful childhood at her mother’s side, learns the art of healing through the humble womanly art of “fixing hair,” and encounters first love with a boy named Tuck.