In the Quiet

Eleven-year-old Samantha is on a quest for magic. Everyday she and her best friend go digging in their neighbors' backyards, turning up ancient arrowheads and other treasures. They're looking for just the right magic to bring back the spirit of someone lost. Then Sammy might be able to be with her mother again, even for a few seconds. In the months since her mother's death, Sammy has carefully kept all of her memories tucked safely inside her, in the quiet. Then her aunt comes to live with Sammy and her father. She's not the kind of aunt Sammy was hoping for, one who makes mock apple pie and loves board games. Instead Aunt Constance has a special gift that helps her find things that are lost. But there's one thing that Aunt Constance has never been able to find, something that belonged to Sammy's mom. So she asks Sammy to help her. It will take all of Sammy's courage to complete this quest, but she is willing to risk everything if it means feeling close to her mom one more time.

Children's Books

Ross, Adrienne

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Eleven-year-old Samantha is on a quest for magic. Something powerful enough to bring her mother back, if only for a few seconds. Since her mother died a few months ago, Sammy has been careful to keep all her memories and sadness tucked safely inside her, in the quiet. Now Aunt Constance has come to live with Sammy and her father. She may look like Sammy’s mom, but Aunt Constance is odd. She has a special gift that helps her find lost people and things. There’s one thing, though, that Aunt Constance has never been able to find: something that belonged to Sammy’s mother. So she asks Sammy to help her. It will take all Sammy’s courage to complete this quest, but she’s willing to risk everything if it means feeling the joy of being close to her mother one more time.

Yearling

She’s real! Meet the real-life #AuntAlma and her real-life talk. Laugh at her witty words. Ponder her quirky quips. Savor her strut and sass. No topic is exempt and no one safe from that sharp tongue of hers. It’s humor delivered in love—well, most of the time! This hilarious book of quotations alongside colorful illustrations and engaging stories is filled with common sense, comedy, and a little bit of crazy! That’s #AuntAlma in a nutshell. #AuntAlma says, “Ain’t nobody in Heaven raisin’ hell," but she ain’t there yet, and whether she’s willing to admit it or not, she’s raising her fair share right here on earth, in a southern dialect to boot! If you think the character Maxine is sassy, wait until you get to know #AuntAlma; she surpasses Maxine's sass, with a whole lot more class. #AuntAlma: Raisin' a Little Heaven on Earth was written by popular demand, birthed from requests by people who fell in love with an aunt they met on social media, whose common sense quotations both tickled and inspired them. This book, which captures #AuntAlma's spirit, will capture your heart, as well.

#AuntAlma: Raisin' a Little Heaven on Earth

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

ARC Publishing

Do you long to live with purpose? Have you wondered what that purpose is and how to fulfill it? You are not alone; young and old alike grapple with this and question their specific role in life. Many go through the motions every day, accept whatever life gives them, and hope to somehow bump into their purpose. Others do not believe they even have one. This book exposes that lie. You do have a purpose. It's time to discover what it is and take the steps necessary to possess it.

Push Your Way to Purpose: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You're Meant to Be

Religion & Spirituality

This intriguing collection of short stories portrays the complexities of love, unrequited and requited, fantasized and realized. The characters, who yearn for connection despite their ambivalence and their varying abilities to achieve it, range in age from sixteen to seventy-five. They have compelling lives, jobs, and interests, yet they continue to pursue some kind of resolution within the complexities of their situations. A graduate student attempts to reconcile her thesis topic with the interesting man in the apartment above. A psychotherapist prefers her dentist to her new lover. A desolate gynecologist is visited by her alter ego. To a college professor's unsatisfied lover, murder appears to be the only solution to their increasingly uncommunicative relationship. Whether they live in the city or the country, Ross's characters struggle as they look for love. Alternately self-aware and absurdly self-deluding, they cope with the difficulties inherent in contemporary relationships, trying to understand themselves and their friends. They contradict themselves in ways that are laughable, yet they are always recognizable and sympathetic.

In the Eyes, in the Mouth

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Lost Coast Press

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In the Quiet

In the Quiet

#AuntAlma: Raisin' a Little Heaven on Earth

Push Your Way to Purpose: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You're Meant to Be

In the Eyes, in the Mouth