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For twenty-nine-year-old Lola Watson, life is finally looking up: she has fabulous friends, is working her dream job at a popular magazine, and has just inherited a beautiful house from her late aunt. Sure, her love life isn’t in great shape, but she’s got time, right? And so what if her new neighbors are a little too friendly (i.e., incredibly nosy)?

Schon lange sehnt sich die unkonventionelle Skyla nach Liebe und Stabilität und heiratet den verlässlichen Thomas. Bei seiner Familie im ländlichen Wisconsin lebt sie sich nach und nach in ihre neue Rolle als Ehefrau und Mutter ein, verspürt jedoch zunehmende Ruhelosigkeit. Trost und Freundschaft findet sie bei ihrer Nachbarin Roxanne, die mit ihren fünf Kindern - und Wunsch nach mehr - ein eher chaotisches Leben führt, aber auch ein Leben voller Lachen und Liebe.

Fifteen-year-old Rae Maddox’s mom, Gina, is a big fan of fresh starts. Gina thinks of them as an adventure, but for Rae, each move is just one more friend lost, one more chance to feel like an outsider. After arriving in Wisconsin, Gina promises to stay put until Rae graduates. Cautiously optimistic, she wades into the social whirl at Whitman High School, making a few friends and even earning a chance at love. But when the vice principal pairs her with fellow newbie Allison Daly, Rae’s tentative happiness is jeopardized.

Marnie is just 35 when her boyfriend, Brian, drops dead of a sudden heart attack. Stunned by his death, Marnie finds her greatest grief is for Troy, Brian’s son whom she has raised as her own since he was a kindergartener. When he is reclaimed by his train wreck of a birth mother, Troy’s departure drives Marnie to a grief group at the local rec center. There she finds unexpected allies, three strangers who join her in an impulsive road trip from Wisconsin to Las Vegas to reconnect with Troy.

Als die 29-jährige Lola Watson unerwartet ein gemütlich verwinkeltes Haus erbt, glaubt sie das kann nur der Höhepunkt eines hervorragenden Jahres sein. Das Leben ist perfekt, bis die Schnüffelei ihrer Nachbarn überhand nimmt, ein untröstlicher Highschool-Freund bei ihr zu Hause auf Dauer pennt, und ihre jüngere Schwester verkündet, dass sie heiraten wird... an Lolas 30. Geburtstag. Plötzlich ist Lola nicht mehr so scharf auf ihren neuen Alltag.

In A Scattered Life, Karen McQuestion proves to be an adept chronicler of unforgettable female characters. Poignantly written, she thoughtfully examines how women love, learn, and come to accept themselves and others, as well as life’s often harsh realities of deception and loss. Skyla Plinka has all she could ask for - at least that’s what her mother-in-law Audrey thinks. On most days, Skyla agrees, yet there’s a part of her that longs for her free-spirited days before husband, child, and the humdrum life of rural Wisconsin.

Joe Arneson's ordinary life is upended by troubling dreams of himself as a different man in another place and time. It isn't until he visits his estranged grandmother, Pearl, in her Wisconsin hometown that a startling connection emerges. Drawn into his family's past, Joe discovers secrets weighing on the old woman's soul: the tragic death of her sister Alice a half century ago and its ripple effect on all who loved her.

When Greta Hansen started her new job working for the Vanderhaven family in Manhattan, little did she know, she was actually hired to spy on their wild and unpredictable daughter, Cece, a social media sensation. But things take an unexpected turn when Greta finds herself in the middle of a shoplifting scandal, and it's a handsome and mysterious stranger named Dalton Bishop who comes to her rescue.

Una fría noche de invierno, Sharon Lemke sale al patio de su casa para ver el eclipse lunar. En la casa vecina, tras la ventana, distingue a una niña que está lavando los platos. Sharon sabe que no debería meterse, pero cuando Niki, la joven a la que ha acogido en su casa, también comienza a notar detalles un tanto extraños en la casa de sus vecinos, no puede contenerse. Tras una inútil llamada a los servicios sociales, Sharon entiende que, para evitar que ocurra algo terrible, deberá ser ella quien investigue.

It’s the day before Christmas, and Jane Shaw’s biggest concern is that her young charges, the girls at the Sheridan Girls’ Home, will behave during the annual inspection by their patrons, the very wealthy Frank and Irene Sheridan. That changes when the Sheridans’ daughter, Jacquelyn, nearly identical in looks to Jane, shows up instead of her parents. When Jacquelyn suggests that they switch clothing as a lark, Jane is uneasy, but she can’t say no. A series of mishaps takes Jane to the Sheridans’ mansion and leaves Jacquelyn stuck in Jane’s clothes and life.