Showing results by author "Sarah McCoy"

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables...before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the 19th century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak - and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is 13 years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife.

When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad's leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can't bear children, but as the country steers toward bloody civil war, Sarah faces difficult sacrifices that could put all she loves in peril.

On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through New York City's Grand Central Terminal, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell.

In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep in the dead of night on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger.

1859. Deux ans avant le début de la guerre de Sécession. Sarah Brown, fille d'un célèbre abolitionniste, se résigne à ne pas avoir d'enfant. "Qui voudrait l'épouser ?" se désole sa mère... Sarah retrouve pourtant goût à la vie en s'engageant avec sa famille dans un groupe de résistants, qui aide les esclaves à fuir leur terrible sort vers le nord de l'Amérique. Grâce à ses talents artistiques, elle retrace et dissimule dans ses dessins les cartes secrètes qui mènent à la liberté.

Hallie Erminie, issue d'une famille de planteurs du Kentucky, est une jeune femme de caractère. À New York, où elle s'est mise en tête de trouver un éditeur qui publierait son premier roman, elle fait la connaissance de Post Wheeler, un journaliste célibataire et fier de l'être. Sous des abords arrogants et rustres, il est en fait d'une compagnie agréable. Tous deux discutent à bâtons rompus de la vie culturelle new-yorkaise, bouillonnante en cette fin de XIXe siècle, et s'attachent l'un à l'autre sans oser se l'avouer.

Free at last: how to free yourself from bad habits! The secret to a happier and healthier life. My research, as well as my experience and common sense, tell me that anyone can change if you have a compelling reason to change - and the right strategy to guide you.

What goes better with mistletoe and merriment than the sweet beginnings of romance?