On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen year old Briony Tallis sees his sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house

Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story-it becomes an experience to remember forever. 

Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories.

One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they are calling from heaven. Each call is greeted differently—some with love, some with religious zeal, some with fear. The question of whether these calls are a miracle or a hoax drives Sully Harding, a grieving single father with an inquisitive and hopeful son, to uncover the truth. A page-turning mystery and a meditation on the power of connecting with a loved one you cannot see, this latest novel is a virtuosic feat of history, love, and redemption.

Winter of the World picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families—American, German, Russian,