Frank Carlson Library

Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960's and, feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her mother, the river, and the Inn at Shining Waters. There, Lauren begins to appreciate the person her mother is becoming--and she loves the river. However, romantic interests...

"A richly-told debut novel of one woman's journey to her grandmother's home in Greece, where the past and present collide and a fateful decision must be made"-- The daughter of Greek immigrants, Daphne aspires to the American Dream, yet feels as if she's been sleepwalking through life since her husband's death. Only her beloved grandmother on Erikousa, an island off the coast of Greece, knows her heart. Daphne's fondest memories are of times spent...

"It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris’s grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling...

In 1999 Texas, Lia Cope, when her grandmother Mineko moves in, connects with her over stories of the Turtle House in Japan and the secrets they both carry, and when Mineko is forced to live in an assisted living community, she and Lia devise a plan to bring a beloved lost place to life.