This companion tale to Moloka’i tells the story of Ruth, the daughter that Rachel Kalama, quarantined for most of her life at the isolated leprosy settlement of Kalaupapa, was forced to give up at birth.

This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai’i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place–and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.

A captivating, beautiful, and stunningly accomplished debut novel set in 1918 Australia. The story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife who make one devastating choice that forever changes two worlds.

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast, so in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect the Marsh Girl. But Kya Clark is not what they say.

Spanning almost thirty years and in settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent collection brings together twenty-eight stories by a writer of unparalleled wit, generosity, and emotional power. Alice Munro enchants her readers even as she restores them to their truest selves.

Hans Christian Anderson’s tale is about a fir tree so eager for greater things that he cannot appreciate living in the moment.