The series revolves around the journey of two brothers who had lost everything to the British occupation of India. The year is 1940 and the Germans are about to invade Great Brittan while both the brothers are stuck in obstacles of their own, trying to find freedom from the tyrants, Fate had other plans for the two and their acquaintances.The older brother, sent to join the British army, was to fight against the incoming Germans. Finding no reason to fight a war that was against the enemy's enemy he decided to make a run for it. He was caught deserting and placed inside a prison near London awaiting his punishment. The younger brother, still in India, decides to sneak his way onto a British yacht as a janitor. The yacht is full of British upperclassmen and is headed home, the yacht loses its course due to thunderstorms and the young boy is left thinking if he would even be able to see his brother one last time. The series engulfs the point of view of both brothers in alternating chapters. While one chapter tells the story of the older brother, the other shares the journey of the younger.

After a year away from Paris, Kiki Button is delighted to be back in City of Lights. But danger threatens her return as she is pulled into another spy mission—one that brings her ever closer to the rising fascist threat in Europe. October 1922. Kiki Button has had a rough year at home in Australia after her mother’s sudden death. As the leaves turn gold on the Parisian boulevards, Kiki returns to Europe, more desperately in need of Paris and all its liveliness than ever. As soon as she arrives back in Montparnasse, Kiki takes up her life again, drinking with artists at the Café Rotonde, gossiping with her friends, and finding lovers among the enormous expatriate community. Even her summertime lover from the year before, handsome Russian exile Prince Theo Romanov, is waiting for her. But it’s not all champagne and moonlit trysts. Theo is worried that his brother-in-law is being led astray by political fanatics. Kiki’s boy from home, Tom, is still hiding under a false name. Her friends are in trouble—Maisie has been blackmailed and looks for revenge, Bertie is still lovesick and lonely, and Harry has important information about her mother. And to top it off, she is found by Dr. Fox, her former spymaster, who insists that she work for him once more. Amidst the gaiety of 1920s Paris, Kiki stalks the haunted, the hunted, and people still heartsore from the war. She parties with princes and Communist comrades, she wears ballgowns with Chanel and the Marchesa Casati, she talks politics with Hemingway and poetry with Sylvia Beach, and sips tea with Gertrude Stein. She confronts the men who would bring Europe into another war. And as she uses her gossip columnist connections for her mission, she also meets people who knew her mother, and can help to answer her burning question: why did her mother leave England all those years ago?

Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES AND GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2017 Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. That’s what it felt like for Keats in 1819. How about Autumn 2016? Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdon is in pieces, divided by a historic, once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand-in-hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever. Ali Smith’s new novel is a meditation on a world growing ever more bordered and exclusive, on what richness and worth are, on what harvest means. It is the first installment of her Seasonal quartet—four stand-alone books, seperate yet interconnected and cyclical (as the seasons are)—and it casts an eye over our own time. Who are we? What are we made of? Shakespearean jeu d’esprit, Keatsian melancholy, the sheer bright energy of 1960s pop art: the centuries cast their eyes over our own history making. Here’s where we’re living. Here’s time at its more contemporaneous and its most cyclic. From the imagination of the peerless Ali Smith comes a shape-shifting series, wide-ranging in time-scale and light-footed through histories, a story about aging and time and love and stories themselves.

Finding Autumn Bliss is a follow-up to Dan Weaver-White's popular book, Finding Christmas Bliss. This edition features Dan's saltbox-style home all decked out for autumn. Full of stunning, full-color photographs and heartwarming and inspiratonal stories, Finding Autmun Bliss also features many fall creations made by Stacee Droit of Arnett's Country Store. Dan's beloved grandma, Ruth Cutsinger, makes a few appearances, and Dan even shares one of her best autumn recipies that is sure to be a big hit with readers. Finding Autumn Bliss will insipire you and will be a book that you will find yourself going back to year after year.

The title of this anthology riffs on Teddy Roosevelt's phallocentric motto, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." Few American women today are interested in cultivating a Teddyesque machismo — but in Roar Softly, women writers recount witty and poignant tales of modern-day survival, from finding love (and sex) as a single mom to overcoming anorexia to adopting a child. Not only do their stories offer reassurance that no woman is alone in her struggles, but they also suggest better battle strategies — more womanly battle strategies, if you will — for those who shrink from the "muscle your way through" approach. As each essay demonstrates, women can overcome the challenges of their lives not only with strength, but also with grace. Contributors include Anne Lamott, Edwidge Danticat, Mary Roach, Elizabeth Fishel, Laura Fraser, and Anneli Rufus.

This collection of dreamy quilts bursts with fabrics from the scrap basket! Classic patchwork provides a backdrop for pretty flowers and twining vines, all made easy with machine applique. Learn two ways to prepare appliques, plus tips and tricks for setting up your machine for applique. Dozens of close-up photos and tips reveal secrets for mingling antique-style fabrics ranging from blushing pinks and soft purples to rich golds, reds, and browns. From small wall quilts to lap-sized designs, this bouquet of quilts is simple to sew--yet so extraordinary, the quilts you make will be handed down from generation to generation.

Autumn's Song What would you do if you recently inherited more money than you could ever count in an entire lifetime? What if you were constantly considered one of the most beautiful young bi-racial women in the world? What would you do about the unfortunate hunger situation that exists right here in the United States of America? What if you couldnt decide what to do with yourself after college graduation? What should you do with all of the blessings that have been bestowed upon you? In this Inspirational Romance novel you will find the answers to these questions and more. Despite the fact that Autumn Flowers struggles with herself to discover where her passions truly lie, her priorities align to reveal the depths of her innermost desires. She is tormented by concerns of the heart when she attempts to adopt a homeless bi-racial child, she is devastated when her aunt dies and leaves her to manage the affairs of her multi-million dollar estate, she suffers with grief when her life-long caretaker is stricken with cancer, and the man of her dreams who happens to be white has moved to Italy after college graduation. Her heart of gold is revealed throughout this tale of self-realization, independence, and giving back to God.

"Autumn's Obstacles" is an inspiring story of divine guidance. The reader will laugh and cry while compelled to route for Autumn as she navigates the roller coaster ride of her challenging life. Making a wish that is divinely challenged, Autumn's dramatic wish and near death experience introduces her to God. She develops a relationship with her heavenly father who ominously directs her through survival and triumph over the obstacles of her life.