First published in 1978, Does She Know She's There? is the inspiring story of one family's determination to love, cherish, and keep their only daughter. From the moment the Schaefers were told their first-born Catherine would never walk, or talk, or even feed herself, they swore that to institutionalize her would be their last resort. The keeping of that vow was far from the story of tears and despair that some would assume. "Cath" emerges as an engaging personality in her own right, as terribly challenged as she is. Now 37, Catherine Schaefer lives in her own home, with live-in support, plus friends-cum-tenants in the upstairs apartments. Still unable to move much, or to speak, Catherine's life has, nevertheless, been a rewarding success story. This book is its chronicle, illustrated with black and white photographs.

Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.

A memoir that tells the story of a person who changed genders chronicles the life of James, a critically acclaimed novelist, who eventually became Jenny, a happy and successful English professor.

Are you tired of living with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule and aching with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul? Do you find yourself unable to say no even when you should? Are you stuck under the weight of endless demands and responsibilities? The good news is: it doesn't have to be this way. In The Best Yes, New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst guides you through the insightful lessons she's learned about what it means to live out the purpose that God has in store for you. Lysa demonstrates the incredible power of two words--yes and no--and the way that these simple, daily decisions can shape the story of our lives. Lysa has learned firsthand that there's a big difference between saying yes to everyone and saying yes to God. Drawing from applicable scriptures and her own personal experiences, Lysa teaches us that if we know and believe that God has a plan for each of us, we'll live it out--serving as living proof of His never-ending grace and kindness. Throughout The Best Yes, Lysa will give you the practical tools you need to: Stop people-pleasing by embracing a biblical understanding of love Escape the guilt of disappointing others by learning the secret of the small no Overcome the agony of hard choices by grounding your decisions in wisdom Grow closer to God as you sharpen your own discernment Learn to be intentional with your time, your choices, and yourself Incorporate the Best Yes as a filter for your daily decision making If we take time to slow down and rise above the rush of the world's endless demands, we can rest assured that God's wisdom will help us make decisions that will still be good tomorrow. No matter what season of life you find yourself in, you deserve the chance to make decisions that bring out the best you.

ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Staff members at Diane D's family's organization are standing in the hallway talking. They find out that Diane D is let out of the mental institution temporary. They find out that she is in her family’s custody and is back at the organization. It is causing fear around the organization making everyone feel very uncomfortable and afraid knowing Diane D’s presence is there at the organization. Several children in the hallway approach the staff members! They claim to have seen Diane D sitting in a chair inside her grandmother Margarita’s office angrily looking out the doorway at them as they passed by Margarita’s office doorway. Staff members start to wonder could it be the evil, vicious, powerful and dangerous other personality of Diane D’s sitting there in the chair inside Margarita’s office angrily looking at the children. The children also claim to have seen something black strapped around both of Diane D’s ankles. Days later, a young man is very angry and upset about the murder of his father who was one of the police officers killed by Diane D’s other personality. He angrily plots revenge against Diane D as he creeps up the back stairwell of the organization with a gun. Suddenly Diane D appears out of nowhere and comes face to face with the man! The man then claims that Diane D is stalking him! He claims to have nightmares about her coming after him! Family members of the victims Diane D's other personality has killed are at a local hotel sitting inside a large conference room listening to a speech Diane D is making to them as she stands in front of the room at a podium. She apologizes to them for her shocking crime she did to their loved ones the year prior which she still claims not to remember doing! Another young man whose father was one of the swat team members killed by Diane D’s other personality becomes very angry with Diane D. He stands up from his seat and hollers, screams and swears at her accusing her of harming, tearing up and bringing pain and suffering to his family. Diane D apologizes to the man but the man angrily heads towards her continuing to holler, scream and swear at her. Diane D hollers back at the man and warns him not to come near her! The man ignores Diane D’s warning and heads straight to her! He then lunges at Diane D! Diane D uses her martial arts skills and immediately goes into defense mode! Things do not go well for the man. People around the community start to protest calling for Diane D’s deportation! Diane D’s family take her back to see Dr. Stone again. They tell Dr. Stone that this evil, vicious other personality of Diane D’s is ruining her life causing everyone to be afraid of her and causing her to be locked away and maybe deported that they want him to get rid of this evil, vicious personality once and for all! Dr. Stone tells Diane D’s family that the only way to try and get rid of her other personality again is for Diane D to be hypnotized again, but this time, Diane D will have to be locked inside a bolted room where she or her other personality can’t escape, just in case her other personality comes out to the surface and becomes dangerous and vicious and winds up killing again! Dr. Stone tells six young female nurse interns in the hospital hallway to go in the examining room and lift Diane D from the hospital bed to the examining table. The nurses tell Dr. Stone that they fear Diane D and do not want to deal with her. Dr. Stone demands the nurses to transfer Diane D anyway. Later, two of the nurses get injured by Diane D then flee the examining room! Later, the four remaining nurses secretly witness Diane D do something so strange inside the examining room. They scream in fear and flee out the examining room! Later on, Dr. Stone has Diane D under hypnosis as she lays face up on a psychiatrist couch with her eyes closed and hands and wrists chained to the sides of the psychiatrist couch. Dr. Stone then speaks to Diane D’s subconscious again. After a while, Diane D’s other personality comes out to the surface again! Dr. Stone speaks to Diane D’s other personality as her other personality speaks back to him. He then tells Diane D’s other personality to leave Diane D alone and not to bother Diane D’s soul, spirit or physical body anymore. The other personality or evil, vicious entity refuses to leave Diane D’s soul, spirit and physical body alone. Dr. Stone then gives the other personality or evil, vicious entity an ultimatum. The other personality or evil, vicious entity becomes angry! It then threatens Dr. Stone! It starts to become violent and tries to break loose from the chains wrapped around Diane D’s hands and wrists! Dr. Stone yells at the other personality or evil, vicious entity and tells the other personality or evil, vicious entity that even if it succeeds in breaking loose from the chains, it won’t be able to break loose out of the room because the room and door are bolted shut and it can’t escape! The other personality or evil, vicious entity then calms a little. It stops trying to break loose from the chains wrapped around Diane D’s hands and wrists and agrees to leave from inside Diane D’s physical body. It then threatens to go after Dana’s physical body and enter into her physical body to do harm and cause chaos! Dr. Stone, Margarita, Tomas and the rest of Diane D’s family become shocked and horrified hearing this! They suddenly see Diane D’s physical body become calm and stop moving as Diane D lays there motionless with her eyes still shut. Dr. Stone, Margarita, Tomas and the rest of Diane D’s family become more shocked and horrified as the entity appears to have left Diane D’s physical body and realized that the entity is now probably on its way to enter into Dana’s physical body! They hurry to leave the hospital room as other family members stay to watch Diane D’s physical body. Dr. Stone, Margarita, Tomas and some of Diane D’s family quickly leave the hospital desperate to find Dana before it’s too late, fearing that the entity will use her physical body to kill and cause chaos just like it used Diane D’s physical body to kill and cause chaos!

When twelve-year-old Casey came home to an empty apartment, she didn't think much of it. But when she wakes up the next morning, and her stepmother, Sylvia, still hasn't come home, she knows that something is wrong. Casey doesn't have any other family--and she's afraid that the police will put her in foster care, so when landlord's teenaged son offers to help, Casey is more than willing to accept. Until, she learns that his help comes at a price. If Casey says yes, she'll be breaking the law. If she says no, she doesn't know how she'll survive.

Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . . Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either. Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .