"A story of family secrets, broken relationships, and a love strong enough to span a nation"--Provided by publisher.

Defiantly beautiful, Caroline Wetherby stepped ashore in a land so wild and fierce, she trembled. She had come seeking refuge with the last of her family, but her sister was dead. Waiting to greet her were pious Pilgrims, warring Indians, howling wolves, a boisterous household of men and boys...and him, her rugged, unwelcoming brother-in-law, Matt Mathieson. Caroline wanted to hate Matt as she hated all men. After her father's death, she'd been eager to escape England. But as daughter of a gambler and a gypsy, her flamboyant ways and healing skills tempted disaster in the sanctimonious Connecticut Colony. And putting herself in the hands of a big, handsome stranger tempted something far more dangerous--emotions she couldn't resist, kisses she couldn't forget, and a future that could bring ruin...or a journey to heaven on earth in his arms.

A comedian, a nun, a reality TV star and countless others meet in a Garden. This is not the start of a joke, but the beginnings of a parable. These denizens may be running out of time, even as it seems there is all the time in their Kafkaesque world. Reader Reviews: “With deceptive simplicity, the mutable voices combine in a tale both irresistible and haunting. Reading this story feels like witnessing a communion, or perhaps vivisection, of familiar states of being. Evocative and unforgettable.” —Shubigi Rao, author of Pulp “Wong pulls the rug from under us but leaves us still standing, albeit transported via his magic carpet ride to a new vantage point and offered a different perspective.” –KK Seet, author of Death Rites

That Side of Heaven chronicles Heather's journey of loss, grief, and healing after multiple miscarriages. With honesty and vulnerability, she addresses many of the fears and questions that emerge after miscarriage. Every raw detail of her story validates the pain of losing a baby, while also attesting to the hope and healing she found in God. At the end of each chapter, you will find stories from other loss-mommas, God's promise, a prayer, and gently guided questions with space to write. That Side of heaven offers a hurting momma comfort and camaraderie, while giving plenty of breathing room and permission to grieve in her own way.

This first-person account tells the fascinating story of the three years Elder Groberg spent on the islands in the South Pacific amidst a kindly people who had a deep faith in God, a faith that provides the backdrop for Elder Groberg's accounts of miraculous healings, protective warnings, and perilous voyages; for such stories as: The emergancy night voyage on a turbulent sea, and the anxious search for the only guiding light into the destination harbor. The boy whose apparently lifeless body was handed to the missionaries with the words, "Here, make him well again you have the power." The storm that overturned the boat, throwing missionaries into the raging sea. The hurricane that hit the little island. The hunger when the usual supply boat failed to show up. And much, much more. This remarkable book paints a vivid picture of missionary life in a society geared to "a different way of thinking."

I once heard that we don't have to allow our past to dictate our future and who we choose to become. That is easier said than done as many of us seem to repeat the vicious circle of life that we grew up in and experienced, and it may be the only life one knows to live. But there is the Other Side of Heaven on Earth, and once you find true love, the unconditional love of God the father nothing is impossible. This is a biography of the trial and tribulations that allowed me to turn from a victim into a victor. I am a first-generation Australian born to Greek parents who migrated here in the 1960s. My father passed away, and my mother, who was deserted by family, raised her three children on her own. I in turn migrated back to Greece when I was eighteen years old for five years, only to end up returning back home to Australia with two kids in my arms and a broken marriage. "The Other Side of Heaven on Earth" is about a life transformation of an abused young girl from a migrant family who enters into womanhood only to become a battered wife. She ends up being abandoned with her two children, overcoming and conquering mental, emotional, and physical dysfunction by her own spiritual and supernatural experiences that lead her to true love and a destiny that surpassed her wildest imagination and dreams.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. “Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.

The lives of ordinary people in a small Valley town take on a dramatic change when a tragedy alters their journey through life. In Finding the Right Side of Heaven, Nelda Billescas uses ordinary people, both young and old, as she takes her readers through a journey of examining life and identifying dark places in their heart that keeps them from living life free of guilt and filled with love. In her book, friends and complete strangers become intertwined as their lives unravel baring their souls to be healed. In Finding the Right Side of Heaven, life becomes a lesson of faith, hope, and love surrounded by ideals exposed by experience. Characters learn that love is only capable when they forgive and release past pain preventing them from living truly free.

A literary work from nationally bestselling author, Tamar Myers, THE DARK SIDE OF HEAVEN is the poignant, yet uplifting tale of a naïve Amish woman's banishment from her community and her passage into the real world. It is the story of her struggle to come to terms with life-altering decisions. It is a novel about religious conflict hard choices.