“alice m drobney”

A young girl leaves the farm life she grew up in to seek a better life. Remembering her few vacations at the seashore, the lure of those memories draws her to the New Jersey shore. Elizabeth Downs finds out about romance, the wonders of real love, the horrors of war and the meaning of true friendshi... More

Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising n... More

Just one slight turn of a kaleidoscope and the tiny colored pieces shift ever so slightly, but enough to create a beautiful new pattern. With just such a shift, Alice Medrich creates a whole new picture of what dessert can be, focusing on fewer but finer ingredients and using them in fresh ways.A re... More

In a "memorable novel about love's resilience" ("New York Times Book Review"), the author of "The Book Borrower" tells a universal story of friendship set in McCarthy-era Brooklyn.To Frances, an only child living in McCarthy-era Brooklyn, her mother, Hilda, and her aunt Pearl seem as if they have al... More

From critically acclaimed author Mattison comes a lyrical and moving meditation on love, marriage, and identity.For years, following an early first marriage, Daisy Andalusia remained single and enjoyed the company of men on her own terms, making the most of her independent life. Now in her fifties, ... More

The author of "The Book Borrower" brings together 13 connected tales that trace a family of women across generations.Spanning the length and breadth of the twentieth century, Alice Mattison's masterful "In Case We're Separated" looks at a family of Jewish immigrants in the 1920s and 1930s and follow... More

The author of "Men Giving Money, Women Yelling" now offers a moving, deftly structured novel depicting the friendship between two women that begins with the lending of a book--and lasts more than 20 years.On the day they first meet in a city playground, Deborah Laidlaw lends Toby Ruben a book called... More

From critically acclaimed author Mattison comes a profoundly moving meditation on love, friendship, and the unforgotten past.One quiet spring day in 1989, Constance Tepper arrives from Philadelphia to watch over her mother's Brooklyn apartment and her orange cat. Con's mother, Gert, has left town to... More