Marisa de los Santos Ordine dei libri

The narrative unfolds as Cornelia Brown returns to Virginia to care for her injured mother, Ellie, who is haunted by a past loss. As Ellie pleads for the Northern Lights, Cornelia, alongside her sister Ollie, embarks on a journey to uncover their mother's hidden history, revealing both beautiful and painful truths. The story alternates between Cornelia's present and Ellie's youth in the 1960s, delving into themes of sisterhood, motherhood, and the transformative power of love, ultimately leading Cornelia toward healing and self-discovery.

Ginny's best friend Gray Marsden's father, a fire fighter, dies in the blaze.While many in the town believe a notoriously troubled local teen set the fire, Ginny makes a shattering discovery that casts blame on the person she trusts most in the world.

On the weekend of her wedding, Clare meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. Three weeks later, Clare learns that Edith has died and left her Blue Sky House. Exploring the house, Clare finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. She begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky House - a decades-old mystery

From Saving Lucas Biggs authors Marisa de los Santos and David Teague comes a heartwarming middle grade adventure about two misfits discovering the importance of just being themselves. When thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole. Luminous and clever, Connect the Stars takes on some hefty topics of the day—bullying, understanding where you fit in, and learning to live with physical and mental challenges—all in a joyous adventure kids will love!

Pen, Cat e Will al college erano inseparabili amici per la pelle, di quelli che si corrispondono come fossero anime gemelle. Dopo la scuola vanno a vivere insieme, ma a un certo punto qualcosa cambia e il loro magico legame si spezza. Dopo 6 anni Cat scrive una e-mail ai suoi amici, chiedendo loro di incontrarli alla riunione degli ex allievi e sottolineando che si tratta di una cosa molto importante; ma quella sera lei non verrà. Al suo posto Pen e Will incontreranno l’ostile marito di Cat, che farà loro capire come la donna sia preda di una profonda crisi. Ricucendo passato e presente in nome della loro mitica amicizia, i due partiranno per le Filippine per andare in cerca della loro comune amica in difficoltà, affrontando di nuovo tutti i sentimenti fioriti dal loro antico legame e le ragioni della rottura. A quel punto nessuno potrà più negare le verità non dette che da anni sono sospese sui loro destini. Con il suo grande dono per la creazione di personaggi indimenticabili, Marisa de los Santos ci racconta una storia unica sui profondi legami che rendono gli amici uno dell’altro, per sempre.

While Cornelia gains unexpected insight into her troubled marriage, Piper finds her carefully controlled life unraveling in the wake of a friend's crisis, and Lake tells a complex series of lies to gain her son's entry into a school for gifted students.

For 31-year-old Cornelia Brown, life is a series of movie moments. When her very own Cary Grant walks through the door of the Philadelphia cafe in which she works, it seems that dreams may come true. Then Cornelia meets 11-year-old Clare, and their lives are forever changed in unexpected ways.