"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow . . . and within their own family. In 1942, young mother Sylvia is desperate to escape her stifling marriage, especially when it means co-running Zelner's general...

"A new novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore--from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich--shows lives which intersect across divides of class, generation and religion"--

"In Hidaka Koyomi's world, travel between slightly different alternate universes is commonplace. After his parents' divorce, Hidaka now lives with his father. One day, he falls in love with a girl named Satou Shiori after meeting her at his father's workplace. Unfortunately, their young love seems doomed as their parents are getting remarried...to each other. Is there some parallel world out there where these two can be together as lovers, not step-siblings......