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In this sequel to the 2001 cult favorite, the return of the mullet-wearing, rock and roll loving, down on his luck white-trash-hero who embarks on another epic journey, this time through the recent past, the heartland of America, and his own mind, to get back to his loved ones.

Lucy Connor meets Bruce and Amy and their three year old daughter Annie in line at the grocery store and discovering that they are living in their van, invites them to stay with her for a few days while they go to a scheduled job interview. When the parents never return, Lucy and her husband Josh come to love Annie and, fearing she might be taken from then, never call to report an abandoned child. When Annie enters first grade, her teacher discovers...

"One rainy night fifteen years ago, a knock at the door changed Liss Kehoe's life forever. On that night, Ashley Hay stood on Liss's front porch and handed over her brand-new baby Callan. She was never seen or heard from again. Since then, Liss has raised Callan as her own, and loves him as fiercely as any mother would. But in the back of her mind, she's always wondered whether Ashley is still out there somewhere--and feared what might happen if she...

Maren Yearly no solo rompe corazones, los devora. Desde que era un bebé, Maren ha tenido Serios problemas para aceptar el afecto. Cada vez que alguien se acerca demasiado a ella, se siente abrumada por el deseo de comerlos. Abandonada por su madre el día después de su decimosexto cumpleaños, Maren va en busca del padre que nunca conoció, pero encuentra mucho más de lo que esperaba por el camino. Enfrentado a un mundo de compañeros comedores,...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving novel that tells the intertwined stories of an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man, all of whom are forced to grapple with secrets they kept during and after the Vietnam War.

Now 94 and living a quiet life, Cecily Larson, lives in Minnesota with her daughter, granddaughter, and great-grandson. When her family surprises her with an at-home DNA test, finds the unexpected results not only bringing to light the tragic love story she's kept hidden for decades but also calls into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own.

A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.