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Lorna Landvik is the author of the bestselling novels Patty Jane's House of Curl, Your Oasis on Flame Lake, and The Tall Pine Polka. She is also an actor, playwright, and proud hockey mom.



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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345442826
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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $13.95

The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an unofficial “club” that becomes much more. It becomes... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a paperback.
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345475695
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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $7.99

The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an unofficial “club” that becomes much more. It becomes... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
The View from Mount Joy
The View from Mount Joy
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345468383
Our Price: $14.00
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The View from Mount Joy
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $14.00

When teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls under the seductive spell of Kristi Casey, Ole Bull High’s libidinous head cheerleader. Joe balances Kristi’s lustful manipulation with the down-to-earth companionship of his smart, platonic girlfriend, Darva. But it is Kristi who will prove to... Read more >
Oh My Stars
Oh My Stars
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345468369
Our Price: $13.95
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Oh My Stars
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $13.95

I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you’re a spice cake, you’re a spice cake, and nothing is going to change you into an angel food.

Tall, slender Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, which could just... Read more >
Patty Jane's House of Curl
Patty Jane's House of Curl
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780449911006
Our Price: $13.95
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Patty Jane's House of Curl

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 3, 1996
Price: $13.95

Patty Jane Dobbin should have known better than to marry a man as gorgeous as Thor Rolvaag, but she was too smitten to think twice. Yet nine months into their marriage, with a baby on the way, Thor is gone. It’s a good thing Patty Jane has her irrepressible sister, Harriet... Read more >
'Tis The Season!
'Tis The Season!
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780345499752
Our Price: $22.00
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'Tis The Season!
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $22.00

Bestselling author Lorna Landvik shines in this delightful holiday novel of redemption and forgiveness.

Heiress Caroline Dixon has managed to alienate nearly everyone with her alcohol-fueled antics, which have also provided near-constant fodder for the poison-pen tabloids and their gossip-hungry readers. But like so many girls-behaving-badly, the twenty-six-year-old socialite gets her... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Tall Pine Polka
The Tall Pine Polka
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780449003701
Our Price: $15.00
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The Tall Pine Polka

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2001
Price: $15.00

In the small town of Tall Pine, Minnesota, at the Cup O’Delight Cafe, the townsfolk gather for what they call the Tall Pine Polka, an event in which heavenly coffee, good food, and that feeling of being alive among friends inspires both body and soul to dance. There’s the cafe owner... Read more >
Welcome to the Great Mysterious
Welcome to the Great Mysterious
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345442741
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Welcome to the Great Mysterious

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2002
Price: $13.95

Megastar of stage, screen, and television, Geneva Jordan now has a command performance in Minnesota, where she agrees to look after her thirteen-year-old nephew, a boy with Down’s syndrome, while his parents take a long-overdue vacation. Though Geneva and her sister, Ann, are as different as night and day (“I being... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Your Oasis on Flame Lake
Your Oasis on Flame Lake
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780449002988
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Your Oasis on Flame Lake

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 16, 1998
Price: $13.95

Best friends fast approaching forty in the small Minnesota town of Flame Lake, Devera and BiDi were recently voted “Least Changed” at their twentieth high school reunion—a label neither one finds very appealing. For each craves a change in her life: Devera desires a break from her humdrum marital routine; BiDi... Read more >
The View from Mount Joy
The View from Mount Joy
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739315934
Our Price: $27.95
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The View from Mount Joy
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Robertson Dean


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $27.95

The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landvik’s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life.

When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls... Read more >
Welcome to the Great Mysterious
Welcome to the Great Mysterious
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307417701
Our Price: $13.95
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Welcome to the Great Mysterious

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95

Megastar of stage, screen, and television, Geneva Jordan now has a command performance in Minnesota, where she agrees to look after her thirteen-year-old nephew, a boy with Down’s syndrome, while his parents take a long-overdue vacation. Though Geneva and her sister, Ann, are as different as night and day (“I being... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345472090
Our Price: $7.99
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Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $7.99

From her sensational sleeper hit Patty Jane’s House of Curl to her heartwarming novel Welcome to the Great Mysterious, Lorna Landvik has won the hearts of readers everywhere by skillfully balancing hilarity with pathos, and bittersweet insights with heartwarming truths. Now she returns to her beloved, eccentric stomping ground of small-town... Read more >
Also available as a paperback and a trade paperback.
Oh My Stars
Oh My Stars
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345484789
Our Price: $13.95
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Oh My Stars
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $13.95

I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you’re a spice cake, you’re a spice cake, and nothing is going to change you into an angel food.

Tall, slender Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, which could just... Read more >
The View from Mount Joy
The View from Mount Joy
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345502285
Our Price: $14.00
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more>>
The View from Mount Joy
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.00

The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landvik’s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life.

When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls... Read more >
'Tis The Season!
'Tis The Season!
Written by Lorna Landvik
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345509376
Our Price: $22.00
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more>>
'Tis The Season!
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $22.00

Bestselling author Lorna Landvik shines in this delightful holiday novel of redemption and forgiveness.

Heiress Caroline Dixon has managed to alienate nearly everyone with her alcohol-fueled antics, which have also provided near-constant fodder for the poison-pen tabloids and their gossip-hungry readers. But like so many girls-behaving-badly, the twenty-six-year-old socialite gets her... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
Oh My Stars
Oh My Stars
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Judith Ivey
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739315910
Our Price: $13.75

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

Oh My Stars
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Judith Ivey


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $13.75

I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you’re a spice cake, you’re a spice cake, and nothing is going to change you into an angel food.

Tall, slender Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, which could just... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The View from Mount Joy
The View from Mount Joy
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9780739315941
Our Price: $13.98

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

The View from Mount Joy
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Robertson Dean


Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $13.98

The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landvik’s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life.

When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls... Read more >
Oh My Stars
Oh My Stars
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Cassandra Campbell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415925270
Our Price: $22.50

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

Oh My Stars
A Novel
Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Cassandra Campbell


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $22.50

I am convinced that at birth the cake is already baked. Nurture is the nuts or frosting, but if you’re a spice cake, you’re a spice cake, and nothing is going to change you into an angel food.

Tall, slender Violet Mathers is growing up in the Great Depression, which could just... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.
The View from Mount Joy
The View from Mount Joy
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415942253
Our Price: $22.50

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

The View from Mount Joy

Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Robertson Dean


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $22.50

THE VIEW FROM MOUNT JOY, Lorna Landvik’s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about the unexpected pleasures found in living a good life.

When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson moves to Minneapolis, Joe falls under the seductive spell of Kristi Casey, Ole Bull High’s libidinous head cheerleader. Joe... Read more >
'Tis the Season
'Tis the Season
Written by Lorna Landvik, Read by Lorna Landvik
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
ISBN: 9781415958612
Our Price: $9.00

For more information about downloading this audiobook
visit our Audiobook Download FAQ page.

'Tis the Season

Written by Lorna Landvik
Read by Lorna Landvik


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $9.00

Heiress Caroline Dixon has managed to alienate nearly everyone with her alcohol-fueled antics, which have also provided near-constant fodder for the poison-pen tabloids and their gossip-hungry readers. But like so many girls-behaving-badly, the twenty-six-year-old socialite gets her comeuppance, followed by a newfound desire to live a saner existence–or at least one... Read more >
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