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author spotlight
Elizabeth Berg is the author of many bestselling novels as well as two works of nonfiction. Open House was an Oprah’s Book Club selection, Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year, and Talk Before Sleep was short-listed for an Abby Award. Her bestsellers also include The Year of Pleasures, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, and Dream When You’re Feeling Blue. Berg has been honored by both the Boston Public Library and the Chicago Public Library and is a popular speaker at various venues around the country. She lives near Chicago.
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Home Safe
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Price: $15.00
In this stunning novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend too much on her twenty-seven-year-old daughter, Tessa... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2008
Price: $14.00
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2008
Price: $14.00
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print hardcover.
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We Are All Welcome Here
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $13.95
Elizabeth Berg, bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures, has a rare talent for revealing her characters’ hearts and minds in a manner that makes us empathize completely. Her new novel, We Are All Welcome Here, features three women, each struggling against overwhelming odds for her... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $13.95
Elizabeth Berg, bestselling author of The Art of Mending and The Year of Pleasures, has a rare talent for revealing her characters’ hearts and minds in a manner that makes us empathize completely. Her new novel, We Are All Welcome Here, features three women, each struggling against overwhelming odds for her... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Year of Pleasures
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of The Art of Mending, and Open House, a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.
Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of The Art of Mending, and Open House, a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.
Betta Nolan moves to a small town after the death of her husband to try to begin anew. Pursuing... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Open House
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $14.95
In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart.
Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $14.95
In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart.
Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Ordinary Life
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $14.00
In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. In “Ordinary Life,” Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week, shutting out her husband... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $14.00
In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. In “Ordinary Life,” Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week, shutting out her husband... Read more >
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Joy School
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 24, 1998
Price: $14.00
In this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young woman falls in love -- and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy.
Katie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels very much alone: her much-loved mother is dead... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 24, 1998
Price: $14.00
In this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young woman falls in love -- and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy.
Katie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels very much alone: her much-loved mother is dead... Read more >
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What We Keep
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 25, 1999
Price: $14.00
Do you ever really know your mother, your daughter, the people in your family? In this rich and rewarding new novel by the beloved bestselling author of
Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother reveals how the secrets and complexities of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 25, 1999
Price: $14.00
Do you ever really know your mother, your daughter, the people in your family? In this rich and rewarding new novel by the beloved bestselling author of
Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their mother reveals how the secrets and complexities of... Read more >
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Talk Before Sleep
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
"Until that moment, I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to."
They met at a party. It was hate at first sight. Ruth was far too beautiful, too flamboyant. Not at all Ann's kind of person. Until a chance encounter in the bathroom led to... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2006
Price: $13.95
"Until that moment, I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to."
They met at a party. It was hate at first sight. Ruth was far too beautiful, too flamboyant. Not at all Ann's kind of person. Until a chance encounter in the bathroom led to... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.
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The Art of Mending
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $13.95
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $13.95
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $23.00
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $23.00
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
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Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2000
Price: $13.95
Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr. Right and start a family? But Patty is in love--with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2000
Price: $13.95
Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr. Right and start a family? But Patty is in love--with a man who is not only attractive and financially sound, but sensitive and warmhearted. There's... Read more >
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The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $10.00
This wonderful novel transports us to Nazareth in biblical times, where we meet Mary and Joseph–and understand them as never before: young, in love, and suddenly faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Aided by a great and abiding love, they endure challenges to their relationship as well as threats to their lives... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $10.00
This wonderful novel transports us to Nazareth in biblical times, where we meet Mary and Joseph–and understand them as never before: young, in love, and suddenly faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Aided by a great and abiding love, they endure challenges to their relationship as well as threats to their lives... Read more >
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Durable Goods
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $15.00
On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2003
Price: $15.00
On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her... Read more >
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The Art of Mending
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $7.99
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2006
Price: $7.99
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Home Safe
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Home Safe
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $34.95
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $34.95
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Home Safe
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $25.00
In this new novel, beloved bestselling author Elizabeth Berg weaves a beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit. Helen Ames–recently widowed, coping with loss and grief, unable to do the work that has always sustained her–is beginning to depend far too much on her... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
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Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $27.95
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $27.95
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Handmaid and the Carpenter
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $24.95
In this wonderful audio about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures, transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story.
We see Mary–young, strong, and inquisitive–as she first meets... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 7, 2006
Price: $24.95
In this wonderful audio about love and trust, hope and belief, Elizabeth Berg, the bestselling author of We Are All Welcome Here and The Year of Pleasures, transports us to Nazareth in biblical times to reimagine the events of the classic Christmas story.
We see Mary–young, strong, and inquisitive–as she first meets... Read more >
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Dream When You're Feeling Blue
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $34.95
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $34.95
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love.
As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-bye to their boyfriends Julian and Michael, who are... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print hardcover.
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The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $34.95
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 15, 2008
Price: $34.95
Exhilarating short stories of women breaking free from convention
Every now and then, right in the middle of an ordinary day, a woman rebels, kicks up her heels, and commits a small act of liberation.
What would you do, if you were going to break out and away? Go AWOL from Weight Watchers... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Pull of the Moon
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $15.00
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Art of Mending
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $7.99
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 13, 2004
Price: $7.99
It begins with the sudden revelation of astonishing secrets—secrets that have shaped the personalities and fates of three siblings, and now threaten to tear them apart. In renowned author Elizabeth Berg’s moving new novel, unearthed truths force one seemingly ordinary family to reexamine their disparate lives and to ask themselves: Is... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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