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CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the critically acclaimed author of twelve novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Skeletons at the Feast, The Double Bind, and Midwives. His novel, Midwives, was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah’s Book Club. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages and twice became movies (Midwives and Past the Bleachers). He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter.
Visit him at www.chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook.
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Secrets of Eden
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
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Skeletons at the Feast
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
A masterful love story set against a backdrop of epic history and unforgettable courage
In the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives.
At the center is eighteen-year-old Anna, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats, and her first love, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $14.95
A masterful love story set against a backdrop of epic history and unforgettable courage
In the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives.
At the center is eighteen-year-old Anna, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats, and her first love, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Double Bind
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.00
When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont’s back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography, spending all her free time at a homeless shelter. There she meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $15.00
When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont’s back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography, spending all her free time at a homeless shelter. There she meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and a box of... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Before You Know Kindness
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $14.95
Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives, presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date--examining wildly divisive issues in today’s America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill.
On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in a garden, and a man falls to the ground... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2005
Price: $14.95
Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives, presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date--examining wildly divisive issues in today’s America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill.
On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in a garden, and a man falls to the ground... Read more >
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Secrets of Eden
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $35.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $35.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Midwives
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 8, 1998
Price: $14.95
"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of To Kill A Mockingbird." --People
With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall To Kill a Mockingbird and Presumed Innocent, this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 8, 1998
Price: $14.95
"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of To Kill A Mockingbird." --People
With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall To Kill a Mockingbird and Presumed Innocent, this compulsively readable novel explores what happens when a woman who has devoted... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Secrets of Eden
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2010
Price: $25.00
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.
"There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her... Read more >
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The Law of Similars
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2000
Price: $13.95
" The Law of Similars is fast-paced and absorbing. Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power."-The New York Times Book Review
From the number one bestselling author of Midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death. When one of homeopath Carissa Lake's... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2000
Price: $13.95
" The Law of Similars is fast-paced and absorbing. Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power."-The New York Times Book Review
From the number one bestselling author of Midwives comes this riveting medical thriller about a lawyer, a homeopath, and a tragic death. When one of homeopath Carissa Lake's... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Trans-Sister Radio
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2001
Price: $14.95
With Trans-Sister Radio, Chris Bohjalian, author of the bestseller Midwives, again confronts his very human characters with issues larger than themselves, here tackling the explosive issue of gender.
When Allison Banks develops a crush on Dana Stevens, she knows that he will give her what she needs most: attention, gentleness, kindness, passion... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2001
Price: $14.95
With Trans-Sister Radio, Chris Bohjalian, author of the bestseller Midwives, again confronts his very human characters with issues larger than themselves, here tackling the explosive issue of gender.
When Allison Banks develops a crush on Dana Stevens, she knows that he will give her what she needs most: attention, gentleness, kindness, passion... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Buffalo Soldier
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2003
Price: $14.95
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents this resonant novel about the formation of an unconventional family–the ties that bind it, and the strains that pull it apart. Two years after their twin daughters died in a flash flood, Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2003
Price: $14.95
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents this resonant novel about the formation of an unconventional family–the ties that bind it, and the strains that pull it apart. Two years after their twin daughters died in a flash flood, Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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The Double Bind
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Idyll Banter
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2005
Price: $12.00
Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian, a bestselling novelist, began chronicling life in that gloriously quirky little village with a wide variety of magazine essays and his newspaper column, “Idyll Banter.” These pieces, written over... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2005
Price: $12.00
Years ago, Chris Bohjalian and his wife traded their Brooklyn co-op for a century-old Victorian house in Lincoln, Vermont (population 975). Bohjalian, a bestselling novelist, began chronicling life in that gloriously quirky little village with a wide variety of magazine essays and his newspaper column, “Idyll Banter.” These pieces, written over... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Skeletons at the Feast
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $25.00
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $25.00
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... 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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The Double Bind
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $25.00
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $25.00
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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Skeletons at the Feast
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $25.00
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $25.00
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Silas Marner
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $7.95
Eliot's penetrating portrayal of a miser who learns to love an orphaned and abandoned child, this novel is a cherished masterwork and a moving story of redemption by the one of the Victorian era's most accomplished novelists. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2001
Price: $7.95
Eliot's penetrating portrayal of a miser who learns to love an orphaned and abandoned child, this novel is a cherished masterwork and a moving story of redemption by the one of the Victorian era's most accomplished novelists. Read more >
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Skeletons at the Feast
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $34.95
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $34.95
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Double Bind
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.00
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.00
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Before You Know Kindness
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 8, 2004
Price: $25.00
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 8, 2004
Price: $25.00
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
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Before You Know Kindness
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $12.95
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 5, 2004
Price: $12.95
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
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Before You Know Kindness
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $14.95
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 27, 2005
Price: $14.95
For ten summers, the Seton family—all three generations—met at their country home in New England to spend a week together playing tennis, badminton, and golf, and savoring gin and tonics on the wraparound porch to celebrate the end of the season. In the eleventh summer, everything changed. A hunting rifle with... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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The Buffalo Soldier
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $19.95
From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Midwives and Trans-Sister Radio comes a hauntingly beautiful story of the ties that bind families—and the strains that pull them apart.
In northern Vermont, a raging river overflows its banks and sweeps the nine-year-old twin daughters of Terry and Laura Sheldon to their deaths... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $19.95
From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Midwives and Trans-Sister Radio comes a hauntingly beautiful story of the ties that bind families—and the strains that pull them apart.
In northern Vermont, a raging river overflows its banks and sweeps the nine-year-old twin daughters of Terry and Laura Sheldon to their deaths... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Buffalo Soldier
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $14.95
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents this resonant novel about the formation of an unconventional family–the ties that bind it, and the strains that pull it apart. Two years after their twin daughters died in a flash flood, Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 11, 2003
Price: $14.95
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents this resonant novel about the formation of an unconventional family–the ties that bind it, and the strains that pull it apart. Two years after their twin daughters died in a flash flood, Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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The Double Bind
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.95
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.95
Throughout his career, Chris Bohjalian has earned a reputation for writing novels that examine some of the most important issues of our time. With Midwives, he explored the literal and metaphoric place of birth in our culture. In The Buffalo Soldier, he introduced us to one of contemporary literature’s most beloved... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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The Double Bind
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $14.98
As the New York Times has said, “Few writers can manipulate a plot with [Chris] Bohjalian’s grace and power.” Now he is back with an ambitious new novel that travels between Jay Gatsby’s Long Island and rural New England, between the Roaring Twenties and the twenty-first century.
When college sophomore Laurel... Read more >
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $14.98
As the New York Times has said, “Few writers can manipulate a plot with [Chris] Bohjalian’s grace and power.” Now he is back with an ambitious new novel that travels between Jay Gatsby’s Long Island and rural New England, between the Roaring Twenties and the twenty-first century.
When college sophomore Laurel... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
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