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On sale May 12, 1987
The Mists of Avalon
Written by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Trade Paperback , 912 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Fantasy; Fiction - Fantasy - Historical; Fiction - Fantasy - Epic | May 1987 | $18.00 | 978-0-345-35049-7 (0-345-35049-9)
 
On sale February 10, 1993
Dreaming in Cuban
Written by Cristina Garcia

Trade Paperback , 272 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | February 1993 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-38143-9 (0-345-38143-2)
 
On sale February 10, 1993
Closing Arguments
Written by Frederick Busch

Trade Paperback , 288 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | February 1993 | $14.00 | 978-0-449-90750-4 (0-449-90750-3)
 
On sale June 1, 1993
Fair and Tender Ladies
Written by Lee Smith

Trade Paperback , 336 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | June 1993 | $14.00 | 978-0-345-38399-0 (0-345-38399-0)
 
On sale August 10, 1993
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Written by Bebe Moore Campbell

Trade Paperback , 352 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | August 1993 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-38395-2 (0-345-38395-8)
 
On sale April 12, 1994
How to Make an American Quilt
Written by Whitney Otto

Trade Paperback , 240 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | April 1994 | $12.95 | 978-0-345-38896-4 (0-345-38896-8)
 
On sale July 10, 1995
The Good Husband
Written by Gail Godwin

Trade Paperback , 496 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | July 1995 | $14.95 | 978-0-345-39645-7 (0-345-39645-6)
 
On sale March 26, 1996
Ladder of Years
Written by Anne Tyler

Trade Paperback , 352 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | March 1996 | $14.95 | 978-0-449-91057-3 (0-449-91057-1)
 
On sale April 23, 1996
Saving Grace
Written by Lee Smith

Trade Paperback , 304 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | April 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-40333-9 (0-345-40333-9)
 
On sale July 30, 1996
Dream Children
Written by Gail Godwin

Trade Paperback , 288 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | July 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-38992-3 (0-345-38992-1)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
The Tin Can Tree
Written by Anne Tyler

Trade Paperback , 272 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | August 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-449-91189-1 (0-449-91189-6)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
Oral History
Written by Lee Smith

Trade Paperback , 320 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | August 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-41028-3 (0-345-41028-9)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
If Morning Ever Comes
Written by Anne Tyler

Trade Paperback , 272 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | August 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-449-91178-5 (0-449-91178-0)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
Family Linen
Written by Lee Smith

Trade Paperback , 288 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | August 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-41060-3 (0-345-41060-2)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Written by Anne Tyler

Trade Paperback , 336 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction | August 1996 | $14.95 | 978-0-449-91159-4 (0-449-91159-4)
 
On sale August 27, 1996
The Chosen
Written by Chaim Potok

Trade Paperback , 304 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | August 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-449-91154-9 (0-449-91154-3)
 
On sale September 3, 1996
Patty Jane's House of Curl
Written by Lorna Landvik

Trade Paperback , 320 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Family Saga | September 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-449-91100-6 (0-449-91100-4)
 
On sale September 29, 1996
The Power of One
Written by Bryce Courtenay

Trade Paperback , 544 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Historical | September 1996 | $14.95 | 978-0-345-41005-4 (0-345-41005-X)
 
On sale September 29, 1996
Fancy Strut
Written by Lee Smith

Trade Paperback , 368 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | September 1996 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-41039-9 (0-345-41039-4)
 
On sale January 21, 1997
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Written by Fannie Flagg

Trade Paperback , 432 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | January 1997 | $14.95 | 978-0-449-91135-8 (0-449-91135-7)
 
On sale February 11, 1997
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback , 448 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction | February 1997 | $14.95 | 978-0-345-40474-9 (0-345-40474-2)
 
On sale April 22, 1997
Before Women Had Wings
Written by Connie May Fowler

Trade Paperback , 304 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | April 1997 | $14.00 | 978-0-449-91144-0 (0-449-91144-6)
 
On sale April 29, 1997
Jerusalem
Written by Karen Armstrong

Trade Paperback , 512 pages
Ballantine Books | Religion - History; Religion - Comparative Religion; Religion - Reference | April 1997 | $18.00 | 978-0-345-39168-1 (0-345-39168-3)
 
On sale June 23, 1997
The World According to Garp
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback , 464 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Psychological; Fiction - Family Saga | June 1997 | $14.95 | 978-0-345-41801-2 (0-345-41801-8)
 
On sale June 23, 1997
The Water-Method Man
Written by John Irving

Trade Paperback , 288 pages
Ballantine Books | Fiction - Literary | June 1997 | $13.95 | 978-0-345-41800-5 (0-345-41800-X)
 

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