Feel like you need a little escapism? Get away from real life with one of these books that feels like a vacation, will make you think you’re on vacation or have you booking some travel plans. These titles run the gamut from self-discovery, romance, grief and family secrets to time travelling and historical fiction.
A family heads for a two-week celebratory vacation to the Balearic island of Mallorca. However, things don't go as planned. Over the course of the vacatio...Show more
A family heads for a two-week celebratory vacation to the Balearic island of Mallorca. However, things don't go as planned. Over the course of the vacation, secrets come to light, old and new humiliations are experienced, childhood rivalries resurface, and ancient wounds are exacerbated. The story combines a warm-weather locale, complicated family drama and a bit of humor.
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A family heads for a two-week celebratory vacation to the Balearic island of Mallorca. However, things don't go as planned. Over the course of the vacatio...Show more
A family heads for a two-week celebratory vacation to the Balearic island of Mallorca. However, things don't go as planned. Over the course of the vacation, secrets come to light, old and new humiliations are experienced, childhood rivalries resurface, and ancient wounds are exacerbated. The story combines a warm-weather locale, complicated family drama and a bit of humor.
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A schoolmarm abandons her job and her tidy, circumscribed life and sets out on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a rare insect th...Show more
A schoolmarm abandons her job and her tidy, circumscribed life and sets out on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a rare insect that may or may not exist: the golden beetle of New Caledonia. She and her unlikely assistant leave post-World War II London to do so and discover the transformative power of friendship along the way.
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A schoolmarm abandons her job and her tidy, circumscribed life and sets out on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a rare insect th...Show more
A schoolmarm abandons her job and her tidy, circumscribed life and sets out on an expedition to the other side of the world to search for a rare insect that may or may not exist: the golden beetle of New Caledonia. She and her unlikely assistant leave post-World War II London to do so and discover the transformative power of friendship along the way.
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Reminiscent of "When Harry Met Sally", college friends Poppy and Alex have nothing in common, but every summer, for a decade, they have taken on...Show more
Reminiscent of "When Harry Met Sally", college friends Poppy and Alex have nothing in common, but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. That is, until two years ago when they ruined everything. Poppy vows to repair their relationship by planning another summer vacation together.
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Reminiscent of "When Harry Met Sally", college friends Poppy and Alex have nothing in common, but every summer, for a decade, they have taken on...Show more
Reminiscent of "When Harry Met Sally", college friends Poppy and Alex have nothing in common, but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. That is, until two years ago when they ruined everything. Poppy vows to repair their relationship by planning another summer vacation together.
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Binchy's final novel follows the efforts of Chicky Starr, who turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first gu...Show more
Binchy's final novel follows the efforts of Chicky Starr, who turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges.
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Binchy's final novel follows the efforts of Chicky Starr, who turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first gu...Show more
Binchy's final novel follows the efforts of Chicky Starr, who turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges.
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The Kelleher family descend on their family beach house won in a bet 60 years earlier. Three generations of women gradually impart difficult respective secrets including a pregnancy, a terrible crush and a deeply held resentment for past misdeeds.
The Kelleher family descend on their family beach house won in a bet 60 years earlier. Three generations of women gradually impart difficult respective secrets including a pregnancy, a terrible crush and a deeply held resentment for past misdeeds.
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The Kelleher family descend on their family beach house won in a bet 60 years earlier. Three generations of women gradually impart difficult respective secrets including a pregnancy, a terrible crush and a deeply held resentment for past misdeeds.
The Kelleher family descend on their family beach house won in a bet 60 years earlier. Three generations of women gradually impart difficult respective secrets including a pregnancy, a terrible crush and a deeply held resentment for past misdeeds.
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An emotional and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
An emotional and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
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An emotional and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
An emotional and unforgettable exploration of the powerful bond between mother and daughter set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
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Novelist Alice asks warehouse employee Felix to travel with her to Rome. Meanwhile, her best friend, Eileen, seeks to survive a bad breakup by renewing he...Show more
Novelist Alice asks warehouse employee Felix to travel with her to Rome. Meanwhile, her best friend, Eileen, seeks to survive a bad breakup by renewing her flirtation with childhood friend Simon. Four young people verging on the next, uncertain stage of their lives.
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Novelist Alice asks warehouse employee Felix to travel with her to Rome. Meanwhile, her best friend, Eileen, seeks to survive a bad breakup by renewing he...Show more
Novelist Alice asks warehouse employee Felix to travel with her to Rome. Meanwhile, her best friend, Eileen, seeks to survive a bad breakup by renewing her flirtation with childhood friend Simon. Four young people verging on the next, uncertain stage of their lives.
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When tragedy strikes a family, two young children head to Palm Springs to spend the summer with their GUP, Gay Uncle Patrick. A formerly famous sitcom sta...Show more
When tragedy strikes a family, two young children head to Palm Springs to spend the summer with their GUP, Gay Uncle Patrick. A formerly famous sitcom star, Patrick knows nothing about kids but must navigate his way as temporary guardian to his niece and nephew.
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When tragedy strikes a family, two young children head to Palm Springs to spend the summer with their GUP, Gay Uncle Patrick. A formerly famous sitcom sta...Show more
When tragedy strikes a family, two young children head to Palm Springs to spend the summer with their GUP, Gay Uncle Patrick. A formerly famous sitcom star, Patrick knows nothing about kids but must navigate his way as temporary guardian to his niece and nephew.
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Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, is a hard man to read. He remains a mystery to her and is both surprised and not-so-surprised when he asks her to travel to Maine to investigate a recently uncovered family secret.
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, is a hard man to read. He remains a mystery to her and is both surprised and not-so-surprised when he asks her to travel to Maine to investigate a recently uncovered family secret.
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Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, is a hard man to read. He remains a mystery to her and is both surprised and not-so-surprised when he asks her to travel to Maine to investigate a recently uncovered family secret.
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, is a hard man to read. He remains a mystery to her and is both surprised and not-so-surprised when he asks her to travel to Maine to investigate a recently uncovered family secret.
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What if you could take a vacation into your own past? Alice is more or less happy with her life, save the complications of her aging father’s ailing heal...Show more
What if you could take a vacation into your own past? Alice is more or less happy with her life, save the complications of her aging father’s ailing health. After a night of partying on her 40th birthday, she wakes up to find she’s reliving her 16th birthday and getting more time with her father. A story that blends humor, heart and insights on a life well lived.
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What if you could take a vacation into your own past? Alice is more or less happy with her life, save the complications of her aging father’s ailing heal...Show more
What if you could take a vacation into your own past? Alice is more or less happy with her life, save the complications of her aging father’s ailing health. After a night of partying on her 40th birthday, she wakes up to find she’s reliving her 16th birthday and getting more time with her father. A story that blends humor, heart and insights on a life well lived.
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Lost Lake, located in Suley, Georgia, is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer as an adolescent. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly widowed Kate and her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, Devin, to heal.
Lost Lake, located in Suley, Georgia, is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer as an adolescent. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly widowed Kate and her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, Devin, to heal.
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Lost Lake, located in Suley, Georgia, is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer as an adolescent. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly widowed Kate and her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, Devin, to heal.
Lost Lake, located in Suley, Georgia, is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer as an adolescent. Which is why it's the perfect place for newly widowed Kate and her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, Devin, to heal.
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Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisit...Show more
Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor and trust.
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Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisit...Show more
Set in the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor and trust.
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