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I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but...

In a small Texas town where cotton fields stretch farther than mercy, a boy watches the world he knows begin to crack. His family is already breaking. His mother lost to grief, his father hardened by bitterness, when Esther arrives to work in their home. She brings steadiness, quiet strength, and a way of seeing that unsettles everything the boy has been taught. Esther’s husband, PV, dares to farm his own land, igniting resentment among men who believe some dreams are not meant to be claimed.

Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of the small town of Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible loss and their place in it. In this brilliantly written novel, one girl's story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her.

With the pawfect blend of humor and heart, celebrate the wacky and wonderful things about life with children in THE TROUBLE WITH CHILDREN (ACCORDING TO DOG)! The family dog has a LOT to get off his chest. Life with children can be . . . challenging. Between their loud shrieks, too-tight squeezes...