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Featured in PRUNE are the recipes, approach, philosophy, evolution, and nuances that make them distinctively Prune’s. Unconventional and honest, in both tone and content, this book is a welcome expression of the cookbook as we know it.

Ann Leary tells the story of a friendship between two women who give their small New England town plenty to talk about. Hildy Good is a recovering alcoholic, while newcomer Rebecca McAllister is on the brink of a scandal. When Hildy intervenes to protect Rebecca’s reputation, the two women find their secrets entwined and the power of small town gossip becomes all too real.

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, is condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. In this place of ultimate retribution, prison guard Paul Edgecombe is about to discover the terrible, wondrous truth about Coffey, a truth that will challenge his most cherished beliefs...and yours.

THE FAR END OF HAPPY is Kathryn Craft’s much anticipated second novel based on the true events surrounding the 1997 suicide standoff that resulted in her husband’s death. It transpires over 12 tense hours, delving into the personal struggles of a varied cast: a desperate man ready to take his own life, a police force faced with impossible decisions, and a family and community left to grapple with how best to respond.

Against the backdrop of the Nazi invasion of France, young Ida fights for her survival as an independent young woman nurturing the dark creative genius of her parents. Little could she know how much her father’s artistic brilliance, and his sinister master painting, “The Bridal Chair,” would shape her life.

Strong-willed and beautiful, debutante Katherine Ramsey feels ready to take the London social season by storm, and she must. Her family estate, Highland Hall, has been passed to older male cousin Sir William Ramsey, and her only means of securing her future is to make a strong debut and find a proper husband. With her all-knowing and meddling aunt as a guide, Katherine is certain to attract suitors at the lavish gatherings, sparkling with Great Britain’s elite.

Marged Brice is 134 years old. She'd be ready to go, if it wasn't for Perdita… Meanwhile, Garth Hellyer of the Longevity Project doesn't believe Marged was a girl coming of age in the 1890s, but reading her diaries in the same wild and unpredictable location where she wrote them might be enough to cast doubt on his common sense and unlock the mystery of Marged’s life.