How far would you go to shape your own destiny? REAL AMERICANS is an exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

How far would you go to shape your own destiny? REAL AMERICANS is an exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

From the award-winning author of GOODBYE, VITAMIN: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

REAL AMERICANS begins on the precipice of Y2K in New York City, when 22-year-old Lily Chen, an unpaid intern at a slick media company, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not: easygoing and effortlessly attractive, a native East Coaster and, most notably, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more different: flat-broke, raised in Tampa, the only child of scientists who fled Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this, Lily and Matthew fall in love.

In 2021, 15-year-old Nick Chen has never felt like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with his single mother, Lily. He can't shake the sense she's hiding something. When Nick sets out to find his biological father, the journey threatens to raise more questions than it provides answers.

In immersive, moving prose, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance --- a story of trust, forgiveness and finally coming home.

Exuberant and explosive, REAL AMERICANS is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made? And if we are made, who gets to do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome?

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. Told with Mary Kay Andrews' warmth, humor, knack for twists, and eye for delicious detail about human nature, SUMMERS AT THE SAINT is a beach read with depth and heart.

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. Told with Mary Kay Andrews' warmth, humor, knack for twists, and eye for delicious detail about human nature, SUMMERS AT THE SAINT is a beach read with depth and heart.

Book your summer escape with a "mesmerizing mix of mystery and romance" (Publishers Weekly, starred) from the New York Times bestselling author of THE HOMEWRECKERS and THE NEWCOMER.

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper.

Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as “the Saint.” If you grew up coming here, you were “a Saint.” If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were “an Ain’t.” Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn’t rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer she did, and married the boss’s son.

Now, she’s the widowed owner of the hotel, determined to see it return to its glory days, even as staff shortages and financial troubles threaten to ruin it. Plus, her greedy and unscrupulous brother-in-law wants to make sure she fails. Enlisting a motley crew of recently hired summer help --- including the daughter of her estranged best friend --- Traci has one summer season to turn it around. But new information about a long-ago drowning at the hotel threatens to come to light, and the tragic death of one of their own brings Traci to the brink of despair.

Traci Eddings has her back against the pink-painted wall of this beloved institution. And it will take all the wits and guts she has to see wrongs put to right, to see guilty parties put in their place, and maybe even to find a new romance along the way.

Told with Mary Kay Andrews' warmth, humor, knack for twists, and eye for delicious detail about human nature, SUMMERS AT THE SAINT is a beach read with depth and heart.

This tender and perceptive debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL is about three generations of a large Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy.

This tender and perceptive debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL is about three generations of a large Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy.

This tender and perceptive debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL is about three generations of a large Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy.
 
No one in my mother’s family ever talks about anything that can be categorized as unpleasant or as having to do with emotions...
 
This spellbinding novel by bestselling author Ann Napolitano is a poignant reminder of how connected we are to those we love, even when we cannot find the words to say it. The unforgettable story of three generations of an Irish American family, WITHIN ARM'S REACH is another rich and deeply satisfying novel from the author who captured the many dimensions of grief in DEAR EDWARD and the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood in HELLO BEAUTIFUL.