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Barbara Delinsky

    August 9, 1945

    This author is celebrated for her novels that delve into the emotional crises and challenges faced in everyday life. Her work is renowned for its deeply relatable characters, allowing readers to see themselves and their own experiences within the narrative. Through compelling explorations of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, she uncovers the complexities of human connection. Her accessible and warm writing style invites readers to empathize with her characters and connect with the universal truths within their stories.

    Barbara Delinsky
    The Dream Unfolds
    Commitments
    Accidental Woman
    The Stud
    The Passions of Chelsea Kane
    Uplift
    • Uplift

      Practical and Reassuring Advice from Breast Cancer Survivors

      In this volume, novelist and cancer survivor Barbara Delinsky offers a resource for those undergoing breast cancer treatment. Delinsky has collected a compendium of survival secrets that have nothing to do with doctors, machines or drugs and everything to do with women helping women. In it, women recount the strategies that helped them through all aspects of cancer, including diagnosis, treatment, support groups and how to best conduct relationships with family, friends and in the workplace. The volume discusses: the practical and emotional side of losing a breast; advice on what to expect from radiotherapy; how to handle chemotherapy and hair loss; how to make the workplace more user-friendly; advice on your relationship with your partner and your sex life; top exercise tips; and how to take charge of your life and remain positive.

      Uplift
    • An enthralling and unforgettable story of a woman’s search for her past, The Passions of Chelsea Kane is a beloved classic from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky. After the death of her beloved adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to learn the truth about her birth parents. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined to find answers, her only clue a tarnished silver key that was bequeathed to her after her mother’s passing. One of her first discoveries, however, is something quite unexpected: the irresistible Judd Street. Buoyed by love and resolution, Chelsea slowly begins to uncover the dark mystery of her past. But as she inches closer to the truth, she realizes that someone is trying to stop her, and will go to any lengths to prevent her from finding answers. The danger escalates until one terrifying night when all secrets are laid bare. Full of danger, intrigue, and love, The Passions of Chelsea Kane is a riveting and heartfelt story that can only be told by master storyteller Barbara Delinsky.

      The Passions of Chelsea Kane
    • Jenna McCue wants a baby. Not something that the president of a large chain of successful department stores is used to asking for - and certainly not from Spencer Smith, her best friend's older brother. But Spencer knows that if he agrees, it won't be with test tubes or doctor's offices, as Jenna expects. It will be the old-fashioned way ...

      The Stud
    • Accidental Woman

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      The story revolves around Heather Malone, a beloved resident of Lake Henry, who faces shocking arrest by the FBI for a long-ago murder in California, leaving the community in disbelief. Her closest friend, Poppy Blake, grapples with her own struggles after a snowmobile accident left her in a wheelchair, but it's her lingering guilt over past decisions that truly hinders her progress. Their intertwined lives explore themes of friendship, redemption, and the impact of hidden histories.

      Accidental Woman
    • This Barbara Delinsky classic is available with a brand new cover and - for a limited time only- at an irresistible price.

      Commitments
    • The Dream Unfolds

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Gideon Lowe has a unique vision: to develop the once-majestic estate of Crosslyn Rise into one of the finest condominiums on the Eastern seaboard. The only thing he cannot see is working with the interior designer, Christine Gillette, who is famously difficult to deal with. Maybe they can find a way to see eye to eye . . . and heart to heart?

      The Dream Unfolds
    • Cardinal Rules

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Cardinal Rules by Barbara Delinsky released on Jun 24, 1995 is available now for purchase.

      Cardinal Rules
    • Coast Road

      • 447 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(142)Add rating

      People magazine called Barbara Delinsky's Three Wishes, "a heart-tugging story of love and redemption that is surprisingly powerful." Now, in her latest New York Times bestseller, Delinsky delivers a profoundly moving tale that is as richly textured. colorful, and poignant as the northern California landscape in which it is set. When Jack McGill chose his career as an architect over his family, he returned home from yet another business trip to find that his wife Rachel had left him. But now six years later a car accident has left Rachel clinging to life, and she and their two daughters desperately need him. Putting his work on hold for the first time in his life, Jack decides to sit by his ex-wife's bedside. There, meeting Rachel's many new friends, and trying to cope with two teenage daughters and their problems, he learns about a woman he never really knew, her expressive art, and the secret that made her leave. Much to his astonishment, Jack begins to see Rachel, his daughters, and the story of his marriage with new eyes. Celebrating the things in life that matter most -- the kinship of neighbors, the companionship of friends, and the irreplaceable time spent with children and family -- Coast Road depicts with exquisite accuracy the ties that bind each of us to those people and places we hold most dear.

      Coast Road
    • While My Sister Sleeps

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      The book explores the complexities of human relationships, delving into themes of love, betrayal, and redemption. Through richly developed characters, it navigates the emotional landscape of their intertwined lives, revealing how past decisions shape present circumstances. The narrative combines poignant storytelling with thought-provoking insights, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in the intricacies of personal connections and the impact of choices over time.

      While My Sister Sleeps
    • For My Daughters

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      A Barbara Delinsky classic, For My Daughters is a poignant and unforgettable story of the enduring power of love and the tenacious strength of family from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author. Estranged sisters Caroline, Annette, and Leah St. Clair have spent their lives trying to escape the legacy of their wealthy, aloof, social-climbing mother, Virginia—each losing a certain part of herself in the process. Now, on the eve of her seventieth birthday, Virginia has asked them all to help her get settled into her magnificent new estate on the rocky coast of Maine, a request each sister reluctantly agrees to, thinking it may be her mother's last. But it is Virginia who has something to give to the daughters she neglected in childhood. For amid the glories of a New England summer, three sisters will finally learn the answers to the questions that have troubled them for years . . . and new truths that will stay with them forever.

      For My Daughters