Katarina Bivald Books

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorAfter an accident kills Henny, the manager of the Pine Away Motel and Cabins, she watches as the three people who mean the most to her are reunited at her funeral. All three are unhappy, and Henny is devastated by leaving them in a time of need. But what if she doesn't have to leave after all? Henny realizes she has one last opportunity to help her friends discover the happiness they once knew. To help them move forward, Henny must look back, unpacking the memories from their last year of high school all those years before. Only then can Henny stop history from repeating itself and heal her best friends once and for all.

Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who travelled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist--even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honour of her friend's memory. All she wants is to share the books she loves with the citizens of Broken Wheel and to convince them that reading is one of the great joys of life. But she makes some unconventional choices that could force a lot of secrets into the open and change things for everyone in town

L'été de ses dix-huit ans, Anita Grankvist s'était fixé trois objectifs : apprendre à conduire une moto, acheter une maison, et devenir complètement indépendante. Presque vingt ans plus tard, elle mène une petite vie tranquille, un peu fade, seule avec sa fille Emma, et travaille au supermarché local. Quand cette dernière part à l'université, Anita commence à prendre des leçons de moto, se lance dans un projet impossible, renoue le contact avec sa mère légèrement sénile, et tombe follement amoureuse. Qu'il est doux de se dire qu'il n'est jamais trop tard pour profiter de la vie... Et n'est-ce pas merveilleux de réaliser ses rêves d'adolescence à l'approche de la quarantaine ?