Most Popular Books by Jacquelyn Mitchard

"Masterful...A big story about human connection and emotional survival" - Los Angeles Times The first book ever chosen by Oprah''s Book Club Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story—a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah''s Book Club. Both highly suspenseful and deeply moving, The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother''s worst nightmare—the disappearance of a child—as it explores a family''s struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds. Filled with compassion, humor, and brilliant observations about the texture of real life, here is a story of rare power, one that will touch readers'' hearts and make them celebrate the emotions that make us all one.

Three women who were friends in high school go on a sailboat crossing in the Caribbean when a small mistake leads to a desperate fight for survival.

Arley Mowbray is young, smart, and lonely. Very lonely. And then she strikes up a correspondence with a prison inmate—and, under the spell of his poetic, seductive letters, falls helplessly, stubbornly in love. Annie Singer is a tough, dedicated Texas lawyer hired to help Arley unite with her beloved. She does so, but against her own better judgment—and soon she’s caught up in this disturbing and dangerous romance, and in her feelings for Arley, who’s become the daughter she never had. When Dillon LeGrande comes after the girl he loves, Arley finds herself both aching for his touch and fearing for her life. And Annie begins to question her own choices—and to wonder what price she would pay for passion.

For ten years of Sunday mornings, readers of Jacquelyn Mitchard’s newspaper column, “The Rest of Us,” have been calling their mothers, boyfriends and sisters to say, “See? That’s exactly what I meant!” Mitchard’s clear-eyed takes on everyday life in process are described over and over as “a letter from home,” as “the best friend I can really count on,” and as “the kind of story you tell at the coffee machine—and keep under your pillow.” Jacquelyn Mitchard reaches for heart and mind simultaneously, with both wit and nostalgia but never with sentimentality. Whether writing of gun laws and garage sales, the loneliness of the long-haul single mother, fear of gardening, or the late great American game of baseball, Mitchard stresses the personal stake each of us has in the stand-up drama of daily life. The single mother of five children, she shares her own family’s dramas and epiphanies—her own mother’s tradition of optimism based on nothing, the early death of her husband, the adoption of her baby daughter, as well as the great wheeling issues that confound Americans every day.

Losing her father in a school fire that disfigures her face, Sicily is raised by a dynamic aunt who urges her to pursue a normal life, an effort that is influenced by her fiancé, a terrible drunken revelation and an opportunity for a risky full-face transplant.

“[An] astonishing pleasure.” —Seattle Times “A graceful, moving, and compelling novel. Jacquelyn Mitchard at her finest.” —Scott Turow, author of Innocent A poignant and unforgettable novel from Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of the monumental New York Times bestsellers The Deep End of the Ocean and The Most Wanted, A Theory of Relativity is a powerful tale that explores the emotional dynamics and dramas of two families fighting for custody of a young child. The very first author selected by the Oprah Book Club, Mitchard is a matchless, wise, and warm chronicler of families and their human foibles—and A Theory of Relativity is contemporary women’s fiction at its best, a must-read for fans of Sue Miller, Jane Hamilton, and Elizabeth Berg.

Joining the volunteer rescue effort in Brisbane after the Christmas Eve tsunami, American expat Frank Mercy is transformed by his rescue of a telepathic little boy, who he illegally takes back with him to America and struggles to protect.

BONUS: This edition contains a No Time to Wave Goodbye discussion guide and an excerpt from Jacquelyn Mitchard''s Second Nature. Twenty-two years have passed since Beth Cappadora’s three-year-old son, Ben, was abducted. By some miracle he returned nine years later, and the family began to pick up the pieces of their lives. Now, in this sequel to Mitchard’s beloved bestseller The Deep End of the Ocean, the Cappadora children are grown: Ben is married and has a baby girl, Kerry is studying to be an opera singer, and ne’er-do-well older son Vincent is a fledgling filmmaker. His new documentary—focusing on five families caught in the torturous web of never knowing the fate of their abducted children—shakes his parents to the core. As Vincent’s film earns greater and greater acclaim and Beth tries to stave off a torrent of long-submerged emotions, the Cappadoras’ world is rocked as Beth’s greatest fear becomes reality. The family is soon drawn precipitously into the past, revisiting the worst moment of their lives—this time with only hours to find the truth that can save a life. A spellbinding novel about family loyalty and love pushed to the limits of endurance, No Time to Wave Goodbye is Jacquelyn Mitchard at her best.

A widowed mom takes a second chance on love with a sexy chef 10 years her junior in this novel of relationships by a New York Times–bestselling author. It is True Dickinson''s birthday and her best friends have gathered on this snowy night to celebrate—yet True has never felt more alone. Though her small business is thriving and her young son is happy, the death of her husband eight years ago has left an empty space in her life that friends and family cannot fill. Suddenly it seems that youth and beauty are slipping away while True is busily taking care of everyone else. But on this night, an accident on an icy road will offer True the golden opportunity to let love back into her life—if she can somehow conquer her fears. Twelve Times Blessed is a powerfully moving novel of the heart from one of our best-loved storytellers.

After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether his parents are ready or not.

The author of The Deep End of the Ocean delivers a compelling, emotionally charged tale of tragedy, revenge, and redemption. Twelve-year-old Veronica Swan''s idyllic life in a close-knit Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered. Although her parents find the strength to forgive the deranged killer, Scott Early, Veronica cannot do the same. Years later, she sets out alone to avenge her sisters'' deaths, dropping her identity and severing ties in the process. As she closes in on Early, Veronica will discover the true meaning of sin and compassion, before she makes a decision that will change her and her family''s lives forever.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a page-turning family drama that explores the emotional consequences of loyalty, deception and jealousy. Stunned by her recently widowed father’s reckless behavior, a young woman must learn to navigate a new world—where the people she should trust the most have become strangers she cannot trust at all. Frankie Attleboro returns home to Cape Cod with thrilling news. She’s met the love of her life, and they’re getting married with a baby on the way. That’s the moment her father makes his own jaw-dropping announcement: at sixty, he’s getting married as well, to Frankie’s best friend, Ariel, who is also pregnant, and due soon. As Frankie and Ariel struggle to adjust to their new relationship, Ariel’s estranged mother, Carlotta, returns after a decade-long absence. She claims to be a changed woman—but is she really? And where has she been all these years? Frankie is suspicious, and as Carlotta’s unpredictable behavior intensifies, Frankie must untangle the threads of the past to protect Ariel’s future—and her own. "The characters and relationships are all smartly drawn, and the narrative is shot through with plenty of humor and scandal. Mitchard fans will lap this up."—Publishers Weekly

In her first novel for teens, national bestselling author Mitchard offers a story about a girl with everything who fakes her own abduction.

“Rich and complex, The Good Son is a compelling novel about the aftermath of a crime in a small, close-knit community.”—Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime. What do you do when the person you love best becomes unrecognizable to you? For Thea Demetriou, the answer is both simple and agonizing: you keep loving him somehow. Stefan was just seventeen when he went to prison for the drug-fueled murder of his girlfriend, Belinda. Three years later, he’s released to a world that refuses to let him move on. Belinda’s mother, once Thea’s good friend, galvanizes the community to rally against him to protest in her daughter’s memory. The media paints Stefan as a symbol of white privilege and indifferent justice. Neighbors, employers, even some members of Thea''s own family turn away. Meanwhile Thea struggles to understand her son. At times, he is still the sweet boy he has always been; at others, he is a young man tormented by guilt and almost broken by his time in prison. But as his efforts to make amends meet escalating resistance and threats, Thea suspects more forces are at play than just community outrage. And if there is so much she never knew about her own son, what other secrets has she yet to uncover—especially about the night Belinda died?

Allie Kim’s fatal allergy to sunlight, XP, still confines her to the night. Now that she’s lost her best friend, Juliet, to an apparent suicide, the night has never felt darker—even with Rob at her side. Allie knows why Juliet killed herself: to escape the clutches of Garrett Tabor, whom Allie saw committing an unspeakable crime. Garrett is untouchable; the Tabors founded the world-famous XP clinic that keeps Allie and Rob alive and their small Minnesota town on the map. Allie can’t rest until Garrett is brought to justice. But her obsession jeopardizes everything she holds dear. Not even Parkour can distract her; nothing reminds her more that Juliet is gone. When Rob introduces Allie to the wildly dangerous sport of nighttime deep diving, Allie assumes he’s only trying to derail her investigation . . . until they uncover the terrible secret Garrett Tabor has hidden under Lake Superior.

An advice columnist and mother searches for vanished husband in this dramatic novel by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean. An advice columnist for a Wisconsin newspaper, Julieanne Gillis dispenses wisdom to her readers, but somehow missed the signs that something was amiss in her own home. Devoted to being a good mother and keeping her twenty-year marriage fresh and exciting, she is shocked by her husband’s surprise announcement that he needs a “sabbatical” from their life together—and devastated when he disappears, leaving Julie with no funds to raise two teenagers and a small daughter alone. But it is the discovery Julieanne suffers from a serious illness that truly crumbles her family’s foundation—setting her children on a dangerous, quixotic journey to locate their missing father before it’s too late. Praise for The Breakdown Lane “Rousing melodrama; fluid, often funny, dialogue; and the convincing portrayal of children involved in the collapse of a marriage add up to another page-turner from Mitchard.” —Publishers Weekly “An astute observer of family dynamics, Mitchard renders her characters flawlessly, endowing them with a humanity that is both accessibly grounded and astonishingly deep.” —Booklist “A compelling mix of suspense, humor, and abiding humanity.” —Boston Globe “A novel you will read once, then again and again.” —Tulsa World

The bestselling author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" and other adult novels presents her second novel for children. Here she introduces a young duckling named Henry Marie who desperately wants a pet. Illustrations.

Bridget Flannery and Maureen O''Malley have been BFFs since forever. Then a brief moment of inattention on an icy road leaves one girl dead and the other in a coma, battered beyond recognition. Family and friends mourn one friend''s loss and pray for the other''s recovery. Then the doctors discover they have made a terrible mistake. The girl who lived is the one who everyone thought had died. Based on a true case of mistaken identity, All We Know of Heaven is a universal story that no one can read unmoved: a drama of ordinary people caught up in an unimaginable tragedy and of the healing power of hope and love.

Now in paperback--the first children''s novel from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" about a talented young ballerina mouse and her adventures in the famous Ballet Jolie.

Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn have always shared one another''s thoughts, even as they dream, but their connection diminishes as they approach their thirteenth birthday, and one begins to see the future, the other the past, leading them to discover that a high school student they know is doing horrible things that place the twins, and others, in grave danger.

Like the yearning, doomed young clones in Ishiguro''s Never Let Me Go, three teenagers with XP (a life-threatening allergy to sunlight) are a species unto themselves. As seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Allie Kim, they roam the silent streets, looking for adventure, while others sleep. When Allie''s best friend introduces the trio to Parkour, the stunt-sport of running and climbing off forest cliffs and tall buildings (risky in daylight and potentially deadly by darkness), they feel truly alive, equal to the "daytimers." On a random summer night, while scaling a building like any other, the three happen to peer into an empty apartment and glimpse an older man with what looks like a dead girl. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues that escalates through the underground world of hospital confinement, off-the-grid sports, and forbidden love. Allie, who can never see the light of day, discovers she''s the lone key to stopping a human monster.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Twelve Times Blessed comes a novel of the breakdown of a family and of healing after a loss Giving advice is what Julianne Ambrose Gillis does for a living--every Sunday she doles it out to clueless people she doesn''t know, in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have no insight whatsoever. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so it''s a mystery when Leo, her husband of twenty years, decides to defect from their life together and their three children: Gabe, Caroline and Aury. In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo--before it''s too late. But what they discover about their father is even more devastating than their mother''s deteriorating health. As the known world sinks precariously from view and leaves them all adrift, the Gillis clan must navigate their way through the trenches of love, guilt and betrayal, back to solid ground and a new definition of family.

In the third book of the Midnight Twins trilogy, Mally and Merry?s supernatural dream visions are put to the test when their baby brother is kidnapped? and by someone who has grown very close to the Brynn family. Meanwhile, Meredith is distracted by the strange new boy in town. But there?s one problem with her new romance: he?s a ghost from the past, a boy who actually died in the Vietnam War and is struggling with his soul. Mallory must help her sister let go of a love that was never meant to be?and the twins must come together and use their powers to save their baby brother.

With loving words, a mother bat lulls her baby to sleep.

From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a page-turning drama that explores the beauty of female friendship; the relationship between money, power, and sex; and the very human desire to protect the ones we love most. When she is convicted of a double murder, Felicity Wild, a brilliant grad student turned high-priced escort, declares, ''I may not be innocent, but I''m innocent of this.'' Reenie Bigelow never doubted it. A jury may have given Felicity a life sentence, but Reenie knows that her childhood best friend is not capable of murder. And so Reenie, a journalist, decides to use her deep connections to Felicity''s past to unravel the truth. The more she uncovers, the more Reenie is convinced that the story the prosecution told is wrong, despite the puzzling fact that Felicity said not one single word in her own defense. But there''s one thing Reenie knows for certain: Felicity would never lie.

Trois ans après avoir été incarcéré pour le meurtre de sa petite amie Belinda, Stefan sort de prison. En butte à l''hostilité grandissante de tous, le jeune homme est harcelé de manière anonyme. Seule, Théa, sa mère, le soutient encore. Le nouveau roman de Jacquelyn Mitchard, l''autrice de Aussi profond que l''océan, adapté au cinéma avec Michelle Pfeiffer. Stefan n''a que 17 ans quand il est envoyé en prison pour le meurtre, au cours d''une soirée arrosée, de sa petite amie Belinda. Trois ans plus tard, il est libéré. Mais, à part Théa, sa mère, nul ne semble prêt à le voir reprendre le cours de sa vie. À commencer par la mère de Belinda et les membres de l''association " Touche pas à nos filles ", qu''elle a créée dès l''incarcération de Stefan, et dont les manifestations hostiles attirent l''oeil des médias. Théa voudrait aider son fils à se reconstruire, mais ses années derrière les barreaux l''ont amené à se replier sur lui-même. Et des inconnus commencent à le menacer. Dont cette jeune femme, qui le harcèle au téléphone... Et si la nuit du drame, dont Stefan n''a aucun souvenir, n''avait pas livré tous ses secrets ? Dans ce roman mêlant suspense psychologique et drame familial, Jacquelyn Mitchard renoue avec les thèmes qui ont fait le succès d'' Aussi profond que l''océan, son best-seller international. " Quelles que soient les épreuves, l''amour d''une mère est inconditionnel. " Psychology Today

Ben, 3 ans, disparaît. L''enquête pour le retrouver ne donne rien, provoquant l''implosion de la cellule familiale. Neuf ans plus tard, un jeune garçon de 12 ans sonne à la porte, faisant basculer leur vie une seconde fois : Ben est de retour... Ce roman culte de Jacquelyn Mitchard a été acclamé par la critique et le public, puis adapté au cinéma avec Michelle Pfeiffer. Ben est âgé de 3 ans lorsqu''il disparaît au milieu de la foule. Malgré les recherches de la police, Beth doit faire face à l''inacceptable : jamais plus elle ne reverra son fils. Depuis, elle se réfugie dans la brume des tranquillisants ; Pat, son mari, se noie dans le travail ; et Vincent, l''aîné de leurs enfants, rongé par la culpabilité, part à la dérive. Neuf longues années se sont écoulées quand un adolescent sonne à la porte. Ben est revenu... Roman culte de Jacquelyn Mitchard, Aussi profond que l''océan a été acclamé par la critique et le public dès sa sortie aux États-Unis, en 1996. " Une superbe histoire qui vous déchire le cœur. J''ai adoré ! " Mary Higgins Clark " Un roman puissant sur la force des relations humaines. Un chef-d''oeuvre... " Los Angeles Times

Kofi, an eleven year-old boy from Ghana, lives only for his soccer team. He neglects his family, school work, and other responsibilities, until his grandfather undergoes cataract surgery to cure his blindness.

« Le plus bel hymne à l’amour !» People Le livre : Un quatorzième anniversaire de mariage, cela se fête ! Mais lorsqu’il s’avère que le mal de tête de Laura est plus qu’une forte migraine, Elliot regrette de ne pas avoir célébré chaque année comme si c’était la dernière. Mère toujours présente, épouse prête à soutenir, à prévoir, à prévenir, Laura sait trouver les mots justes, les mots qui encouragent, qui guérissent. Le 24 décembre, elle rassemble sa famille pour la préparer à vivre sans elle et souhaiter à chacun d’entre eux une vie de bonheur. C’est toute leur histoire qui défile en l’espace d’une nuit : le souvenir des moments partagés, les fêtes, les maladies, la force des liens qui les unissent. Car il reste encore tant de choses à se dire... L’auteur : Jacquelyn Mitchard est journaliste (deux fois nominée pour le prix Pulitzer du journalisme) et auteur de best-sellers internationaux. Aussi profond que l’océan, Douze fois chéri, Comme des étoiles filantes et Un été pas comme les autres font partie de ces succès littéraires, traduits dans plus de quinze pays, tout comme ses nombreux essais et romans pour la jeunesse. Aussi profond que l’océan, écrit suite au décès de son premier mari, est un best-seller mondial vendu à plus de cinq millions d’exemplaires, qui est resté pendant trois mois en tête de la liste des best-sellers du New York Times. Il a été adapté au cinéma avec Michelle Pfeiffer et Whoopi Goldberg dans les rôles principaux. Jacquelyn Mitchard vit actuellement au cap Cod, sur la côte est des États-Unis avec son mari et leurs neuf enfants.

A fourteenth wedding anniversary is nothing tosneeze at, Elliott Banner knows, but it''s not a land-mark year, like twenty, when he''ll take his wife, Laura, to Paris. But when a headache on the drive home from their anniversary date -- two days before Christmas -- turns out to be more than a migraine, he wishes he had celebrated every year as though it were their last. In this poignant, uplifting story, a woman calmly gathers her family around her to celebrate their lives together and to count their blessings. A family history unfolds in a single night in this deeply affecting story about love, trust, and letting go -- a holiday read that underscores the true meaning of the season.

« Un portrait magnifique d’une héroïne attachante ! » L’Alsace Le livre : L’enfance de Veronica Swan, qu’elle passait paisiblement dans un hameau isolé de l’Utah au sein d’une communauté mormone, vole soudain en éclats quand ses deux petites sœurs sont assassinées. Ses parents trouvent la force de pardonner au meurtrier. Veronica, elle, ne peut en faire autant. Des années plus tard, changeant d’identité, elle se lance à la poursuite du meurtrier pour venger leur mort. Mais alors qu’elle resserre son étau autour de l’assassin, Veronica prend une décision qui la transformera, tout comme ses proches, à jamais. L’auteur : Jacquelyn Mitchard est journaliste (deux fois nominée pour le prix Pulitzer du journalisme) et auteur de best-sellers internationaux. Aussi profond que l’océan, Tant de choses à vous dire, Douze fois chéri et Un été pas comme les autres font partie de ces succès littéraires, traduits dans plus de quinze pays, tout comme ses nombreux essais et romans pour la jeunesse. Aussi profond que l’océan, écrit suite au décès de son premier mari, est un best-seller mondial vendu à plus de cinq millions d’exemplaires, qui est resté pendant trois mois en tête de la liste des best-sellers du New York Times. Il a été adapté au cinéma avec Michelle Pfeiffer et Whoopi Goldberg dans les rôles principaux. Jacquelyn Mitchard vit actuellement au cap Cod, sur la côte est des États-Unis avec son mari et leurs neuf enfants.

When psychic twin Mallory Brynn starts seeing images of a white wildcat in her dreams, she tries to figure out the connection of her images to an injured cheerleader and her Native American friend Eden.