Sally Mandel

The triumphant return of New York Times bestselling author Sally Mandel presents an intimate multigenerational portrait of the troubles and triumphs of a 20th century family....

For pianist Bess Stallone, a self-taught musical prodigy from the tough side of Long Island, getting into Julliard was a minor miracle....

Sharlie Converse is twenty-six with a vivid and romantic interior life. Born with a heart defect that has defeated an army of specialists, she has lived her short life from moment to moment...

Anna Bolles is a born athlete whose life was irrevocably changed after a multiple sclerosis diagnosis five years ago....

Dissatisfied in her life, a housewife returns to the passion she had put aside, and discovers a new one as well, in a romance from New York Times best-selling author Sally Mandel....

She was a beautiful, reckless redhead who dared to offer herself as first prize in a college contest. He applied in verse - and won....