"Suspense, mystery, and love" fill a multigenerational "moving drama of women in a Japanese American family. . . . The shocking revelation is unforgettable" (Booklist).
In the dark days of World War II, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice
Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home, rounded up—along...

A New York Times Notable Book "A wonderful and wise novel, a story told with unflinching courage and honesty, and with keen insight into the most universal of all conditions, the struggle of the human heart."  - Ken Wells, author of Meely LeBauve "Lyrical and honest....Moynahan has created a well-written story dealing with loss and coming of age reminiscent of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones."  - Library Journal A smart young woman making her...

To many, the garden is a place for self-expression. The walkways, the flowers, and the decor that adorn the yard are as much a reflection of the homeowner's personality and creativity as anything placed indoors. Lifelong gardener and garden designer Marianne Svärd Häggvik knows this and shares her favorite ideas for creating unique, personalized spaces in Rustic Garden Projects.

"... guide to creative and practical uses for stone and gravel in the landscape: rock gardens, steps, paths, benches, and more. Stone's durability, coupled with its sustainable uses, make it especially appealing to homeowners looking for innovative ideas for conserving water. A special chapter is devoted to plants and stones to showcase how these two complement each other in a garden."--Amazon.com.

The Japanese stone garden is an art form recognised around the globe. These gardens provide tranquil settings where visitors shed the burdens and stresses of everyday existence, satisfying a universal yearning for solitude and repose, and experiencing the restorative power of art and nature. For this reason the value of the Japanese stone garden is even greater today than when many of them were first created. Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive...