Katherine Center: 9 books

“What a clear-eyed rendering of the grimy, exhausting, beautiful mess that is early motherhood! I laughed, winced in recognition, and cheered wholeheartedly (sometimes out loud) for Lanie as she struggles to learn how to love everyone enough and still give part of herself to herself.”—Marisa...

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin, this tender and heartwarming novel explores the trials of losing what matters most—and how there’s always more than we can imagine left to find.   Dear Libby, It occurs to me that you and your two children have been living with your mother...

From the author of Happiness for Beginners comes the instant New York Times bestseller (May 2018), an unforgettable love story about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances. Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she’s worked for so hard and so long: a new...

How do you change your luck? Katherine Center’s marvelously entertaining and poignant new novel is about choosing to look for happiness—and maybe getting lucky enough to find it. Sarah Harper isn’t sure if the stupid decisions she sometimes makes are good choices in disguise—or if they’re...

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away comes a stunning new novel about courage, hope, and learning to love against all odds. Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she's seen her fair share of them, and...

« Chère Libby, je me rends compte que ça fait deux longues années – bon sang ! – que tes enfants et toi vivez chez ta mère. Je t'écris pour savoir si tu veux que je vienne à ton secours. » Depuis la mort de son mari, Libby vit chez sa mère, une femme autoritaire qui passe son temps...

Attention, un rêve peut en cacher un autre... Margaret est sur le point d’entamer le brillant avenir pour lequel elle s’est donné tant de mal : un job de rêve, un fiancé qu’elle adore, et la promesse d’une vie parfaite. Puis soudain, son rêve s’effondre. Hospitalisée, Margaret...

**Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. “Novels as polished and mature as* The Bright Side of Disaster* just don’t come along very often from first-time novelists or, for that matter, from those with much longer résumés. . . . This story...

A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself together again, but when she discovers that her brother's even-more-annoying best...