Böcker av Joyce Magnin

After a whirlwind cross-country move, Harriet and her donut-loving basset hound, Humphrey, have settled into a new life in Grass Valley, California. When Harriet learns that she's going to be a grandma for the first time and get a new suite with room for her salt-and-pepper shaker collection, she can't wait for her best friend, Martha, to come visit so she can share her good news.But adventure is never far away when Harriet is around. After listening to the pleas of a desperate teen whose daddy needs money right awayand happens to have a gold mine to leaseHarriet falls hook, line, and sinker into the venture. Although she's nervous about her investment, Harriet chooses to keep it a secret from her son, Henry, and his wife. She can only imagine what she'll do if this turns out to be her ticket to a golden windfall.When suspicions arise, though, it becomes clear that Harriet may never see an ounce of gold. But will she continue to trust and risk losing everything? The fate of the young teen and a family emergency show Harriet where her true treasure lies.

Aging and recent widow Harriet Beamer insists she's getting along fine with her dog Humphrey in Philadelphia until she falls for the fourth time, injuring her ankle, and causing her son and daughter-in-law to cry foul. Insisting Harriet move in with them in California, they make a bet that her ankle is broken, and she foolishly promises to move if they're right. Four x-rays later, Harriet's ankleand her heartare broken. She packs up, ships her huge salt and pepper collection to California, and prepares to move away from the only life she knows. The only catch? She's doing it her way. Just wait till her daughter-in-law hears Harriet will travel cross country only by public transportation and alternate means. What follows is a hilarious, heartwarming journey by train, metro bus, ferry, and motorcycle. Along the way, Harriet discovers that although her family thinks it's time for her to be put out to pastureGod has a different plan.

Is there really a Fountain of Youth in Paradise?

Now that her morbidly obese sister, Agnes, is dieting in a nursing home, its Griselda's turn to fly. But her newfound freedom is interrupted when a saucy gold digger drops into town with her sights set on Stella Kincaid's newly rich brother Walter, in this novel of Bright's Pond.

A patchwork quilt holds together two hearts separated by miles of ocean and the Second World War.

Newly widowed Charlotte Figg purchases a double-wide trailer sight unseen and moves to the Paradise Trailer Park with her dog, Lucky. Unfortunately, both her trailer and the park are far from paradise, and Charlotte finds herself plotting to save the park manager's wife from an abusive marriage.

Agnes Sparrow is an unusual woman. No longer able or willing to leave her home, Agnes commits her life to prayer. And when she prays, miracles seem to happen. The townspeople are enamored of her talent, but Agnes wants to return to the true source of the miracles--God.

Hit the trail, girls! The Appalachian Trail. HoneyMoon and the Spooky Scouts set off on a mountain trek to earn their final MummyMates patch. But an inept troop leader, a flash flood and a campfire catastrophethreaten to keep them from reaching the finish line in time. When all seems lostHoney Moon takes charge and nothing will stop her from that final patch! Welcometo the world of Honey Moon where there is no such thing as an everydayadventure.