Colette Freedman

With the tone from Stranger Things and Goonies along with the heroic journey from Stand By Me, with a little bit of Mad Max thrown in, "The Last Bookstore" is a page turning adventure based on the award-winning screenplay from Brooke Purdy and Colette Freedman. "No... it wasn't zombies." In a post-apocalyptic world, a devastating electromagnetic pulse has wiped out the global power grid. The remaining survivors have split into various factions of a new society. The Landers - farmers who live in the outskirts of the city, Underfolk - a rumored group of cannibals who live in the tunnels beneath the city and Blighters - a diseased, barbaric gang who control the old cities and are led by Xander, a soulless psychopath. When Lander kids Jack (14) and his little sister Beckett discover that their mother Avery is dying of the Bleeds - a seemingly incurable new virus, they learn that only one thing can save her... Information. The only place they could possibly find what they need is within a fabled abandoned bookstore, rumored to be in dangerous Blighter territory. Against all odds, the kids sneak out with their friends and set out to find the book in order to save their mother and their dying community. When the technological age has brought humanity to its brink, it is, ultimately five kids, their love and a book that can save mankind.

From the award-winning duo Colette Freedman and Kimberly Much comes a magical coming of age story with a lot of heart. Frankie Morgan was adopted into a large family and is convinced there is absolutely positively nothing special about her. On her 9th birthday, she gets an unusual visit from Ms. Petunia Page, her Fairy Godmother who tells Frankie she is actually a fairy godmother as well but needs to have training. Invited to the elite Fare Good Academy, Frankie will spend the next nine years "earning" her wings as she does a series of good deeds - but she mustn't tell ANYONE. Yet, secrets are hard to keep, especially when you have two nosey older twin sisters, a precocious younger sister, well-meaning parents and a greyhound who never leaves your side. Frankie navigates her normal home life and her not-so-normal school life as she overcomes obstacles and discovers how absolutely positively special she really is. Any kid who's felt like she's never really belonged will relate to the feisty, funny, creative Frankie Morgan

A heartbreakingly funny story of four extraordinary sisters and their unforgettable mother, based on the critically acclaimed play and hit film directed by Sean Hanish and starring Jacki Weaver, Amy Smart, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Michelle Trachtenberg, Troian Bellisario, Kathy Baker, and Alfred Molina Four estranged sisters, Carolina, Austin, Dallas, and Baltimore-all from different fathers and named after the places they were born-reunite on the occasion of the alleged suicide of their mother, Mary Baxter. If there's one thing that could be said about Mary Baxter, it's that she never did anything halfway. Growing up in rural North Carolina, her only escape from a troubled home was through dance, a profession that took her all over the world and into and out of marriages with many complicated men. Through it all, Mary knew that she wanted daughters-and over the course of four decades, she wrote letters to her hoped-for and eventually real daughters, which they finally receive upon her death. Mary's letters reveal a lot about her colorful existence, but they don't answer the most important question... Why would this adventurous and free-spirited woman take her own life? While a raging storm traps them inside their mother's island home, the Baxter sisters share memories, bicker, and drink too much vodka while they wait for the coroner to remove Mary's body from the bathtub upstairs. As old animosities resurface and a dark secret threatens to tear the family apart, four very different women face a tragic dilemma: Turn their backs on the only family they've ever known, or risk everything to protect one another?

Freedman demonstrates a keen understanding of relationships. --Publishers Weekly In the riveting follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel, Colette Freedman explores the aftermath of infidelity from three different perspectives--husband, wife, and mistress. The end of an affair may be only the beginning. . . Over the course of one tumultuous Christmas Eve, Kathy Walker confirmed her suspicions about her husband's affair, confronted his mistress, Stephanie, and saved her marriage. She and Robert have eighteen years, two teenagers, and a film production business between them--plus a bond that Kathy has no intention of giving up on. Yet though Robert is contrite, Kathy can't quite silence her doubts. While Robert reels from his wife's ultimatum and his mistress's rejection, Stephanie makes a discovery: she's pregnant. Her resolve to stay away from Robert wavers now that they could make a real family together. And in the days that follow, Stephanie, Robert, and Kathy must each reckon with the intricate realities of desire, the repercussions of betrayal, and the secrets that, once revealed, ripple through lives and relationships in thoroughly unexpected ways. Praise for The Affair by Colette Freedman ""Skillfully explores the complex and nuanced landscape of a troubled marriage."" --Kristin Hannah ""An addictive page-turner, as three ordinary people are caught in an extraordinary triangle of love, sex, and commitment."" --Jackie Collins ""Exceptionally engaging. . .the final pages will leave readers pondering exactly what it means to love."" --RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars ""One of the twelve best books to get you through the winter."" --MSN.com