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Jacquelyn Mitchard
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PUBLISHED: Sep.06.2011

Second Nature: A Love Story

New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novels, with their riveting stories and unforgettable characters, have won the hearts of millions of readers. Now, from the author of The Deep End of the Ocean and No Time to Wave Goodbye, comes the fierce and moving tale of one woman’s fight for her identity and her life when fate holds out a second chance. Sicily Coyne was...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.05.2010

Watch for Me by Moonlight

In the third book of the Midnight Twins trilogy, Mally and Merry's supernatural dream visions are put to the test when their baby brother is kidnapped- and by someone who has grown very close to the Brynn family. Meanwhile, Meredith is distracted by the strange new boy in town. But there's one problem with her new romance: he's a ghost from the past, a boy who actually died...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.15.2009

No Time to Wave Goodbye: A Novel

New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard captured the heart of a nation with The Deep End of the Ocean, her celebrated debut novel about mother Beth Cappadora, a child kidnapped, a family in crisis. Now, in No Time to Wave Goodbye, the unforgettable Cappadoras are in peril once again, forced to confront an unimaginable evil. It has been twenty-two years since...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.30.2008

Still Summer

When four friends who ruled the school twenty years ago gather for an idyllic sailing vacation - meant to comfort Olivia, who has returned home a widow after twenty years abroad - they expect two weeks of gossip, sunbathing and drinks with little umbrellas. Instead, two days into their crossing, a single small mistake turns paradise a sun-baked hell. The same elements that combined...

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2007

The Deep End of the Ocean

"Riveting . . . twists that will spin you around." -Newsweek When Beth Cappadora, a suburban mother and photographer, loses sight of her three-year-old son, Ben, at her fifteenth high-school reunion, not only does her life implode, her family's does as well. Her husband, Pat, discovers cracks in the marriage where there were no apparent rifts before. More disturbingly, her...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.04.2002

A Theory of Relativity

A Theory of Relativity, the most acclaimed of my novels, was inspired by "the blood relative case," a real custody case that took place in a city near where I live. When his 26-year-old sister (who suffers from cancer) dies in a car accident with her husband, leaving behind a baby daughter, Gordon McKenna naturally believes he will adopt the baby girl, Keefer, whom he...

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The Breakdown Lane

"There are chick lit writers, and then there are novelists like Mitchard who write about-and for-flesh-and-blood females who must cope with the vagaries of life and marriage. . . . In her sixth novel Mitchard, who also writes children's books, mines the landscape of a shattering family to illuminate the moments of forgiveness and grace." - People "Jacquelyn...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.08.2013

What We Saw at Night

Allie Kim suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum: a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When freewheeling Juliet takes up Parkour—the stunt-sport of scaling and leaping off tall buildings—Allie and Rob have no choice but to join her, if only to protect her. Though potentially deadly, Parkour after dark makes Allie...

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PUBLISHED: Aug.01.2007

Cage of Stars

12-year-old Veronica Swan's idyllic life in a close-knit Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered. Although her parents find the strength to forgive the deranged killer, Scott Early, Veronica cannot do the same. Years later, she sets out alone to avenge her sisters' deaths, dropping her identity and severing ties in the process. As she...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.03.2008

The Midnight Twins

Meredith and Mallory Brynn are mirror twins born on either side of midnight one snowy New Y ear’s Eve. They have always been inseparable. But after they are nearly killed in a mysterious fire on their thirteenth birthday, the bond that has always joined them unravels. They begin to have visions and dreams that reveal the deep secrets kept by the people around them. Meredith and...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.20.2007

Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion

Edited by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont About the Anthology CHOICE explores one of the most polarizing political issues of our time-reproductive choice-what is it like to make any sort of reproductive choice? What is it truly like to use birth control, the morning after pill, use a sperm bank, have an abortion, adopt a child, give a child up for adoption or bring a...

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PUBLISHED: Jul.09.2007

Over the Hill and Between the Sheets: Sex, Love, and Lust in Middle Age

Edited by Gail Belsky About the Anthology Every Baby Boomer has to confront it: their changing midlife sex lives. Now, Gail Belsky provides an unfailingly honest anthology that is incredibly varied, wickedly funny, shockingly explicit, and surprisingly sweet about life in the bedroom after 40. It's all here on the journey "over the hill and between the sheets." Jackie's...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.26.2007

Ready Set School

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PUBLISHED: Jun.19.2007

Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship

Edited by Dana Bedford Hilmer About the Anthology In Blindsided by a Diaper, some of today’s most popular writers dare to tell what it’s really like for couples in the trenches of the parenting experience. They boldly reveal intimate aspects of their relationships, sharing the choices they’ve made, the joy and frustrations they’ve experienced, the trials and tribulations of...

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PUBLISHED: May.08.2007

Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think

Edited by Colleen Curran About the Anthology Anyone who is intimidated by the prospect of planning a wedding will laugh out loud and take solace in Altared. In this unexpected, heartwarming, thought-provoking collection, more than two dozen of our most perceptive and entertaining writers offer a wide range of takes on the modern wedding. It's all here. Fantasies....

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PUBLISHED: Oct.19.2006

The Book That Changed My Life: 71 remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

Edited by Roxanne J. Coady & Joy Johannessen About the Anthology Through reading we can live lives that are completely different from our own, experience foreign worlds that we would otherwise know nothing about, learn to understand others and develop compassion for their situations and what they endure. The Book That Changed My Life is a collection of lively essays that...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.21.2006

Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies

Edited by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams About the Anthology With wit, sensitivity, and unflinching honesty, Searching for Mary Poppins brings together twenty-five of today’s leading women writers- to explore the emotional minefield of mother-nanny relationships, delving into the intimate and intricate issues that emerge when a mother turns the care of her child over to a...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.25.2006

The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World

The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World Edited by Therese J. Borchard About the Anthology The supermom is a suburban legend. At some point, we've all forgotten to pack a lunch, yelled at our kids, or been late to soccer practice. This book is for every mom who has ever gotten angry at being interrupted from a consecutive five hours of sleep...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.10.2006

It’s A Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters

Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan About the Anthology The wide-ranging essays in this collection examine the mother-daughter bond and the experience of raising girls. Taking on topics like "princess power" ("Shining, Shimmering, Splendid"), adding a girl to a brood of boys ("Confessions of a Tomboy Mom"), dealing with a daughter's eating disorder (...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.03.2005

A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents

Edited by Pamela Kruger & Jill Smolowe About the Anthology Impressive for both its breadth and its quality, A Love Like No Other is a timely and heartwarming mosaic of the contemporary lives of adoptive parents and their children. In elegant prose and with refreshing honesty, these essays will introduce you to a group of families you won't soon forget. From Publishers Weekly...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.21.2005

It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons

Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan About the Anthology It's A Boy, is a wide-ranging, often-humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of mothering boys. Taking on topics like aggression, parenting a teenage boy, and wishing for a daughter but getting a son, It's A Boy explores what it's like to mother sons and how that experience may be different, but no less...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.12.2005

Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling

Named for her father, Henry Marie wants a pet so bad it hurts - a kitten, a horse, even a little sister would do! But her parents nix every idea Henry has, until one day her farmer father comes home with a little creature he rescued from a restaurant basement, just hours before she was to become Peking Duck. Rosalie becomes Henry's constant, sometimes irksome, but...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.01.2004

Baby Bats Lullaby

On a midwestern farm, a mother bat tries to convince her newborn son that he is indeed nocturnal, and must go to sleep during the daytime, as much as he protests. A book about a Halloween creature that is comforting rather than threatening, Baby Bat was drawn by award-winning artist Julia Noonan, with luscious results. Baby Bat's Lullaby is the first children's book I wrote...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.07.1995

The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories

Edited by Susan Wadia-Ells About the Anthology These personal essays and stories are informed by the contemporary adoption movement and raise timely issues that illustrate its complexity, among them: open and closed adoption, cross-cultural adoption, the birth record debate, the experience of biracial adoptees, adoption by lesbian couples and the search for identity. The...

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Nov.12.2012 - 12:13 pm

What is Feminism?

Remember when the worst thing to call a liberal was a “card-carrying” member of the American Civil Liberties Union? There’s no feminist card, but if there were, it would be in...

Jul.25.2012 - 11:59 am

MY ONLY TEACHER, MARK COSTELLO

I don't mean the other Mark Costello, the author of the quirky novel 'The Big If.' I mean the author of 'The Murphy Stories, ' professor emertius at the University of Illinois in...

Nov.16.2011 - 1:33 pm

Those Silly Love Books: My Very Favorite of All

First of all, I'm with Sir Paul. They keep writing them; I'll keep reading them. Now, I don't read love stories for their own sake. I'm not sure that love is the whole point,...

Nov.03.2011 - 11:44 am

Tomorrow on Gayle King

Tune in! The Gayle King Show w @gayleking, 9-11 am EST on XM 111/SIRIUS 204! Join me in dishing 50 Things to Ditch after you Turn 50! (Chaps? Saying "Totally!" Your lawn...

Comments from Jacquelyn

May.12.2011 - 11:55 am

In response to: I Sing Bradbury Everlasting

Twlight Zone

I do know that. It has enormous power and heft. Jackie

Sep.01.2009 - 4:05 pm

In response to: Fairytale Endings in Kidnappings are … Fairytales

Stockholm Syndrome

is sometimes the only way that a personality can survive...

Aug.26.2009 - 6:32 am

In response to: On the Dumb Side

Oh! I see ....

But think of 'The Woman in Black.' You've certainly read it. The woman with the wasted face would wreak her vengeance...

Aug.25.2009 - 9:37 pm

In response to: On the Dumb Side

I also so a ghost once

At least, I think I did. It was a woman who walked past my door -- a modern woman, dressed in a gray sweatsuit with the...

Aug.25.2009 - 5:37 am

In response to: Death Porn

I agree

about the word "porn" but I cannot find a better way to describe the squalid obsession with that media...

Writing is like breaking rocks in the hot sun, for the angels.”

About Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn Mitchard was born in Chicago, the daughter of plumber and a mother who brought her putty from her part-time job at the hardware store. Of Canadian, Czech, and American Indian descent (a member of the Lac du Flambeau Cree Chippewa tribe) she is...

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