Best of
Chick-Lit

1987

Finding Home


Jackie Weger - 1987
    On the road with two siblings, twelve-year-old Maydean and five-year-old Willie-Boy, Phoebe is out of money, out of gas, and out of patience. The only things she owns in abundance are backbone and pride--neither of which she can trade for food or gas.A collision with Gage Morgan puts Phoebe's mission in even worse jeopardy--until Phoebe discovers Gage owns the perfect place for her clan. However, she soon discovers that Gage is the unlikeliest man in the universe to offer a helping hand.Phoebe wields all the country smarts she owns to worm her way into Gage's heart, but nothing works. With time running against her family, she plies one last inducement--her scarce feminine wiles.

Savages


Shirley Conran - 1987
    But in their greedy rush to claim the prize, the men fail to take into account a general who takes control of the island and brutally executes all of them. Leaving their wives to fend for themselves in the jungle.

The Princess of Poor Street


Emma Blair - 1987
    Whole families living in the slums of Glasgow during the Depression felt the sting of despair. Vicky Devine's father was devastated, but young Ken Blacklaws had steel in his veins—"I'm going to make something of my life," he would tell her with passion. Maybe that's why Vicky loved him. Beautiful Vicky, her love gained strength and defiance in the midst of hardship. As Ken ruthlessly fought his way out of poverty, his ambition knew no bounds. For in his lifetime, he would break the law and Vicky's heart, but he could never break her spirit.

Firefly Summer


Maeve Binchy - 1987
    Kate Ryan and her husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer of innocence... But all that is about to change this fateful summer of 1962 when American millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his irresistible charm and a pocketful of money... when love and hate vie for a town's quiet heart and old traditions begin to crumble away.... It was a summer of love that would never come again.... A time that has been captured forever in Maeve Binchy's compelling family drama... a novel you will never forget.

Roommates


Katherine Stone - 1987
    They had met at Stanford when they had their whole lives ahead of them. Back then, during confessional talks in the dorm late into the night, Carrie felt right for the first time in her life. She was sure the three of them would spend the rest of their lives sharing their hopes and dreams, heartbreaks and loves. They would be friends forever. But that was all before - before their senior year, before the lies and the secrets, the betrayals and the choices whose devastating consequences shattered Carrie's dreams and destroyed their once-close bonds. After that, they went their separate ways, reading about each other's successes in the papers, hearing about each other's lives through friends. But now, the unthinkable has happened...a tragedy that will bring old friends together again along with unhealed wounds, unspoken longings, and a man that Carrie has never been able to resist. It's a class reunion that Carrie isn't prepared for...and one that these former roommates will never forget...