Books with title What the Sea Left Behind

Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care-and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices-with shocking and unexpected results.

Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother’s apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy’s help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.

‘A moving YA book. And an important one’ – The Telegraph on Lies We Tell OurselvesWhat if discovering who you really are means letting go of who you've been?Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied in high school. They've been together forever. They never fight. They're hopelessly in love.When they separate for their first year at college they're sure their relationship will stay rock solid.The reality of being apart, however, is very different. Toni's discovering a new world – and a new gender identity – but Gretchen struggles to remember who she is outside of their relationship.While Toni worries that Gretchen won’t understand Toni's shifting identity, Gretchen begins to wonder where she fits in this puzzle. Now they must decide if their love is strong enough to last.A powerful new novel from the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves.Praise for Robin Talley‘This is so thought-provoking it almost hurts to read it, yet every word is needed, is necessary and consequently this is a novel that lingers long after you've finished it' – Lovereading‘This is an emotional and compelling read that I did not want to put down. It is […] beautifully written and the tension just simmers on the pages.’ – Bookbabblers‘This book packs a very powerful punch’ – Historical Novel Society‘With great characterisation, tough issues covered, and a plot which had me guessing right up until the last pages, this is a must-read. Massively recommended!’ – The Bookbag‘This exceptional novel of first love and sexual awakenings is set against a backdrop of shocking racism and prejudice. It is incredibly well written as the tense, riveting story seamlessly combines fiction with historical fact.’ – Booktrust‘Every now and then a Young Adult book comes along that I want to push into every reader's hands, both young and old, and Lies We Tell Ourselves is that book for 2014’ – Jess Hearts Books‘Talley has mixed two controversial topics together to create a firecracker of a story’ – Cheryl M-M's Book Blog*A Goodreads Choice Awards semi-finalist 2014

When she is left alone in her family house on Lake Michigan, eleven-year-old Mandy is left to deal with her feelings of loss over the death of her beloved twin sister, yet when two boys stumble into her life and tell her that they are running away from men looking to do them harm, Mandy must muster the courage and wisdom to figure out what to do to help them all.

Spunky identical twins Caera and Claudia Campbell will argue about a lot of things, like who forgot to screw the lid back on the toothpaste tube and whose socks are the ones with holes in the toes or who finished off the absolute last of the peanut butter, but they agree on how it all happened. What was "it?" How they, with the help of their best friend, Ana, solved the age-old mystery of Emma Campbell's murder. Neither of the girls expected to have the scary dreams that took them back in time, or to find Emma Campbells' diary. Emma Campbell had been dead for two hundred years, and the Campbell treasure had been missing for just as long. And neither of the girls ever expected to let the Davenport twins in on their adventure. After all, Alex and Andrew had been their greatest enemies since pre-school! But a lot happened that year to change everything!

About this book: I wrote this book as a legacy to show how truly important a grandparent is in a grandchild’s life. The main caretaker is my daughter and her husband, but I see how much influence my husband and I have in their young little lives and I’m so careful to take every opportunity to make memories with them before my time here comes to completion. This book was written for grandparents, parents, caretakers and children. My belief is that passing on all the good we can to our younger ones, sharing our wisdom with them and making sure they grow up to be useful, helpful and loving adults is the most important thing there is. All that we do and all that we don’t do is imbedded in someone’s memory. We leave so many things behind! Let’s leave behind the best of us, everyday. Most importantly…do it with LOVE.

About this book: I wrote this book as a legacy to show how truly important a grandparent is in a grandchild’s life. The main caretaker is my daughter and her husband, but I see how much influence my husband and I have in their young little lives and I’m so careful to take every opportunity to make memories with them before my time here comes to completion. This book was written for grandparents, parents, caretakers and children. My belief is that passing on all the good we can to our younger ones, sharing our wisdom with them and making sure they grow up to be useful, helpful and loving adults is the most important thing there is. All that we do and all that we don’t do is imbedded in someone’s memory. We leave so many things behind! Let’s leave behind the best of us, everyday. Most importantly…do it with LOVE.