My Father's House

My Father's HouseFrom inside the Vatican, Monsignor Hugh OFlaherty makes a daring attempt to smuggle thousands of innocents out of Nazi occupied Rome in this World War II literary thriller of the highest order (The Guardian), the first in a series by New York Times bestselling author, Joseph OConnor. September 1943: German forces have Rome under their control. SS Commander Paul Hauptmann rules over the Eternal City with vicious efficiency. The wars outcome is far from

We all know making dinner on a Monday feels very different than a Sunday

And Lizzie wants that too

Winner of the PEN/Robert W

the world seems against them--how are they going to live long enough to say "I do"

I was asked to describe my book

and how and when to explain it to her beloved children—she begins to recall what’s most important to her: long walks with her husband’s hand clasped firmly around her own

and the whole school’s on high alert

it wreaks havoc on our health and our wellbeing—and yet most of us know very little about the far-reaching power of the human body’s crucial chemical messengers

Nor does it help that there's a plate of The Cookie Jar’s very own cream puffs garnishing the murder scene

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a glossary of terms

She comes alive beneath his hands