Brady, James. Gin Lane: a novel of Southhampton. 1998.
A satirical look at a wealthy enclave.
Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's Diary. 1998.
A young, single Englishwoman's quest for love and self-improvement.
Flagg, Fannie. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!. 1998.
Dena Nordstrom is a small town girl who has made it big in New York television.
Harayda, Janice. The Accidental Bride. 1999.
Big money, big wedding, big doubts... will she go through with it?
Markey, Judy. The Daddy Clock. 1998.
Women aren't the only ones hearing biological clocks.
O'Carroll, Brendan. The Mammy. 1999.
A young widow uses wit and ingenuity to raise seven children in working-class Dublin.
Ross, Ann. Miss Julia Speaks her Mind. 1999.
The fine, upstanding churchwoman Julia Springer discovers her late husband left an illegitimate child for her to care for and she has a few things to say about it.
Russo, Richard. Straight Man. 1997.
Middle-aged and waiting for tenure in a Midwestern college, Hank Devereaux stars in a great satire of academia.
White, Bailey. Quite a Year for Plums. 1998.
The eccentric inhabitants of a small town in Georgia are looking for a new woman for Roger, resident peanut pathologist.
Zigman, Laura. Animal Husbandry. 1998.
Broken-hearted by a man who loved her and left her, Jane sets out to discover why men behave that way.
Compiled by Liz Ferrari, December 1999.
