Julia Gibson

Debut author Julia Mary Gibson explores turn-of-the-century Native American culture, ecology, and conservation, in her historical fiction novel, “Copper Magic.” The year is 1906, and on the shores of Lake Michigan, twelve-year-old Violet Blake unearths an ancient talisman, a copper hand. Violet's touch warms the copper hand and it begins to reveal glimpses of another time. Violet is certain that the copper hand is magic, and if anyone needs its...

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The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When...

A down-on-her-luck movie actress runs into her detestable former co-star and dreamboat-from-hell in Las Vegas and gets caught up in a ridiculous incident that leads to a calamitous elopement

When a teenager accidentally hits and kills another high school girl with the family's car, her mother is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her daughter, her resentment toward her husband, and her long-buried angst about her own neglectful mother

While her divorced parents fight for custody, seven-year-old Faith finds a friend who supports her, a friend who may or may not be imaginary

When two Canadian sisters inherit a less-than-perfect piece of beachfront property in Mexico, they discover the true gift is their reconnection as sisters and that everything is part of God's plan

This story documents the thirty-year relationship of Alex, an African Grey parrot, with his trainer and the ways in which this relaltionship changed scientific understanding about language and thought

"Benjamin Monroe is pretty sure how his life will play out. He'll continue teaching chemistry in his small college, and spend his free time biking through the valley. Eventually, he'll retire to putter around in his garden and greenhouse. His colleague, Virginia Clark, is not one for routines. She's chatty, spontaneous, and bubbly, and before Benjamin realizes what happened, she's talked him into collaborating on a research project--studying the mating...

"Marcie Latimer longs to run away from Someday Valley--especially since her ex-boyfriend spun a web of lies that almost led to tragedy in neighboring Honey Creek. Little wonder so many locals have turned their backs on her. But not Brand Rodgers. The quiet cowboy comes to listen every time she sings at Bandit's Bar, offering a glimpse of safety and calm that Marcie's rarely known. After Texas Ranger Colby McBride saved Honey Creek's mayor, Piper Mackenzie,...

A woman arrives in Gold Rush San Francisco with the intention of protecting her younger siblings and returning east as soon as possible, but she soon realizes that her goals are more difficult than she could imagine as her brother and sister are lured by the city's dangerous freedom and her heart is captured by a missionary turned gambler