Elizabeth Berg & Barbara Delinsky

List of authors similar to Elizabeth Berg & Barbara Delinsky provided by the staff at the West Universty Branch Library.

	Anita Diamant. Good Harbor and others The author of the phenomenal bestseller "The Red Tent" again delves into the secret lives of women, with a contemporary novel set in Massachusetts that reaffirms her gifts as a natural and resonant storyteller.
	Patricia Gaffney. Saving Graces and others Four women in Washington meet regularly for dinner and support. One is searching for a husband, a second cannot get pregnant, a third is seeing a therapist, while the fourth is dying from cancer. A tale of sisterhood.
	Kristin Hannah. Summer Island and others Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. Now she is a radio talkshow host and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. Her daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. The two haven't spoken in more than a decade. Ruby is offered  a fortune to write a tell-all about her monther and returns to Summer Island, the small Washington state island where she grew up. But coming home is never simple.
	Ann Hood. Ruby and others Just as she begins to rebuild her life following the tragic death of her husband, Olivia, a milliner from New York City, meets Ruby, pregnant, delinquent, and obviously too immature to care for the impending baby that Olivia so strongly desires.
	Elinor Lipman. The Way Men Act and others Unmarried at age thirty, Melinda LeBlanc grows tired of helping her dull former classmates plan their weddings and wonders why her romantic interludes are limited to an occasional meaningless horizontal encounter.
	Belva Plain. Sight of the Stars and others Plain once again enchants readers with a novel spanning three generations, two world wars, and one distinctly American family. His mother was an Irish immigrant, his father a Jewish peddler, but, like so many other turn-of-the-century Americans, Adam Arnring grows up determined to shape his own destiny, despite the intervention of love and war.
	Anna Quindlen. Object Lessons and others The acclaimed New York Times columnist and author of Living Out Loud now gives readers a superb novel about an Irish-Italian family in the late 1960s. Quindlen's sharp eye for the way we live, her intelligence and humor have won her an enormous following, and this coming-of-age tale of an entire generation will delight readers of any era.
	Jeanne Ray. Julie and Romeo and others This deliciously funny and wickedly sexy novel of love found (finally!) and love threatened (inevitably) tells the story of Romeo Cacciamani and Julie Roseman, who fall in love, despite the fact that their families have hated each other for as long as anyone can remember.
	Luanne Rice. Stone Heart and others "Having left her husband and returned home to a seacoast town in Connecticut, archeologist Maria Dark discovers that her sister's outwardly ideal family is torn by abuse." - Publisher's Weekly
	Kathleen Gilles Seidel. Summer's End ck is a free-spirited man-of-all-trades. An acclaimed professional athlete, Amy leads a glamorous life. When Gwen, Jack's widowed mother, marries Hal Legend, Amy's widower father, the new couple hopes their families will get along. On vacation the families clash. When what should have been at best a familial affection between Jack and Amy becomes an undeniable romantic interest, the two must decide if they are willing to risk rending the fragile bond between their families.
	LaVyrle Spencer. Bitter Sweet and others In this poignant bestseller, high school sweethearts get a second chance after twenty-three years apart.