Laura McBride

An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident. A first novel.

A Novel

We Are Called to Rise

"A novel about the interconnected lives of four women in Las Vegas, each of whom experiences a life-changing moment at a classic casino nightclub"--Amazon.com.

'Round Midnight

“If McBride is trying to prove—that if you change one life, you change the world—she succeeds magnificently.”—Booklist From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) about four vivid and complicated women in Las Vegas whose lives become connected by secrets, courage, tragedies, and small acts of kindness. Fun-loving and rebellious, twenty-one-year-old June Stein abandons the safe world of her New Jersey childhood for edgy 1950s Las Vegas. For the next 60 years, June will dare to live boldly. She will upend conventions, risk her heart and her life, rear a child, lose a child, love more than one man, and stand up for more than one woman. June’s story will intertwine with those of three unlikely strangers: a one-time mail order bride from the Philippines, a high school music teacher, and a young mother from Mexico working as a hotel maid. Knit together around June’s explosive secret, they forge a future that none of them foresee. This jubilant, compassionate novel explores the unexpected ways that life connects us, changes us, and even perfects us. A powerful story of lust and of hope, of redemption and of compassion, In the Midnight Room is a smart, sagacious novel about womanhood, family bonds, and how we live in America now.

In the Midnight Room

Three lives are bound together by a split-second mistake, and a child’s fate hangs in the balance. What happens next will test—and restore—your faith in humanity. Far from the neon lights of the Vegas strip, three lives are about to collide. A middle aged woman attempting to revive her marriage. A returning soldier waking up in a hospital with no memory of how he got there. A very brave eight-year-old immigrant boy. This is a story about families—the ones we have and the ones we make. It’s a story about America today, where so many cultures and points of view collide and coexist. We Are Called to Rise challenges us to think about our responsibilities to each other and reminds us that no matter how cruel life can be in a given moment, it is ultimately beautiful to live, and live fully.

Mineral Content of Organically and Conventionally Grown Fruit and Vegetables

Amanda Starr, hungry for the now long gone lights of the theatre and restless, agrees to tell the story of her life in the theatre to the young author, Chad Seton. To say the very least her life has been uninhibited and exciting. It is summer time and members of Mandy's family join her one by one at her country mansion. The time needed for divulging the ins and outs of her hectic career produce ripples in their lives. Her adored granddaughter grows up and finds her path in life. Lovers have come and gone but among the visitors is a former actor who attempts to rescue Mandy from her life of committed selfishness to a newer path that could lead to happiness. Will she have the courage to accept it?

Catch a Falling Starr

»Vier Frauenschicksale verwoben zu einem Panorama, das zu Tränen rührt.« Deseret News Vier Frauen, sechs Jahrzehnte und ein Ort, der Schicksale bestimmt ... Mitternacht ist ein Ort: »Midnight Room« – so heißt der Nachtclub im El Capitan, einem Casino in Las Vegas. June Stein und ihr Mann haben das Casino in den 1950ern aufgebaut und in eine goldene Ära geführt. Doch die ist längst Vergangenheit, als Honorata, eine junge Philippina und »Katalogbraut«, Jahre später hier den Jackpot knackt und sich mit Junes Hilfe die Freiheit erkauft. Honoratas Leben ist verwoben mit dem der mexikanischen Einwanderin Engracia und dem von Carol, einer schwarzen Lehrerin, die schon lange nach ihrer leiblichen Mutter sucht – eine Suche, bei der ihr nur June helfen kann.

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