Fiction - Family Life - General

It is 2014 when Cape Cod journalist Abigail Jenkins is assigned to interview a once-famous actor, John Linton, The Collector. When she meets this strange man in the deteriorating 1685 Lyman house on Crooked Pond, Abby has no idea of how greatly her own...

This is the story of the trials that beset the McKinnons, the first family of Mattagash, Maine, when they try to arrange a funeral for the family matriarch. Bubbling with quirky humor, this marks a dazzling debut for a gifted and richly talented young...

Two women looking back over fifty years: one full of regret, the other not admitting to mistakes and continuing to be fiercely positive. Which approach, in the end, is likely to prove more satisfying--both for Daisy herself and for those who live around her?...

Weary of the expectations imposed on her by her strict upbringing, eighteen-year-old Mazy Pelfrey prepares to leave her home in the Kentucky mountains for the genteel city of Lexington, where she'll attend secretarial school. She knows her life is about to change--and only for...

YOUR NEW "STORY-TIME" FAVORITEA fun-filled story about a little girl who confidently knows Daddy that will make it all better. See how she makes it through a few hiccups during playtime activities, but has no worries, sheds no tears, nor whines, or stomps her...

A New York Times bestselling author weaves a heartwarming tale of redemptive grace and the spirit of Christmas. Every year, Sarah Lindeman celebrates Christmas the same way: placing one special ornament on her tiny tree on each of the twelve days of Christmas. It...

WINNER OF THE 2022 AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR FICTIONHIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE 2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 'A parent's love for a child, you probably know this yourself, it's pretty bottomless. It goes down into the guts of the world....

As Governia Jewell Rose read article after article and listened to news channels discussing the invisible enemy, she wondered what had happened to love, peace, and happiness. Was this the end of time as she once knew it? Was it too late for love?...

Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for FictionA Best Book of the Year: BookPageA Must-Read: The New York Post and The Christian Science Monitor"A story of love, loss, and the enduring power of hope. I was transfixed from page...

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn's first novel in a new series since the meteoric launch of Chet and Bernie--introducing the irresistible and unforgettable Mrs. Plansky, in a story perfect for book clubs and commercial fiction readers. Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by NPR"This weird, lovely and sweetly satisfying novel [is] engaging and accessible...Clover's emergence from a shuttered life is moving enough to elicit tears, and Brammer's take on death and grieving is profound enough to feel genuinely instructional." --The...

"Told through interlocking narratives, this poignant debut novel captures a year in the life of a small Vermont town--but don't let the pastoral locale fool you; this book is anything but sleepy. Moving effortlessly from the steamy to the heartbreaking, the novel handles themes...

Twenty-nine-year-old Vera is desperate to meet Mr Right after several failed relationships. A high-flyer, Vera is determined to have it all: a husband, family and an illustrious career. When she meets Eric, a hunky, corporate executive, Vera is elated. Eric is thirty-one, single and...

The latest installment in the warm and welcoming 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents of Scotland's most celebrated address navigating their enchanting and eventful lives. Angus Lordie is approached in the park by a shadowy, Deep Throat-like figure with government secrets...

Kate Brown is still living her dream but even bigger! Kate shares her journey of moving across country to open a second inn, hosting a marriage weekend with her husband Alan. Chaos at Still Waters ensues all while they prepare to become empty nesters...

A forged reference and a fake social media page is all it takes to convince the Mayers I'm the perfect person to look after their son Wyatt. Some people would be scared to move to a remote mountain village with a family they've never...

Whitby 1901. Sarah Brook has kept diaries for most of her life. Now eighty-five and at the end of her own journey, she allows her favourite great-niece Esther to read them. But while full of Sarah's thoughts and dreams, and family stories, the diaries...

"Tragic and redemptive . . . Updike had Rabbit, Roth has Zuckerman, Richard Ford has Bascombe and Begley has Schmidt. . . . Schmidt Steps Back] is the most ambitious novel yet] in the Schmidt cycle."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Full of dark humor, compassion,...

From Mark Haddon, the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, comes a dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family life. Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister and her family to join his family for a week at...

When the call finally comes, my life as I know it is over-my job as a teacher, my marriage, my family are all gone. In a heartbeat, I've lost everything that ever mattered to me. All because of one secret, and what someone thinks...

"Charming . . . What Kevin Kwan did for rich-people problems, Diksha Basu does for trying-to-be-rich-people problems."--People NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE - A PEOPLE PICK - A TIME PICK The Jhas are moving up. For the past...

Author: Barbara DavisISBN-10: 0451474589ISBN-13: 9780451474582Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2015Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a propulsive and suspenseful novel about a family that unravels when a stranger--who may hold the key to their missing mother--is found dead in their backyard.1999: The Kim family is struggling to move on with their...

Mary Anna Parker grew up in a small, southern 1950s town, but the adventures and trials of life have taken their toll and separated her from the idyllic settings of her youth. Mental health issues that ran in her family have become all too...

It's your story, but are you the main character of it?Poppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Thought Buzz. But after a series of rejections, she is ready to accept life on the sidelines as a...

"Beautifully written and vividly drawn . . . [a] dazzling and sexy, dangerous and inspiring journey through the speakeasies of the jazz age to the glamour and darkness of Hollywood." --Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools The discovery of a...

Mary Anna Parker grew up in a small, southern 1950s town, but the adventures and trials of life have taken their toll and separated her from the idyllic settings of her youth. Mental health issues that ran in her family have become all too...

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and--with a little bit of luck--starting over.Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas,...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an uplifting novel about an author who--to her surprise--inherits a grand estate near London.Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in the Berkshires...

The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie--about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself--a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence--until...

In the predominantly mormon city of Draper, Utah, some seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets. Linda Wallheim is a devout Mormon, mother of five boys and wife of a bishop. But Linda's daily routine of church-going, Relief Society meetings, and visiting church ward members...

From the massively talented, award-winning author of Thank You, Mr. Nixon comes "a big story ... about families and identity and race and the American Dream.... Jen's most ambitious and emotionally ample work yet" (The New York Times). The Wongs describe themselves as a...

Socially awkward, anxiety-riddled Beverly Bonnefinche only loves three things in life: her parents, books, and a homeless man named Bill. Without them, the only way Beverly manages to get by each day is with the help of a peculiar coping mechanism that allows her...

Author: Joseph MachlisISBN-10: 0393341593ISBN-13: 9780393341591Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1982Pages: 414Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.92d

"A moving meditation on motherhood, inter-generational trauma and how surface appearances often obscure a deeper truth. . . . A stunning second novel from a writer who set the bar very high with her first!"--Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last...

A smart, poignant novel perfect for fans of Lessons in Chemistry"An incredible STEMinist read."--The Honey PopMathematical genius Dr. Meg Brightwood has just completed her life's work--a proof of a problem so impenetrable it's nicknamed the Impossible Theorem. Reclusive and burdened by anxiety, Meg has...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold It is written that "love of money is the root of all evil," and in this book, the love of gold plays a major, sinister role. Fortunately, love also redeems, and the readers of this latest in the...

A masterpiece of quiet lyricism against a backdrop of change and renewalAuthor: Junzo ShonoISBN-10: 1880656485ISBN-13: 9781880656488Publisher: Stone Bridge PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2000Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.49h x 5.51w x 0.63dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/15/2000 pg. 88Booklist 05/15/2000 pg. 1731Atlantic Monthly 07/01/2000 pg. 98

Friday Night Lights meets Ordinary People when Beth Maller returns to her job as a guidance counselor at Meadow Brook High School shortly after an unspeakable family tragedy. Railing against the everyday injustices she had overlooked until her world cracked apart, Beth stirs up...

In the heat of the glowing July afternoon, the room, with blinds carefully closed, was full of a great calm. From the three windows, through the cracks of the old wooden shutters, came only a few scattered sunbeams which, in the midst of the...

"There, I've done every bit I can do I'm going to see what o'clock it is." "I heard it strike eleven just now." "Sylvia, you'll tip up What a tremendous stretch " "Wha-ooh Oh dear We sha'n't get one moment before dinner Oh, horrible...

Voted Most Likely to Succeed, Melanie Bartlett ended up anything but. The down-on-her-luck single mom wants a complete do-over--is that too much to ask? With her family long gone from River Bend, strong, independent Mel is as surprised as anyone to end up in...

From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he's a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife,...

An Amazon Charts bestseller.Dawn Conners's parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for losing things--her job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a mud-slinging expos , Dawn's late great-grandfather is assumed guilty of stealing silver from a...

Two childhood best friends wake up the morning after their twentieth high school reunion to discover that they've switched bodies in this hilarious and heartwarming debut by two childhood best friends. With "a delicious, page-turning premise, and sweet and surprising insights" (New York Times...

"With the charming and very funny Tink, Krueger has created an unforgettable character whose innocent curiosity busts through the societal conventions of early 1960s Canada. This is a masterful depiction of an atmosphere tense with fear and fuelled by grownup transgressions, where adult morality...

The first in an explosive series featuring the Strong family and a legacy of lies that leads to passion, love, murder and heartbreak...Barbados 1818One fateful night, a terrible tragedy occurs at the Strong family sugar plantation on the paradise island of Barbados. The Strong...

A man has what he thinks is the perfect marriage, until one day he comes home to find that he has not secured his personal computer and his wife is surfing his history. Then his fantasies start to become realities or perhaps nightmares.Author: Wanda...

In this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for astrology reluctantly travels home for Thanksgiving to make amends with her estranged family...and possibly manifest her own happily ever after.Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect...

The Strong family has survived against all odds, but their greatest test is still to come.After a seemingly endless labour, Horatia Strong is delighted to announce that she's given her husband, Tom, a much-needed son and heir to the entire Strong fortune. But the...