Fiction - Family Life - General

It's the summer of 1950 in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and rumors abound that the Governor is about to desegregate public spaces between the whites and negroes. But for Eliza Mabel Wilcock, that's the last thing on her mind. In this tender coming-of-age story, 16...

"Deeply romantic and breathtaking...readers will be swooning and flocking to Scotland long after they've turned the last page." --Livy Hart, author of Planes, Trains, and All the FeelsReady or Scot...Globetrotter Addie Macrae always follows her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she jet sets around...

Author: Ginae Lee ScottISBN-10: 098372086XISBN-13: 9780983720867Publisher: Turn the Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/13/2013Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d

"With dark humor and sharp dialogue, Homes plumbs the depths of everyday American anxieties." --Time A razor-sharp story collection from the "furiously good" A.M. Homes, author of the forthcoming novel The Unfolding (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time).With her signature humor and compassion,...

Carrie La Seur makes her remarkable debut with The Home Place, a mesmerizing, emotionally evocative, and atmospheric literary novel in the vein of The House Girl and A Land More Kind Than Home, in which a successful lawyer is pulled back into her troubled...

From the critically acclaimed author of Proof of Heaven comes an unforgettable novel about hope, renewal, and the gift of angels among us--friends, family, lovers . . . and even mystical others--sure to touch your heart.Sean Magee is a firefighter--a hero who risks his...

READ WITH JENNA'S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK - A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and...

Isaac Unbound is a work of fiction that fills in the details of the life and character of biblical Isaac. People read about Isaac in Gen 17:4--28:9, and conclude he is passive and not an independent thinker. Isaac is not the iconoclast or spiritual...

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal -- to build the cardiac intensive care unit from the ground up. The physician faces insurmountable odds: the devastating aftereffects of a hurricane, deprivation of essential staff and resources, and a cardiac...

Every day is an opportunity to smile, laugh, and play. I open my eyes to a surprise or a new adventure with my family each day. What journey will I embark on with my family, you say? Let's take a look and see what...

Sometimes having it all isn't enough... Emma has everything she's ever wanted. Her boyfriend's just proposed and her career has finally taken off. And so what if her latest client just happens to be downright gorgeous? She's getting married. Isn't she? Rachel's married with...

Inheriting an obstetrics practice was enough of a shock...until she meets her irresistible new business partner! Dive into this Harlequin Medical Romance novel from Julie Danvers. Is she the one... who can unlock their future? Arriving in Key West to claim her inherited obstetrics...

Minnesota, 1956Unknown human remains are discovered deep within the mosaic of rugged forests and interconnected waterways once home to the native Ojibwe people.More than 30 years later, fresh news of the cold case reopens old wounds for an Arizona family, from a time when...

A moving and deeply engaging novel about a young Native American man as he learns to find strength in his familial identity. Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational...

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. What's the one dish you'd do anything to taste just one more time? Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very...

One of Travel + Leisure's most anticipated books of summer 2020.From the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes a story of four generations of women grappling with family betrayals and long-buried secrets.It's been years since Zoe...

Pearl Winter hasn't been outside in forty-three years. Since she arrived on Dartmoor as a girl, an isolated family cottage has been her whole world. A place of safety. But now fifty-nine-year-old Pearl is utterly alone - except for the postman, the local crows,...

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a community, a school, and a family, as a mother begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime. Lilach has it all: a beautiful home in the...

In a matter of minutes, I gained two kids, a house, a dog . . . and a hot doctor-farmer guy for a neighbor.I never anticipated being a single mom, but I did expect to get pregnant first. Never in my wildest dreams would...

At twenty-one, Suzie has withdrawn from a world she finds alien and confusing. Ability is not the problem, nor is interest - many things fascinate her. But, she has Asperger's Syndrome and high anxiety. To her, the world is a harsh, scary place where...

When Martina Keane's horse returns home to the family farm without her, the entire neighbourhood goes into action to search the surrounding area. Plans are drawn up, maps are made, and the police are brought in to investigate the disappearance.But in Martina's shocked and...

Gift shop owners, Roy and Lola Ambrose suddenly disappear during a hot air balloon ride in the Canary Islands, off the northwest coast of Africa. When search and rescue teams find personal belongings but no bodies, Roy and Lola are declared dead. Their four...

As if he is coming from a different planet, the best player in the English Premier League, The world's most powerful league scorer of his first season, The top scorers of the five major leagues are ahead of Messi and Ronaldo. He became the...

Beloved #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals--transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.over.Author: Nicholas SparksISBN-10: 1549194690ISBN-13: 9781549194696Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2018Format: CDWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 5.80h...

A young 12 year old, Effie Bradley, discovers that she is the only one in her family who recognizes that her grandfather who has had a massive stroke is able to communicate by blinking and no one believes her. What she learns from her...

Author: Kimber AdamsISBN-10: 1441517979ISBN-13: 9781441517975Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2009Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Richmal CromptonISBN-10: 1509826033ISBN-13: 9781509826032Publisher: Policy PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2017Pages: 476Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d

Author: Richmal CromptonISBN-10: 1509859470ISBN-13: 9781509859474Publisher: Policy PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2017Pages: 350Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.57lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d

With pitch perfect emotion and a beautiful portrayal of the relationship between a father and son, Stephen Metcalfe has drawn a rich and layered portrait of what it means to be a family and what it means to be truly loved. Michael Hodge has...

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss--and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life--from PEN/Faulkner Award nominee Claire OshetskyMargaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth...

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.A lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder."Mother-Daughter Murder Night is the perfect mix of family drama and murder mystery." -- Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Like...

When Lin, Josie and Minnie left Miss Hamilton's class at Middleton Ferris County Primary School, sixty years ago, they could only dream about what the future had in store for them. The one thing they knew for certain was that their friendship would thrive.Years...

A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach house in this uplifting fall-set read from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani...

A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach house in this uplifting fall-set read from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani...

Once upon a time, Donnie Nelson was a bestselling author of fantasy novels. He had the fame, money, and career he had always dreamed about, but fame led to temptation, and Donnie surrendered to it, destroying his family. Then his mother died. Writer's block...

'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday Set in Cornwall, the bestselling novel of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind. 'This book is complete perfection' Stephen Fry Celebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with...

Jackie is torn between two lives, the one her parents have planned for her and her secret life as amember of a gang, the Hoods. When her parents find out about her double life, Jackie's two worldscollide, and she must choose which path to...

A single dad, a nanny, a baby, and a fake engagement...it's all baby business!When the hot single dad next door asks me to babysit one morning in a pinch, I figure I can help him out temporarily. I'm supposed to be the resident baby...

Just when she thought she'd gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place--the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of...

Five-year-old Sousanna lives in a small but love-filled home in Pirgos, Greece. For her, life is a family that dotes on her, play at being a rich and heroic American, a community that watches out for her. Though often cold and always hungry, she's...

In a landscape dominated by refinery smoke and rumors, Delia Arco spends her workdays counseling teenagers as outcast as she once was, and her nights caring for the baby daughter she loves fiercely. Searching furiously for the mother in herself, she struggles to understand...

A young girl sheltered from everything, including her own name, by her unusual and distant mother wishes that their lives would change. But when that wish comes true, she loses everything that was once familiar, leaving her regretting that she had ever made that...

From David Cristofano, the Edgar Award-nominated author of The Girl She Used to Be, comes a poignant, darkly witty story about the ties that bind us together . . . and the choices that rip us apart. No loose ends. It's the Bovaro family...

Raleigh Bishop's perfect life in rural St. Mary's County, Maryland, has just come to a shattering end. Her naval test pilot husband, Grant, has been killed in a flight accident, and Raleigh is left to pick up the brittle shards of that life. She...

Science raises questions only hope and faith can answer in this instant New York Times bestselling "tale of forgiveness and love" (Woman's World) from Karen Kingsbury. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Sarah Fisher.Andi Allen is shaken to the core when she...

Overnight, in a small town, careers, friendships, reputations, and futures are all on the line in a razor-sharp novel about scandals, secrets, and hard-earned dreams coming true.A small-town campus is rocked by scandal. Suddenly, four women find themselves in the crosshairs of an investigation...

A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty Teenage sisters Eve and...

Just in time for the much-anticipated royal coronation of 2023, the charming story of a family's madcap quest to witness Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, from the beloved author of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Coronation Day, June 2nd, 1953. A humble, working-class family...

Sara's childhood was a living hell. This is her story of the tremendous abuse she suffered and her fight to take back control. A first-person account of her life and healing journey.Sara's Rising is a Firebird Award winner for 2023.*Please see the author's note...

Jim Orton has a secret. He tries to lead a simple, good life with the guilt of a horrible crime he committed shadowing his existence. He was thrust out of Montana in the late 1930s and landed in a small Midwestern town. He is...