Fiction - Family Life - General

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door."I just loved how intriguing the mystery is but also the dynamics between a grandmother, a mother, and a teenage daughter." --Reese WitherspoonThink: Gilmore Girls, but...

Imagine losing the love of your life to a self-serving egomaniac she will marry in less than one week, and your dream job in one day.Despite his slave-driving boss plucking his long, hard-fought, world-renown professional wrestling career from his grasp in Tallahassee, Florida, Richie...

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends beyond the...

Winner of the 2019 Association of Jewish Libraries Jewish Fiction Award, short-listed for the 2019 JQ Wingate Literary Prize, and a Finalist for the 2019 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of Entertainment Weekly's 20 Books to Read in March and one of...

From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life.Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others...

There are no secrets that time does not reveal...Bristol 1937The year is 1937 and the country is still reeling from the abdication of King Edward the Eighth the year before.His brother, the Duke of York has become King George the Sixth and will be...

Adam Masters has lived a long and difficult life. Having spent his formative years under the thumb of an abusive father, he understands all too well how childhood traumas can shape choices made in later years. He has experienced firsthand the ways in which...

Suddenly widowed with no means of support, Evelyn Peerbaugh hangs a "for rent" sign in front of her large Victorian home and her life changes in ways she never dreamed of.In a matter of days she becomes the owner of a busy boardinghouse and...

Trampling over fear and mastering the art of boldness during difficulties, this book offers courage and hope for people to navigate through the storms of life. Smile on that Weeping Face narrates the story of Kennel and his mother and their enduring struggles through...

Man and Wife was Wilkie Collins's ninth published novel. It is the second of his novels (after No Name) in which social questions provide the main impetus of the plot. Collins increasingly used his novels to explore social abuses, which according to critics tends...

In Together Forever, the author tells us that if we are patient and endure the trials we encounter along our life's path, we will become stronger, braver, and wiser.Instead of growing weaker, we will learn to create our own magic and our own wonders...

He sees a future with her. She can't escape her past. Will undeniable chemistry lead to the greatest mistake or a happy accident?Lance Mullen is just putting his life back together. Returning to Cliffside Bay to open a bookstore after losing his high-powered NYC...

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 - 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).Frances Eliza Hodgson was...

Sent to a "therapeutic community" for autism at the age of eleven, Todd Aaron, now in his fifties, is the "Old Fox" of Payton LivingCenter. A joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrivals of a menacing new...

What better way of encouraging healthy eating? Most children love all kinds of animals and will be delighted to learn in this book, that many animals eat the same healthy foods that kids eat Healthy food is FUN and gives us energy, is a...

A novel of literary fiction, set in rural Ireland and London and Berkshire in England, between 1972 and 1996. A tale of romance, the hero and heroine searching for incompatible dreams, a tale of activism, love, loss pain and eventual atonement.Author: Fran BradyISBN-10: 1517377412ISBN-13:...

Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, Motherest is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship --...

Hattie gazes at her husband's empty green-and-white-striped deckchair, the fabric blowing in the breeze. Blinking away tears, she clutches her own chair's wooden frame with trembling hands. 'What will I do without him?' Olivia's heart breaks watching her mother Hattie withdraw after her husband's...

From award-winning author Siobhan Daiko, comes a hauntingly epic read that will sweep you away to the beauty of the Italian Riviera. A story of heart-wrenching loss, uplifting courage, and secrets untold.When Gina Bianchi returns to the beautiful Italian resort of Portofino to attend...

On Florida's iconic 30A, mother and social worker Vinny Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Unrequited artist and newly widowed Lila Beckham has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Thirteen-year-old left-handed tennis ace Gabe Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door... but he...

Welcome back to Little Woodville.Visit old friends and new in this super, summer escapist read.Morgan Rosewood finds herself at a crossroads in her life after returning home to Forget-Me-Not Cottage to care for her ailing mother. She and boyfriend Ronan, had plans, big plans,...

Eleventh book in this popular Southern Fiction series set in the small North Georgia town of Chancey.It's graduation time in Chancey......a time for caps and gowns. For Pomp and Circumstance. For magnolias blooming and epic parties.And, apparently, for a growing sinkhole to pop up...

Faith Lewis has a life most women would envy--married to her true love, living in her dream home and surrounded by loving friends and family. When she and her husband, Jamison, learn they're going to be the parents of triplets, Faith is ecstatic All...

"A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale -- On the Road crossed with Henderson the Rain King... Deeply affecting." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A captivating, often hilarious novel of family and wilderness...

This funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging follows an elderly man who heads off on a joyride with a new young friend--who may have some secrets of her own. A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns...

A father's sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls....

Set in 1960s Italy, this stylish, atmospheric debut spins a bewitching web of ruthless ambition, family secrets, and the consequences of forbidden love, as an ambitious American actress snags the starring role in a mysterious horror movie shooting on location in a crumbling medieval...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceAn Amazon Editors' PickPeople, A Best Book of the Year For readers of Less and The Wangs Vs. The World, a buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects,...

Author: Annie RainsISBN-10: 8885790801ISBN-13: 9798885790802Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.00dLarge Print

"Dazzling...as funny as it is poignant, nostalgic as it is sharp." --Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After A book editor spends one last summer on Fire Island in this sparkling and surprising new novel from the author of A...

Author: Marcella BellISBN-10: 8885789285ISBN-13: 9798885789288Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2023Pages: 498Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.87dLarge Print

A working-class white man takes a terrible fall.Tom Lowe's identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family's dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage...

What's the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can't give yourself a beautiful life? From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with the dying...

An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experience--for fans of Jean Kwok, Mary Beth Keane and Naima Coster. Set in New York and China...

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for...

From the bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends comes a moving novel of two unfinished love stories and the music and lyrics that bring them together.Journalist Cecilia James is a sucker for a love song. So when she stumbles across a...

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life--and its surprises--in a funny and emotionally moving comedy of errors about the gifts of growing older.Olivia Strauss is turning thirty-nine. No major milestone. She still considers herself young. At least young...

Athena Brkovich believes in true love. Athena approaches adulthood like a paint-by-number - following the directions - but will her future become the masterpiece she dreams of?After high school, Athena quickly learns that nothing in life comes for free. The hurdles Athena jumps to...

Deep in the Scottish Woods lies the town of Haverstraw Hill, where Halloween is everyone's favorite time of year. While preparing for this special spooky holiday, The McGregor Family meets Wickety Witch, one of the most frightful witches in town. They learn to work...

Deep in the Scottish Woods lies the town of Haverstraw Hill, where Halloween is everyone's favorite time of year. While preparing for this special spooky holiday, The McGregor Family meets Wickety Witch, one of the most frightful witches in town. They learn to work...

"When photographs of singer Summer Jennings canoodling with her manager land on the cover of a gossip magazine, she runs home to Maine and ends up working as a maid at her family's motel. A big movie is filming in town, and she gets...

From award-winning author Siobhan Daiko, comes a hauntingly epic read that will sweep you away to the beauty of the Italian Riviera. A story of heart-wrenching loss, uplifting courage, and secrets untold.When Gina Bianchi returns to the beautiful Italian resort of Portofino to attend...

"The Last Heir" is an engaging and thought-provoking novel that delves into the world of corporate and family dynamics. The protagonist, the young woman, must navigate the complex and often conflicting interests of the family members, employees, and the community as she works to...

"It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go."-- Kerouac on The Town and the City. Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Kerouac...

"Sarah Vaughan has done it again. Superb." --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author The bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal--soon to be a Netflix series--returns with a new psychological thriller about a politician whose less-than-perfect personal life is thrust into the spotlight...

In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in between, but most of us spend years running away from...

From master storyteller Angela Hunt, a powerful story of a family's journey toward healing and hope after an unimaginable loss.Seventeen-year-old Maddie is left reeling after the unexpected passing of her beloved father. No one has any idea why he betrayed them all so spectacularly,...

Jack has lived a long, satisfied life. He has had his fair share of adventures and adversities whereby the sum of his vast experiences has tempered his perspective just a bit. His moral compass for right and wrong have been tested but he refuses...

The Magdalenes is a story of redemption and reinvention.Jude Madigan is a successful plaintiff's attorney who lived out a nightmare and spent years keeping it hidden. After being raped and impregnated by a Catholic priest when she was fourteen, she has spent years creating...

"Transportive." --People"Extraordinary." --BuzzFeed"Haunted." --Seattle TimesA lively, spellbinding tale about the extraordinary women within a Vietnamese immigrant family--and the ancient zodiac legend that binds them togetherIn present-day New Orleans, Xuan Trung, former beauty queen turned refugee after the Fall of Saigon, is obsessed with divining...