Fiction - Family Life - General

In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin's death is big news. Crib death--or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents--celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz--live in curate Callie Anson's parish. And despite the disapproval of...

What happens when there's a secret that no one wants to talk about? It just gets bigger and bigger, until it fills the room...and then, POW Well, there is a secret in Cody's family. And that secret is becoming a real problem-a really HUGE...

As one of America's most famous writers and novelists, Nathaniel Hawthorne needs no formal introduction. He worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later...

'An emotional rollercoaster of a read... profoundly touching and moving'- Daily Express.Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jodi Picoult. Abi has been given the second chance she never expected: she's in remission. Now she's trying to get her life - and her family...

To save your children from the war, you must send them far away . . . A moving story of hardship, loss and the power of family ties from bestselling author Pam Weaver.Author: Pam WeaverISBN-10: 1447275926ISBN-13: 9781447275923Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2017Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize:...

This vintage volume contains D. H. Lawrence's seminal 1913 novel, "Sons and Lovers". It tells the story of Paul Morel, a young man and budding artist, whose complex relationships with a doting mother, a violent father, and a young female devotee, constitute the main...

From World War II to Vietnam to Iraq, from New World Order to antiwar "mobes" to "Mission Accomplished," An Imperfect Certainty tells the dramatic, sometimes heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting story of three generations of Americans as they contend with the wars and social upheavals that...

The road trip of a lifetime teaches one woman that love isn't always a piece of cake in this charming novel. Laurie Davis has always followed her passion. After escaping family drama to start a new life in New York City, she's up for...

It all began in 1927, in the small town of Rudell, Mississippi, after the sudden and tragic death of Cora Harvey's parents. She has nothing left except her burning desire to become a singer. But her dream will never come true in Rudell, especially...

"Sophisticated and erudite. . . . Hughes-Hallett is a natural heir to A.S. Byatt, delivering a densely patterned novel that shimmers with human interest as it probes our cultural story."--Wall Street JournalThe Costa Award-winning author of The Pike makes her literary fiction debut with...

The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein-a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of a dog's efforts to hold together his family in the face of a divisive custody battle. Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher...

A woman investigates a friend's long-ago murder in a haunting and hopeful novel about the weight of secrets and regrets by the bestselling author of The Wild Road Home and A Light in the Forest.At Sunny Pines Retirement Community, where the "Sixty-Two and Better!"...

For generations, the lives of the respected Hunter and McLauren families have been woven into the fabric of the rural Alabama community. Six-year-old Annabelle, the youngest member of this extended family, is the most vulnerable. Although she is surrounded by loving family members, all...

Akhil narrates the story about the journey from childhood to adult with his best friend Abbay. His friend left with a huge impression from the moment he met him. At such an early age, Abbay speaks about great wisdoms and philosophies that changed Akhil's...

Six-year-old boy Krish's entire world revolves around his mother. Suddenly, when his mom decides to take a job offer, Krish's was unable to bear it. He feels left out, and the change will make his mom a bad person. Will Krish's worry become true?...

When Asher's world is turned upside down after a painful divorce, he and his two children, Ethan and Allison, must leave behind everything they've known and move to the Philippines in search of a fresh start. But healing is not as easy as a...

A tale of family secrets and forgotten pasts from the international number one bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley.Author: Lucinda RileyISBN-10: 1447288440ISBN-13: 9781447288442Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2015Pages: 672Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.80dReview Citation(s): Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 43Publishers Weekly...

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean's first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets...and one week that threatens to tear them apart Alice isn't like the other Storm...

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean's first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets...and one week that threatens to tear them apart Alice isn't like the other Storm...

A horror-infused, polyphonic work about the violence and cruelty seething in a late-70s Guadalajara neighborhood At a traveling fair, a young girl visiting with her family will ask a "serpent woman" to tell her future. The serpent woman's answer is cryptic, but back in...

When a twelve-year-old girl drowns in the Tamassee River and her body is trapped in a deep eddy, the people of the small South Carolina town that bears the river's name are thrown into the national spotlight. The girl's parents want to attempt a...

A successful journalist returns to her hometown just as her biggest mistake becomes headline news in this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt novel about facing life and the past, and its secrets, head-on. Entertainment journalist Dawn Roberts has a lot to work through: a widow's...

A captivating, multigenerational debut novel of a young woman navigating the personal trauma that ties herself, her nomadic mother, and her alcoholic grandmother together, perfect for fans of Ask Again, Yes and What the Fireflies Knew. 1979. Fifteen-year-old Aurora Taylor's single mother prefers to...

For readers of Emma Cline and Melissa Broder, the story of an untethered, sardonic young woman falling for an older radio host... and then for his daughter. When aspiring writer Allison moved to L.A., she expected her life to finally take shape. After years...

"Wise and heartbreaking" (Ann Napolitano), this captivating epic weaves the intimate lives of two Midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century. In the small Ohio town of Bonhomie, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath...

Big Little Lies meets Tiger King in this fun and propulsive debut novel about three suburban women who, over the course of one summer, each use the growing hysteria around a big cat sighting to achieve their own agendas--some more sinister than others. Former...

What if you had one hundred years of wisdom and experience-on the day you were born?Your attitude about life is different now than it was years ago. And it will be different years from now. Have you ever remembered a choice you made and...

A suspenseful, lyrical debut novel tracking three days leading up to the eviction of a pregnant single mother and her nine-year-old twins from a trailer park in the American Southwest.Jude Woods is on the brink of eviction. Pregnant, jobless, and mother to Evan and...

Welcome to "the mommune." From New York Times bestselling author Domenica Ruta comes a heartfelt, hilarious novel about a single mom reimagining what the perfect family can look like. Sandy thought she was making her greatest mistake yet when she got unexpectedly pregnant in...

A riveting, emotionally-charged tale of forbidden love, centered on an estranged couple who are brought together to reckon with the events that tore their family apart decades ago. In 1960s Lagos, a city enlivened with its newfound Independence, headstrong Margaret meets British-born Benjamin, a...

"After decades of bestsellers, Wayward Girls might be Susan Wiggs' opus. A gut-wrenching story of survival, friendship, and justice. Masterful."--Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell"The magnificent Susan Wiggs takes a leap into the history of women..a...

A hilarious and entertaining novel about spicing up your life! Perfect for fans of Fiona Gibson. Putting the sizzle back in married life. Sarah's humdrum existence as a busy mother is far from exciting, but when her husband comes to her with a wild...

"I understand the nightmares. I still have them. They haven't gone away. But you know what helps? Knowing that you love me so much, despite all my problems, and maybe because of them..."Joseph Sciuto's ninth novel, MIRACLE OF THE RISING SUN, is a riveting...

An utterly unputdownable read that will make you laugh, weep, and think about the world in a completely different way! It's time she made a splash of her own. When Fiona's husband ups and leaves on the same day her only son goes away...

In this poignantly quirky ride through Brooklyn, an idealistic young woman shares her earnest joy with her Uber clients, her cranky father, and the Wall Street hotshot who started it all.Joybird Martin--an Uber driver with cheerfulness to spare--desperately wants to be a life coach.She's...

Author: Meg Mitchell MooreISBN-10: 0063336960ISBN-13: 9780063336964Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 336Format: HardcoverReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/2024 pg. 2

A Dickensian tale of ambition, family, and financial ruin by the most important Spanish novelist after Cervantes, this tragicomic novel about a patriarch struggling to keep his ungrateful family from ruin is at turns scathing and hilarious. Ram?n Villaamil has been a loyal civil...

One woman's journey home gets derailed by her soon-to-be ex-mother-in-law in a novel filled with humor, small-town charm, rekindled love, and the resilient ties of family. Cast aside by her cheating husband, Katelyn Chandler is ready to pack it all in and drive home...

Melody Brooks is a strikingly beautiful 26-year-old, trapped in a job that no longer brings her joy. As the receptionist at Curtly and Curtly, a prestigious criminal law firm in Portland, Oregon, she endures the daily scowls of her boss, John Curtly, and the...

Melody Brooks is a strikingly beautiful 26-year-old, trapped in a job that no longer brings her joy. As the receptionist at Curtly and Curtly, a prestigious criminal law firm in Portland, Oregon, she endures the daily scowls of her boss, John Curtly, and the...

In The Golden Bowl, Henry James delves into the depths of love, deception, and moral ambiguity. When a wealthy American heiress marries a charming Italian prince, secrets from the past surface, testing bonds of loyalty and trust. This intricate novel explores the fragile balance...

International Dublin Literary Award-winning Gerbrand Bakker gives voice to the visceral power of family ties in a novel brimming with Knausgaardian detail When his wife tells him she is pregnant, Cornelis packs his bags and boards a plane--a day later he is dead. Now...

Joseph Bathanti's novella, Too Glorious to Even Long for on Certain Days, follows Fritz Sweeney through a pivotal summer in 1973, set against the backdrop of working-class Pittsburgh. Fritz grapples with an existential crisis triggered by his job at Acme Toy Warehouse, which he...

Set in 2015 during Obama's presidency and Trump's early candidacy, the tranquil college town of Horace, Oregon, is disrupted when white students taunt a Black student in the high school library. This incident sparks immediate repercussions that ripple through the community, affecting students, families,...

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about their past in this haunting, propulsive, psychologically keen story about class, trauma, and family secrets from "huge literary talent" (Karl Ove Knausgaard). FINALIST FOR THE FALLON BOOK...

In the summer of 1973 the Riverside area of a south Wales town is devastated by the closure of its mighty steelworks. The impact on one family is especially harsh. David Rhys loses his job in the melting shop. With few alternative jobs available,...

A teenage girl breaks free from her father's world of isolation in this exhilarating novel of family, identity, and the power we have to shape our own destinies--from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things and Watch Me Disappear The first thing...

For fans of Emma Straub and Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeny, a debut contemporary women's fiction novel about obsession, forgiveness, and friendship between two unlikely people. Style-guru Charlotte Oakes sells beautiful lifestyles, but her mentally ill daughter is an addict, her long marriage is dead, and...

Plain View Farm Journals is a delightful book, filled with the Stadems' and Ginthers' account of their lives and the history of their origins in Norway, and their immigration to America. Immediately, you will see strong spiritual influence that permeated these families, which was...

With a broken heart and dreams in ashes, Jemma Garrison is determined to use her talent, supportive family, and abiding faith to forge a new life in the region of her birth-rugged, wintry "Big Sky Country." She leaves behind the lush, seasonal mountains of...