Fiction - Family Life - General

After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf Anna, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively orders clothes she can't afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression,...

From the bestselling author of The Kindness of Strangers comes a poignant and life-affirming novel about our connections to the past, and the promise for the future during the least promising of times.Grieving but feisty widow Vivian Laurent is at a late-in-life crossroads. The...

A tender portrait of four misfits, on the run across Texas, that speaks to those who are left out, those who opt out--and to the wild animal in us all "Libaire creates a delicious universe at a constant brink of collapse, a universe I...

There Are No Doors is about a family's journey through life; the sacrifices, joys and dreams that carry them through several generations and four countries, and how they face each other and their challenges: with love, anger, humour, and empathy. There are no doors...

"Noelle Salazar captures the hazy, liquor-soaked days of the Jazz Age in this mesmerizing tale . . . of family, ambition, love, and self-discovery." --Entertainment Weekly"Beautifully written and vividly drawn . . . [a] dazzling and sexy, dangerous and inspiring journey through the speakeasies...

Are we ready to listen to the unspoken words around us? His wife's voice was unmistakable. She was moaning and sighing, and he could hear his divan creaking. How he wished he had not come home that night. He was a mere mortal. His...

At age 10, Luisa is separated from her birth country and family when she is adopted and transported from Colombia to Canada. Seven years later Luisa still has questions. Why did her mamá die of pneumonia when antibiotics could have saved her? Why did...

A tragedy in Mira Singh's life has left her devastated and mourning. No one in her family knows how to confront the tragedy that befalls them, and they place the blame on each other, and even on God. Mira's parents do not understand the...

Stephanie (Stevie) Valentini is searching for something. She's just not sure what that something is.The chef in her family's trattoria, Stephanie's life has imploded. Suddenly single, suffering from Covid burnout, and about to turn thirty, she impulsively agrees to help best friend Kim with...

A compelling contemporary novel set in Canada and Ukraine that follows a nuclear engineer obsessed with preventing disaster, from the author of One Who Has Been Here Before. Jessica Manchaky's life has been shaped by the threat of nuclear disaster. She's a child when...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKFor fans of Amy Tan, KJ Dell'Antonia, and Kevin Kwan, this "sharp, smart, and gloriously extra" (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, The Last Story of Mina Lee) debut follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women--cursed to never know love or...

1857. Three women -- once strangers -- come together in unpredictable Utah Territory. Hopeful, desperate, and willful, they'll allow nothing on Earth or in Heaven to stand in their way.Author: Olivia HawkerISBN-10: 1638087121ISBN-13: 9781638087120Publisher: Platinum Spotlight SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2023Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 8.00h...

Amy Trevino, a former aspiring playwright, has stayed close to her Rhode Island hometown while her famous brother, Timothy Fleming, pursued and achieved his Hollywood dreams. Now a high school English teacher and occasional drama director, Amy takes on the production manager role for...

Hersey James is the patriarch of both a TV family, and the family that mirrors them in real life. Apart from Glenn, who was only a child when The James Gang was cancelled from network TV in the late 1970s, the rest of Hersey's...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries series, comes the very first adult installment, which follows Princess Mia and her Prince Charming as they plan their fairy tale wedding--but a few poisoned apples could turn this happily-ever-after into a...

Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people. There is September...

Author: Janis ThomasISBN-10: 8212184714ISBN-13: 9798212184717Publisher: Blackstone PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/09/2023Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d

With her daughter in the throes of drug addiction, a mother takes over the care of her granddaughter--and is transformed by the bond that forms between them--in this warm, sharp-witted, and psychologically acute story of familial love by a praised British novelist. Ruth is...

When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller--from the author of the "poignant, riveting" (Wendy Walker, author of Don't Look for Me) Everything We Didn't Say.Mother and daughter Charlie and Eva never...

A poignant novel imbued with music from the Giller Prize -- shortlisted author of Like This and Twenty-Six that follows two social outcasts as they navigate through their traumatic pasts. The worst moment of Sam's life was captured on video and shared across the...

Meet Grace, who is actually excited about turning 40 in a few months, that is, until her job, marriage, and personal life take a dizzying downhill spiral. Can she recover from the most devastating time in her life, right before it's supposed to be...

When Roman King decides that after high school graduation, he will not try out for college baseball and will instead marry his high school sweetheart, Linda, his father, Dave forces Roman to try out anyway. As the warring father and son duo fly to...

Both suspenseful and deeply moving, Carolina Moonset is an engrossing novel about family, memories both golden and terrible, and secrets too dangerous to stay hidden forever, from New York Times bestselling and Emmy Award-winning author, Matt Goldman. Joey Green has returned to Beaufort, South...

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK - A young Indian woman finds the false rumors that she killed her husband surprisingly useful--until other women in the village start asking for her help getting rid of their own husbands--in this razor-sharp debut. "Shroff captures the complexity...

A dazzling novel about the tumultuous relationship between two sisters, a shocking loss that changes everything, and the life-altering adventure that follows. Morgan and Riley Brighton are joint heirs to Kaleidoscope: a glittering, 'global bohemian' shopping empire--created in sleepy Oregon and catapulted into haute...

Over twelve novels and two collections Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist. Hailed as "a writer without limits" (Karen Russell) and "a stone-cold genius" (Jenny Offill), Millet makes fiction that vividly evokes the ties between people and other animals and the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE"An intimate story from the family archive that is also the infamous history of our continent."--Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive Award-winning Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener delivers her stunning English breakthrough in this "appealingly raw" (NPR) and...

An international bestseller and one of The Times' "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the...

'A great read about guilt, atonement and identity' - Hello 'You won't want this one to end' - Marie Claire From the author of NETFLIX SENSATION ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL 1939, Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched...

"Poppy is bright and complicated and utterly enchanting in Jamie Varon's debut." --Ashley Poston, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Dead RomanticsPoppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Thought Buzz. But after a series of...

What lies ahead for the Railway Girls this spring...? The brand new novel from much-loved saga author Maisie Thomas, available to pre-order now. __________________________________________ Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Make yourself a cuppa and find a comfy spot on the sofa because you are...

"The perfect summer read" (USA TODAY) begins with a shocking tragedy that results in three generations of the Adler family grappling with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets over the course of one summer. *A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice...

At age ninety-two, Tish Darling is the matriarch and protector of what's left of the Darling family fortune, including the decades-old beach house, Riptide. Located on the crook of Cape Cod, it's a place she once loved but has not returned to in decades,...

Family, friendship, love, commitment, rivalry, and the war come into play as sisters Sally and Mavis make hard life choices.It is June 1940 when Sally and her younger sister Mavis leave their parents' home in Coquitlam to live in Victoria, British Columbia. Sally is...

A young girl is in terrible danger ... but can they reach her in time?Somebody's coming for youCalifornia: Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home--unloved and unwanted. And although she has found relative contentment with her...

Discover stories that inspire a "great capacity for wonder" (New York Times) from the beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time: named one of the spring's most anticipated books (Good Housekeeping), this collection transcends generational divides to highlight the power of hope and joy....

In Cathy Lamb's gripping and thought-provoking novel, a woman whose memory is shattered must piece together her husband's secrets--and reevaluate her life, love, and relationships . . . When Natalie Shelton thinks back to how things were before the car accident, she remembers a...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ - From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis,...

This is a story that could be heard and believed only through the voice of this author. Nickey Knighton's debut novel Sisters by Heart recounts the story of sorority sisters, Shondra and Cydne, ten years after graduating from their Historically Black College and University...

A Book Excellence Award finalist in 2023, The Neighborhood is a love story about a changing neighborhood. When a family of color moves into an all-white neighborhood in 1973, some residents brand the newcomers pariahs. The neighborhood convulses and spasms of violence erupt. Rather...

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR "The plot folds into a brilliant twist."--The New York Times "A novel in disguise. You could easily (and happily) mistake it for a stellar psychological thriller, bristling with surprises and packed with secrets; but...

Staci always had a very deep sense of intuition, along with another special gift. She grew up with her sister, Lorette, and brother, Ben, and they were very close as kids. Her special gift happened for the first time when Ben fell through the...

Author: J. C. CervantesISBN-10: 8885789463ISBN-13: 9798885789462Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00dLarge Print

After years of drifting, fifty-year-old Pete Ryman has settled down with his potbellied pig, Pearl, in the small town of Sleeping Grass--a place he never expected to see again. It's not the life he dreamed of, but there aren't many prospects for a high...

A luxurious and richly compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Blush, about a famous family jewelry dynasty and the hidden past that could topple it all. One perfect diamond is all it takes to divide a family. Could one summer be enough...

A Must-Read: The New York Times, Elle, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Globe and Mail, and CBCA Finalist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction "[A] darkly glittering tale . . . Beautiful and piercing." --The New York Times Book Review In Claudia Dey's...

"This heartfelt story grabs the reader from the very start and doesn't let go. Psychological thrillers fans won't want to miss this one."--Publishers WeeklyShe has to time to save one of her daughters. Only one. Can she choose?When Lizzie's car crashes with her two...

Mother and daughter Charlie and Eva never sought social media fame, but when a stunning photo of Eva went viral, fame found them. Now, after more than two years documenting life on the road in their vintage Airstream trailer, the duo has temporarily settled...

This transporting and illuminating debut novel will resonate with readers who have ever felt a little bit lost, perfect for fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey and Linda Holmes. Exploring love, loss, and the courage of starting over fresh, this novel will appeal to readers...

Bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry is back with a powerful novel about the stories we tell and the people we trust. Eve and Cooper Morrison are Savannah's power couple. They're on every artistic board and deeply involved in the community. She owns and operates...