Fiction - Family Life - General

Trees don't talk, or do they? THE WHISPERING WILLOWS does. People are afraid when they hear him speak for the first time. They think they are hearing things, turning in all directions to see who is invading their privacy, and listening to their conversations....

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...

How does a young woman's life unfold when she walks in on her husband not once, but twice, in bed with other women? While Emma Aspen White wants to have a meaningful life and career, she has long known that her collegiate aspiration is...

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away...

Rose's identity has always been defined by what her family and Alabama society has imposed on her. When her sister's death leaves behind two children who need a mother, can Rose forge her own path, or will depression and grief define her forever?Lillian has...

Danny and the Corporate Ladder is a story. It is a story a friend tells as the narrator talks about their friend. It is the intersection of the relationships in a person's life. Each of the relationships in this book takes us on a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Danielle Steel delivers a poignant novel about a mother and daughter who must repair their relationship and find a way to follow their hearts. Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome...

The mystery of an antique German doll reunites members of a family torn apart during the third Reich of Nazi Germany. This family saga, starting in the leafy suburb of Beckenham on the borders of Kent and London, begins in 1930 in the comfortable...

Short Story Collection Red Road Redemption is an unforgettable collection of short stories filled with haunting characters, both human and animal, overflowing with thought-provoking drama, humor, and nostalgia. Take an unquiet walk in the woods, peer through a poignant lens at disappearing family farms,...

The Morgan sisters spent many blissful summers at their family's lake house growing up, but as they grew older, their lives took very different paths.Hope adores her twin girls, but she doesn't love being a stay-at-home mom. When her workaholic husband doesn't support her...

In the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, one summer in the 1970s, a family--a husband and wife, their daughter, and their crippled teenage son Camilo--take in an orphan named Cosme. The boys unexpectedly fall in love, but an act of violence shatters their intimate...

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...

You, Me, and Nobody Else is a tale about two people who meet, fall in love, marry, raise a family, and grow old together-a tale of heartwarming episodes and exciting adventures from the 1970s through 2000.Author: Joanne SchehlISBN-10: 1636309550ISBN-13: 9781636309552Publisher: Covenant BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/24/2021Pages:...

"A work of astonishing illumination and delight . . . so edgy, bright and subversive about women's inner lives and experience."--Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review"The subtlety of James, the comedy of Spark, the penetrating--and the deep, unflinching--eye of Jane Austen."--Kirkus Reviews*A New...

Lindy Coates moves with her teenaged daughter to Blueberry Beach because she was tired of putting her time in and not enjoying her life.With a lonely single dad on one side of her, a crochety old business owner on the other and a young...

After years of revolving-door foster care, one home to another, Owen and Martha are suddenly moved to a house in Toronto, where Sister Charlotte comes to take care of them.When Sister Charlotte limped through the front door of our house, I shouldn't have been...

Author: Jeff HoffmannISBN-10: 1668020637ISBN-13: 9781668020630Publisher: Pocket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2023Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.50h x 4.10w x 1.10d

This is the story of Aaron, a child born with attention deficit disorder. We discovered, when Aaron was about two years old, something was a little different about our little buddy. At four, they asked him to leave the daycare, and the YMCA could...

My new boss is: -A former rock star, turned grumpy mechanic-A single dad-My teenage crushIt was supposed to be a one week job. Nannying Diego Garza's adorable, four-year-old son should've been easy.But things get complicated when Diego catches me doing something I shouldn't. When...

Marcus sat by the open window in his room, listening to the birds sing and chirp in the nearby maple tree. He was packed, ready, and just waiting for the first arrival. His mind had drifted to thoughts of his father...and just how was...

The Proper Place is delightful reading and is Miss O. Douglas at her best. The story deals with the Rutherfurd family, who have to leave their beautiful country house and all their friends on Tweedside and settle in the littler Fife sea town of...

For Scout, strike one was biting a boy who did not know how to interact with a dog. Perhaps this was strike two, as Scout had already been abandoned, a mixed breed, some Beagle, some Collie, some other intelligent dogs in his ancestry, not...

The book tells about the story of a young girl and her life experiences through adulthood. It embarks on this heartbreaking story of survival and the determination of a young girl to achieve an impossible dream. Follow Sonya as she struggles and crawls out...

Off to Join the Circus focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington, D.C., area, and what happens when a relative returns after 64 years. Adele Pinsky ran away as a teenager back in 1954, perhaps to join a circus. The...

Callie Williams is in desperate need of a fresh start. A surprise visit from her sister will set her on an unexpected course. But will leaving big city success for small town living bring her happiness or heartache?Navigating the complexities of small town life,...

Thirteen-year-old Fredrich Welzel awakens on his family's fishing schooner, the Sea Witch, dancing in the waters off of the coast of Poland in the Baltic Sea. He sees his sister laying in the adjoining bunk. He hears his father calling orders to his uncle,...

The Worrys are a family of weasels. They live under a truck muffler dumped in a ditch on 13th Street. They steal chickens and cats if they can get them. They'll steal more than that given a chance. That makes them sound terrible, but...

Tales of Mystic Park is a collection of short stories that follows the lives of various families in Northwest Pennsylvania from the Civil War to today, showing the effects of the war on each generation. Through tears and laughter, each family has a compelling...

Unearth the dangerous world of infidelity with "Unintended Consequences," a thrilling exploration of the pleasures, sins, and unintended consequences of adultery. Three couples find their lives irreversibly intertwined, as they grapple with the aftermath of betrayal. The picture-perfect Cartright family is shattered when Allyn...

From the author of the bestselling Sweeney Sister Series and Sweet Tea Tuesdays comes a new novel of passion, intrigue and redemption.Ellie Pringle has spent endless hours and countless dollars working with a therapist to remember the lost years of her childhood. She's baffled...

Caught in a redundant housewife existence, Ann never leaves her beige suburban home, her schlubby do-nothing son Brian is directionless after graduating high-school, and it looks like nothing will ever change. But when Brian is swallowed by a whale and Ann receives a garbled...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A young woman searches for the truth about her father--and the secrets of her family--in this "big-hearted debut that absolutely crackles with smarts" (Emma Straub)."A warm and funny debut novel . . . perceptive, wry, and witty."--The New...

You've seen me on the street. You've walked past my house, and pointed, and wondered. The cat lady. All on my own, with only my five cats to keep me company. Did no-one ever tell you that you can't judge a book by its...

Raquel is a therapist, and a divorced, single mother in shock over her daughter's suicide. Shane is a self-destructive teenager whose parents are in the middle of a nasty divorce. Both are angry, hurting, and seeking answers. When Shane's self-destructive behavior almost costs him...

Everything goes right for the White family. They're upper middle class, live in the trendy Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, and have prestigious jobs and trust funds. Dad teaches screenwriting at New York University, while Mom is a professional Spanish/English interpreter. But Dad has a...

Patsy Keane survived her childhood, and some days that's all that matters. As the child of an alcoholic mother, Patsy is not prone to nostalgia. She lives in a world of her own creation, where Beverly Keane's maternal shortcomings are just a bad memory....

Two sisters fulfilling their grandfather's dying wish uncover decades of secrets in a powerful novel about family, truth, and forgiveness.Dallas, Dealey Plaza, 1963. Nineteen-year-old Mariah Byrne is following her dream of a career in photography. One moment she's filled with joy and hope watching...

From the witty Algonquin Round Table writer, Edna Feber, comes this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel. Fanny Herself follows the trials of a young Jewish woman as she finds her feet in early twentieth-century America.Author: Edna FerberISBN-10: 1528720385ISBN-13: 9781528720380Publisher: Read & Co. ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2022Pages: 312Format:...

Mothers: for nine months we are one, yet they remain a part of us, not apart from us, forever. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Nani, Imaginary Order is the story of a mother's psychological struggle to regain her life after a near...

WONDERFUL TRANSLATION BY MARGARET HOLDEN of this classic raw and honest depiction of rural French life! A deeply touching story!Emile Guillaumin, under the guise of fiction, wrote this story of "Tiennon," a French peasant. A peasant himself, Guillaumin was unique in that, after a...

A tender and wickedly funny portrait of England told through four generations of one family.Bournville is a quiet village in the heart of England famous for its chocolate. For eleven-year-old Mary, it is the center of her world, the place where most of her...

Lorna's been dead for three years and still isn't over it.Now she's stuck in the afterlife churning through therapists while she mourns the family she left behind. When she meets Jackie, a recently murdered teen, Lorna lips back into a mothering role as naturally...

"What is a lie to Lyla? It is simply another sentence that comes out of her mouth. She doesn't care if it is false. Doesn't care who gets hurt by it. Getting what she wants is all that matters to Lyla."Theo's unbreakable bond with...

"What is a lie to Lyla? It is simply another sentence that comes out of her mouth. She doesn't care if it is false. Doesn't care who gets hurt by it. Getting what she wants is all that matters to Lyla."Theo's unbreakable bond with...

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers that are destined to take over.Meet Otto and Cecil. Two brothers growing up privileged...

From the author of Inheriting Edith comes a brave new novel about the intersection of art and grief after the tragic loss of her own husband in 2017.Mia used to be fun. She was the class clown; a member of the mile high club;...

It's funny, it's family, it's a Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery. Zoe tries to juggle sleuthing with family obligations as Alex and Scooter prepare to graduate high school and Zoe fears that things will never be the same.Author: Kathi DaleyISBN-10: 8393198623ISBN-13: 9798393198626Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

In the heady days before a New Year's Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil's Copacabana Beach, a family reckons with a matriarch's long-awaited return, causing old secrets to come to light in this infectiously vibrant debut that explores the heartbreak and hope...

What are the odds of hitting the national lottery for $330.0 million dollars? The odds are 270 million to one. What are the odds of hitting it twice? The odds are four in ten billion. What are the odds of a couple hitting the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"An absolutely unforgettable novel."--Ian Williams A masterwork from one of the country's most critically acclaimed and beloved writers that grapples with male violence, sexual abuse, and madness. Complusively readable and heartstopping. Wade Jackson, a young man from a Newfoundland outport, wants to be...