Fiction - Family Life - General

'Stop trying to be brave all the time, Rachel. Fear is a necessary part of being alive. Sometimes we have to let it show. We have to own up to it or it drives us mad.'Rachel Elliot is single and attractive, a director of...

Discover an often-overlooked corner of American history. Kitchen Stories: A Key West Recollection tells the tales of multiple generations of a single Key West family and throws light on the origins of the southernmost city's unique mixture of cultures. Meet Franz, the accidental German...

Under the surface of an outwardly successful, highly educated family lies quiet suffering and spiritual isolation. Mark and Emma have an unarticulated problem within their marriage for which neither feels able to seek help. A business trip to India provides a healing process for...

Seven years after their divorce, Ilana breaks the bitter silence with a letter to Alex, a world-renowned authority on fanaticism, begging for help with their rebellious adolescent son, Boaz. One letter leads to another, and so evolves a correspondence between Ilana and Alex, Alex...

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land comes a quirky and insightful novel of what can happen when one can and does go home again."Raban's achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome." --The Washington PostFor the past thirty years, George Grey...

Claire, a composer and a new mother, has moved to Los Angeles so that her husband can follow his passion for writing television comedy. Suddenly the marriage--once a genuine 50/50 arrangement--changes, with Paul working late and Claire left at home with baby William, whom...

This book is my most memorable reflection of my survival from repeated failed relationships and my near-death experiences that strengthened me to help me find one of my purposes for living through the unconditional love of God, my family, my few friends and ultimately...

Will an ex-wife and a spoiled teenager ruin any chance of happiness for Breanna and Calvin?Breanna Murphy has been planning her wedding for years so when her fiancé runs off with a hula dancer, she is forced to realize her destination wedding is nothing...

Audrey has a lot on her mind.In some ways, she's just like any other West Coast kid growing up in the late 1960s, preoccupied with riding bikes, the new restaurant with the golden arches, and the most effective way to set up a slip...

With his white beard and red suspenders, his salty good humor, harmonica, and bucket of tall tales, Zeke Layne is one of those memorable characters you can still occasionally find - whether it be a Chincoteague Island waterman or retired Cape Cod fisherman or...

Summer Blowout is a USA TODAY bestseller!"As intoxicating as a seat at the top of the Ferris wheel. Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer."-Elin Hilderbrand"Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it. Summer Blowout...

An emotional family saga spanning almost a century, The Right Thing follows the sometimes loving, sometimes stormy relationships between Helen and her two daughters, Kibby Jane and Roberta Jo. Helen's story begins in 1934 in rural Washington state and ends with her memorial service...

Six years ago, Gwynn Forest's husband Richard committed suicide. After that, she struggled to keep things together, emotionally, mentally, and financially. Then three fortuitous things happened: she sold the family construction company; she inherited a seaside cottage from an elderly English great-aunt whom she...

Whatever happens beyond "I do" is up to us . . .Facing the choppy waters of marriage, infidelity, and the vows that bind us, a sea of choices stretches out before a couple on the brink. For Dr. Angela Styles-Franklin and her husband Sean,...

"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty..." The counting is the only sound she hears as her ordinary day takes an unexpected turn. She never sees it coming, yet she knows one day this moment will arrive. It is here on this bridge where her story began, and...

Peregrine Island is the recipient of the following 10 literary awards: 2017 Winner of the New York City Big Book Award for Mystery 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist in General Fiction for Fiction, for Literary, and for Mystery & Suspense 2017 Winner of the...

Kat Davies is suddenly wondering if her good deed was a bad idea.Kat may be new in her faith, but she's embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited Rochelle--a homeless mother--and her son to move in the apartment she...

In the tradition of Olive Kitteridge and The Woman Upstairs, this "deeply human and morally saturated novel" (Library Journal, starred review) explores how a terrible crime changed one woman's life forever.Lida Stearl prides herself on always do the right thing--it has served her well...

There is nothing like a near death experience to bring life back into focus. Josh Eyre, a surgeon and family man, was having an off year. He had always been a big fan of Christmas but this year he was just not feeling the...

Tzippy Goldman was born for marriage. She and her mother had always assumed she'd graduate high school, be set up with the right boy, and have a beautiful wedding with white lace and pareve vanilla cream frosting. But at twenty-two, Tzippy's fast approaching spinsterhood....

Contemporary Hawaii--taro lands vanish, rich mainlanders buy up beachfront, drugs run rampant, homeless camp in the mountains, politicians make backroom deals.In 1997, social services rescues Boi (four), Shane (five), and Glory (six), three abused and neglected siblings from a junked city bus where they...

From Lola Akinmade ﾅkerstr, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black, comes the highly anticipated second novel, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most egalitarian societies, Sweden.Can a career...

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's bighearted novel about family, secrets, small-town Texas romance, and--with a little bit of luck--starting over.Family doesn't mean everyone has to like each other. That's the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas,...

USA Today bestselling author Brooke O'Brien delivers a sizzling enemies to lovers romance where a snarky brunette has it out and falls in love with her high school bully turned stepbrother.Brix Ward is a Grade A prick.⠀⠀He's arrogant, spoiled, and self-centered. As the lead...

From the authors of Paper Planes and the Seaside Point series comes a new standalone contemporary romance about single parents.At nineteen, Willa Hawthorne had ambitions, a determination in her heart, and plans for the future. All of which vanished the moment she saw two...

Three words written in a planner. And with those three words lives were forever changed and a love forged ... Lost in Love This is a story of love and how the cruel hand of deceit and chance can play a role in one's...

"Great for fans of: Julia Kelly's The Light Over London, Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife." Book Life Reviews"Rife with charming characters, a gorgeous mountain setting, and meticulous research..." -IndieReader"Personal drama and historical tidbits combine nicely for a quick and entertaining read." -Kirkus"With themes...

From the Beginning: A Cautionary Tale of an Everyday Family is based on the actual events of Wayne E. Held growing up in a family that endured many challenging hardships. It's an extraordinary story of Rachael Anderson facing her overreaching ambitions. Over time, her...

Pampa and Mama's Dictionary is an interactive gift book of mispronounced words by toddlers. It appears to be written by children to help you feel the fun! Listening to children is a fun pastime. The blank pages are for your additions. Now it can...

"An absolutely fantastic debut novel."--Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called OveA deeply atmospheric debut novel about three young people testing the boundaries of intimacy that is being hailed as "the love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited."When Hugo takes a room in...

This isn't your typical dog story. This is a story of Kleo's last fourteen years: the day she got her dog, Sophie, to the day Sophie loses her battle with cancer. Kleo is a Filipino-American girl who learned early on in her life that...

Strange things happen in Ballybeg when three distant cousins come together as the summer solstice approaches.In the spring of 2016, newly retired Kara leaves her home in Canada on a genealogical quest to rediscover her grandfather's ancestral village on the north coast of Ireland....

Everything seems normal in the town of Lexington, but for how long? When community unity, friendship, love, racing, and justice are pushed and tested to their limits, what will become of those involved? When asked, will the community come through? Will love and friendships...

Everything seems normal in the town of Lexington, but for how long? When community unity, friendship, love, racing, and justice are pushed and tested to their limits, what will become of those involved? When asked, will the community come through? Will love and friendships...

With the Czarist empire in turmoil, a young Mennonite couple in what is now Ukraine adopts a Russian baby. Over the next years their lives twist, alter, and face very unexpected challenges. Amalia and Isaak Albrecht's new family is not at all what they...

The highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged delivers a delightful rom-com of one woman trying to shed her perfect image at a destination wedding with hilarious--and moving--results, perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory. Jana Suleiman has never really fit in--everyone always...

When Flossy Merrill summons her children to the beloved family beach house to celebrate their father's eightieth birthday, both cherished memories and long-kept secrets come to light in this charming and lyrical novel from the author of The Lake Season and Mystic Summer.Flossy Merrill...

The happy lives of the Bunnyngton bunnies and their pet Big Jessica.Author: Tyvaughn NelsonISBN-10: 8388519557ISBN-13: 9798388519559Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2023Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d

From No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friends and facing your fears.Thirty-three-year-old Ruth Henderson and her daughter Maggie have some hard choices to make. Following the tragic death of Maggie's father, they are left with a mountain of debt...

'Ahhh I absolutely loved this book!... Made me laugh, warmed my heart... Fabulous.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A bundle of mysterious letters. A trip to Venice. A journey she'll never forget. When Luna loses her beloved mother, she's bereft: her mother was her only family,...

Newly married and blissfully happy, Gaby and Jack are looking forward to another summer of fun in the village of Lochalshie. But there are clouds on the horizon...The Lochside Welcome pub and hotel is at the heart of the community--where the villagers gather to...

The Adventures of Sally Bang charts an unruly anti-heroine's coming of age, and a ghost writer's need to possess her. At sixteen there's insight and beauty that never come again, and within every adult is a wish to get it back. What is gained...

From the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period...

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help--even if they don't know it yet "Ma's iteration of the young...

The Taylor sisters spent every summer at their family's lake house, but as they grew up, they also grew apart. Now, in honor of their late mother's wishes, they reunite on Evening Island, each hoping to find the best part of themselves they'd left...

When the Anderson sisters reunite for one last summer at their family's cottage, a link to the past makes them rethink their futures...and their plans for the house that once felt like home.Lisa Anderson always thought that one day, she'd pass the family's lake...

Sean pulls me to him, and we both laugh happily, as we stroll home from our favourite wine bar. It's our first evening out since our baby girl was born. I've only thought about Kitty a couple of times, wondering if she's settled without...

Swimming to Jerusalem is the story of Bram Goodman; his family, friends, colleagues, and demons.Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Israel and moved to Brooklyn as a teenager. When he flunks out of college, Bram returns to Israel in an effort to...

In Quakertown, Lee Martin travels back in time to 1920s Texas to tell the story of a flourishing black community that was segregated from its white brethren-and of the remarkable gardener who was asked to do the unimaginable. Based on the true story of...

Freedman demonstrates a keen understanding of relationships. --Publishers Weekly In the riveting follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel, Colette Freedman explores the aftermath of infidelity from three different perspectives--husband, wife, and mistress. The end of an affair may be only the beginning. . ....