Fiction - Family Life - General

A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother--and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for--in this warm, heart-stopping getaway from Jane L. Rosen Maggie Mae Wheeler is content with her life. At...

Author: Becky AveryISBN-13: 9798891851191Publisher: Hope*booksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2024Pages: 392Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d

In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat...

Author: Wendy S. SimonsISBN-13: 9798989359448Publisher: Ws Simons BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2024Pages: 542Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.09dLarge Print

For fans of Kristin Hannah's The Four Winds and Lisa Wingate's Shelterwood comes a heartwarming historical novel following a homeless young girl as she struggles to survive during the Great Depression. Rural Michigan, 1934. During the throes of the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Silstice Trayson...

The BRAND NEW getaway novel from the BESTSELLING author of The Bordeaux Book Club, Gillian HarveyEveryone's story has some magic. You just have to turn the page to find it...As the sun rises over the little Provence village where single mother Adeline has escaped...

A BRAND NEW romance from bestseller Camilla IsleyTwo sworn enemies, snowed in over Christmas with chemistry that will melt the ice!Nina Thompson has one Christmas wish: to avoid her brother's obnoxiously handsome best friend, Tristan, like the plague. From the moment he humiliated her...

Author: F. M. a. DixonISBN-10: 1917224060ISBN-13: 9781917224062Publisher: Burton Mayers BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2024Pages: 404Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d

In the town of Woking, a story of motherhood unfolds. At its core is Lucy, a fifteen-year-old girl labeled by society as a lost cause, a soul grappling with deep troubles, overshadowed by her mother's battle with depression and alcoholism. Under constant scrutiny from...

Author: Matt CoyneISBN-10: 1472297423ISBN-13: 9781472297426Publisher: WildfireLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 432Format: Hardcover

A decade ago, Shan narrowly escaped the clutches of a secret right-wing cabal hidden within the English government. He embarks on a journey of understanding to the Isle of Man in search of his Celtic past. Little does Shan know that his would-be kidnappers...

A devoted mother outrunning a troubled childhood and adapting to an empty nest is tested in ways she never expected in this suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. On the occasion of her daughter Valerie's wedding and her upcoming...

The final breathtaking part on The Trenwith Trilogy from Rosie Clarke The war has changed everything, but has it changed society enough? London, 1917. Rose Barlow has loved and lost. She has done her fair share during the war and seen her dreams shattered....

A sweeping, propulsive novel about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves, in which a man struggles to find his place in an Iran on the brink of combusting Amid the alleyways of the Zamzam neighborhood of Tehran,...

Josef Dietrick lives with his self-absorbed mother, abusive step-father, and bullying step-brother, Marteen, in 1930s Berlin, Germany. When a brutal sexual attack at the hands of Marteen's friend, Tielo, sends Josef homeless into the streets, he is taken in by the kind-hearted Lucas and...

A warm-hearted and gripping story of community, secrets and the family we choose that will captivate fans of Lucy Diamond, Cathy Bramley and Jessica Redland.As young women, Lise and Emma had the kind of friendship people dream about. While Lise's own family was distant...

Emma survived a madman's attack, and now she is ready to put the pieces of her life back together. After the horror she has endured, that is easier said than done. Just as she begins to feel in control once again, Fate steps in...

The Diary of a Nobody By George Grossmith, Weedon GrossmithAuthor: Weedon Grossmith, George GrossmithISBN-10: 1973966336ISBN-13: 9781973966333Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2017Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.16d

WHO IS THE GOLDEN LYNX?Russia, 1534: elite clans battle for control of the toddler who will become their first tsar, Ivan the Terrible. Amid the chaos and upheaval, a masked man mysteriously appears night after night to aid the desperate people.Or is he a...

Hidden truths are unspoken lies. Or what others might call secrets. Everyone knows nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets. And yet, that's exactly what Charlotte Stone is doing. Or trying to. It doesn't help that the secret she's trying to keep is slowly...

For an Iowa farm girl in 1913, Liddie Treadway has big dreams. She yearns to move to town, learn a trade, and live on her own. With encouragement from career-minded Aunt Kate, her goals seem within reach--until her unmarried sister is sent away for...

The fifth book in the series centers around Reilly Morgan, the stable manager's son. It's a look at the Taggers from the outside. After the devastating loss of his wife when Reilly was only five years old, Jack Morgan moved to Idaho to start...

Fourth Book in the Tagger Herd Series: Its branding week at the ranch, Sadie's favorite time of the year and this is the year she is old enough to help with the cattle roundup. It starts out well...and then...The Tagger Herd is healthy enough...

Author: Nancy CraigISBN-10: 162137260XISBN-13: 9781621372608Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2014Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d

A hilarious and warm-hearted novel about starting over, featuring an eccentric old man who embarks on a road trip with the most unexpected companions to reunite with his high school sweetheart--from the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals At sixty-three years old,...

Author: Jessa HastingsISBN-10: 1464245339ISBN-13: 9781464245336Publisher: Bloom BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2025Pages: 450Format: PaperbackSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d

Author: Jonathan EvisonISBN-10: 1420520628ISBN-13: 9781420520620Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2025Format: Library BindingLarge Print

Author: Stephen KellyISBN-10: 1956295143ISBN-13: 9781956295146Publisher: Fireeye PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/09/2024Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d

Author: Geralyn Hesslau MagradyISBN-13: 9798988464334Publisher: Christopher WhisperingsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2024Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d

Set against the backdrop of Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland, The Hand Life Dealt tells the captivating story of Dawn Johnson, a woman grappling with the harsh realities of life. As a young mother, Dawn loses her own mother, her only source of guidance and...

Set on the coast of Ireland in the 1970s, a captivating debut novel about a baby boy who is discovered on the beach beside a small fishing town, as told by the locals who fall under the boy's transfixing spell "Compassionate, lyrical and full...

Wes is stuck. He should be spending his twenties finishing the schooling that will help him land a career in movies, just like he's always dreamed about. Instead he divides his time between clerking in the most low-rent video store in Queens, and caring...

A SHORT STORY FOR AGES 6 AND UP - I can FINISH what I START One of Bobbie's biggest problems is that he has never finished a task- EVER. Bobbie is not aware of his poor habit. He hadn't thought about it-not before his...

Set against the backdrop of Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland, The Hand Life Dealt tells the captivating story of Dawn Johnson, a woman grappling with the harsh realities of life. As a young mother, Dawn loses her own mother, her only source of guidance and...

Author: Amy PoeppelISBN-10: 1668022850ISBN-13: 9781668022856Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.99d

Roots of Our Legacy is a heartfelt and deeply moving exploration of family, love, and the unexpected twists that shape our lives. Dan and Carol Johnson have built a life together through hard work and sacrifice, juggling their careers while raising their two children...

The world rests on Eliza's shoulders. The kids, her husband, work, her elderly mother and don't forget her newest friend, perimenopause. It's too much to carry, but she's been doing it for years. It's just what a good wife and mother does, isn't it?...

The Diary of a Caregiver is a new type of self-help book told through a fictional character's diary, Mrs. Patstegre. She is the main character and narrator of the book. One hundred and one diary entries entwine Mrs. Patstegre's knowledge with fictional stories that...

Every picture tells a story, but it's not always the one we expect, or remember...Kate Cavendish is stuck in a rut. That is until a former colleague contacts her and offers her a chance to fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming a successful photographer....

This book is for anyone who has experienced loss. To lose someone you love brings overwhelming, sometimes unexpected emotions that can be hard to navigate for anyone, including a child. This book helps to validate some of the feelings experienced during the different stages...

The night before they move from the bustling, expensive rat race of the city to a sleepy, innocent, affordable small town two hours away, Ginny and Matt decide to look up their new home on a satellite image website. When they see what appears...

"A charming, thoroughly engrossing novel that's the next best thing to being there." --People Magazine Hopewell Cottage Little Lost Island, Maine. Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island. Springwater, blueberries, sea glass. August. So reads an ad on Lottie Wilkes' and Rose...

Winner of the Nadia Christensen Prize for translation from the American-Scandinavian Foundation In a masterful blend of fiction and autobiography, a Norwegian novelist sends her character to the far north to learn what she can about their Sami ancestryInspired by Helene Uri's own journey...

An unforgettable novel that brings to life a new mother's worst fears. Tony is worried. His wife, Anna, isn't coping with their newborn. Anna had wanted a child so badly and, when Jack was born, they were both so happy. They'd come home from...

Justin feels like he isn't the only one with a point to prove, knowing that his brother was the best England Manager for years, if ever, and it is a waste of his talents to not be managing a team. Being one of those...

With his background of management training, along with the success he was a part of at the last World Cup as Team Advisor, it is natural that Aiden Lewis should be the next England Manager. The football crazy nation knows it; however, Aiden isn't...

Discover a novelist that Neil Gaiman describes as 'an astonishingly smart writer'. When a chance meeting with a stranger leads to an offer of a room in exchange for telling her stories, Molly jumps at the chance. Slowly she builds a new, eccentric family...

All four books in Daniel Maldonado's 'Chambers Lane' series, now available in one volume!From The Streets of Chambers Lane: The first novel in the series follows the Mendoza family as they each face different challenges after the unexpected loss of their youngest son, Michael....

Spenser, a single young man with a bright future, lived a very routine, some would say, very dull life until that one certain day when his life appeared to be turned upside down due to circumstances that were far beyond his control. His Monday...

A missing child. A single witness.I am the girl on the platform.When new mother Bridget catches her train home from London, she witnesses something terrible: a young girl is taken from the platform, right before her eyes.No one knows where I am.But no one...