Fiction - Family Life - General

New contemporary fiction shines a brutal light on the toxic chemical use by the gas drilling industry that exacts a heavy toll on all life forms. Brindle 24 tells the raw story of a nuclear family who live in intimate harmony with the land,...

From the bestselling author of the hit Netflix series Virgin River! They lived for summers at the family lake house until an accident changed everything. That was then...For the Hempsteads, two sisters who married two brothers and had three daughters each, summers were idyllic....

A sensual new Victorian romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Irish Duke. When Lady Harriet Hamilton and Viscount Thomas meet, Thomas finds her outspoken, and yet, quite a beauty. But Thomas is committed to restoring the family holdings, not chasing...

A young pollster named Jack Gance becomes a savvy Washington political insider and eventually a U.S. senator - but not without paying the usual dues, which turns out to be a dirty business. Gance wastes his love on married women, but ultimately learns who...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: - The New York Edition of the novel, accompanied by Michael Gorra's introduction and explanatory footnotes. - Background and contextual materials centering on James as a writer, The Portrait of a Lady in revision, and reviews of the novel...

Vietnam veteran Dominick Candiotti has been long estranged from his family. His late parents were close to the ruling mob clan in Youngstown, his sister was a bad-tempered and dissatisfied nag, and his middle brother was a corruptible police lieutenant. But in 1985, their...

A love story told against the background of a Scotish-Irish family through three generations in a Virginia village.Author: Ellen GlasgowISBN-10: 0156934760ISBN-13: 9780156934763Publisher: Mariner BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/1967Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.56w x 1.14d

At the age of seventeen, Lucille Odom finds herself in the middle of an unexpected domestic crisis. As she helps guide her family through its discontent, Lucille discovers in herself a woman rich in wisdom, rich in humor, and rich in love.Author: Josephine HumphreysISBN-10:...

An international bestseller and publishing phenomenon, Every House Needs a Balcony--dubbed the "Israeli Kite Runner" by The Bookseller--is the story of one family, one home, and the surprising arc of one woman's life, from the poverty of her youth, to the glowing love and...

The five members of the Truants -- Richie, John, Brian, Jerry and Tim -- graduated from toney Chase Academy in New Hampshire 30 years ago. Before they left, they managed to record an album called "Out of Site." Nearing the age of 50, they...

Wendy Wooldridge has a perfectly lovely ordinary life but as birthdays take her ever nearer to the 'big 6-0' she wants something more. An on-line course promises to help Wendy find her 'essential adventurous self'.With encouragement from her course guru Melody Skyhorse, Wendy takes...

Our Awesome Puzzles Activity Book For Clever Kids provides hours of fun-filled activities! It is one of the best ways to educate kids, but at the same time entertain them. Your children will have the opportunity to practice fundamental skills like reading, counting, and...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916) is a novel by Vicente Blasco Ib瘻ez. Published at the height of his career as a popular Spanish author, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was adapted into a 1921 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and later...

Should a mother hide the truth from her son, for his own good? When her husband Jack has a freak training accident, Laura Harper is launched into the world of horses and in no time at all, the successful accountant is mesmerized by a...

A one-night fling won't change anything, right?After suffering a terrible loss, fighter pilot Zane North walks away from his military career and returns home to start a new life-one he's determined to control. Instead, he's confronted by his sister-in-law's unpredictable best friend, the one...

IN AN EPIC CLASH BETWEEN SALVATION AND SIN, WHICH MAN BROUGHT THEIR BETTER ANGEL?"Mr. Kelly brilliantly shares his creative talent in "Thursdays In The Grotto" where you will discover the meaning of life and love and loss through the character of Aiden Huff." (Lawrence...

Connie stared out at the quiet Cornish sea as the hazy early morning light bathed the horizon in a beautiful golden glow. She inhaled the salty, cleansing ocean air, looked down at the handwritten note and wiped away the lone tear that had started...

Cleverly written. Powerful, shocking, totally believable. 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bestselling author Sheryl Brown.The perfect daughter...Jess Harper has spent her whole life trying to make her mum, Abigail happy and proud. And everything Jess does, from the clothes she wears, the job she has, the men she...

When Cleo Henderson divorces with a small son to support, she seeks a job as a healthcare worker. She is assigned to Zackary Hughes, an elderly white supremacist. Zachary is a complaining, gravelly voiced curmudgeon who requested a white woman; he is taken aback...

"The show must go on" takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone...

"The show must go on" takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone...

Bob, a native of Chicago, thinks he'll find a simpler life when he leaves the city for small-town Kentucky. Situations both humorous and poignant prove him wrong. He rents a room from Steve and Lou, who see him as a potential son-in-law even if...

Author: Loretta CobbISBN-10: 1604891661ISBN-13: 9781604891669Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West AlLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2016Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d

A family full of secrets...and one girl who must survive.Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan's mother, Bernadette, is an agoraphobic hoarder, and her father Harry seems to have no past. Struggling every day, Alison seeks the help of a school counsellor.When an old homeless man is found...

Young Ephraim Goldman is the author of a perennial bestseller. A celebrated academic lion, he hobnobs with the movers and shakers of his era, such as Einstein, Berenson and Bertrand Russell.Ephraim's son Bernard is a young writer, desperate to make his own reputation in...

After cutting all ties, leaving her home in Turtle Key and moving to Boston 17 years ago because of her sister and boyfriend's betrayal, Sienna gets a phone call that they both had a fatal accident. Sienna has to travel back to the Keys...

When grandpa steps up as the father figure, the world becomes brighter for this little boyAuthor: Diana VilchesISBN-10: 8451642896ISBN-13: 9798451642894Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/08/2021Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.07d

They can't trust him with their shoes, but they can trust him with their hearts. Since Nick Marshall's wife died, he's been struggling to keep a lid on his PTSD and raise his stepdaughter Chloe and her younger half-sister, Abby. He's always run a...

When all has been lost, we find ourselves...Out of the ashes of destruction, a new world has arisen. The plagues of the past-the worship of greed and pursuit of power-are gone. Now, the communities that remain in this post-apocalyptic world focus on creating connections,...

It has been some time since Emily was officially adopted into the loving family of Monica and Jake. The whole family loves Emily very much and treats her really well. Everything goes well until one day Monica announces that Emily will be going to...

A New Hope: A New NightmareNothing is as it seems in New Hope, Indiana-the land of curly-haired designer dogs, bunco nights, and impeccably manicured lawns. Where the good kids from good families live. Except... it has a dark side. Wanting the good life for...

Author: William BisbingISBN-10: 1636924441ISBN-13: 9781636924441Publisher: Newman SpringsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2021Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

A seventeen-year-old academic prodigy from a small village in central Java, Lestari wants nothing more than to become a modern, self-determined woman. But she swims against powerful currents. Raised by her father, the revered guardian of an active volcano, she joins the many offerings...

Passage of No Return is based on the author's own story, cleverly written as a piece of fiction. After her mother's death, Maria Velizanos finds a box of old photos that evoke vivid memories of people and events in her past, giving the reader...

After the death of his twin brother, Catholic priest Rupert Brown gains guardianship of his fifteen-year-old niece, Neti.Burdened with grief and questioning his faith, Rupert tries to recreate a family home for Neti, made more difficult by the sudden return of her mother after...

A Dying Wish...What would you do if your best friend's last wish was to help him escape from a hospice so he could "take care of a few things?"The initial dilemma for Dennis Sullivan is not the anger he will incur from Jack Nagle's...

Laine is an independent middle-aged woman, at least she is until she loses her job and must sell her deceased father's vintage Corvette online to raise funds. She travels cross-country to deliver the car, and during this journey, she meets people who influence her...

A generous and intimate novel from American literature's premier chronicler of middle-class angst in the new South. In Elroy Nights, Frederick Barthelme does a fresh turn on territory he's made his own over the last two decades: a middle-class America studded with characters maybe...

Peggy Lighterman vows she will never be like her father. His was a life blighted by alcohol addiction and an untimely demise. Hers is one of placid fulfilment in the urban sprawl of South East London. But Peggy's life is turned upside down by...

This fun little book introduces children to the activity of mudlarking. A craft mostly done in the United Kingdom is now making its way all around the world. Children not only get to go outside and experience nature and fresh air, they also get...

Elizabeth and Her German Garden, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book...

Description: Our planet, our future. It is important to remember this from childhood. Coloring book by drawing develops the child and teaches in these important topics Specifications: Cover Finish: Matte Paperback notebook with soft cover Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages Pages: 70Author: Patty...

Kim, born and raised in the dilapidated Joy City; a forgotten town where doing dirt was inevitable. As a teenager, she was believed to be the one that would make it out of the city; be something, be someone, go far and matter to...

Fanny Herself (1917) is a novel by Edna Ferber. Inspired by her experience as a young Jewish woman from the Midwest, Fanny Herself is the story of a young woman who recognizes the unhappiness in her life and decides to risk it all for...

13 year old Simon is determined not to accept his mother's new partner Philip and his future stepsister, 11 year old Lissie. His new life on Philip's farm in the North of England is very different from his previous life in London, and he...

An Athlete. A Therapist. A Murder. A Medal.Siana Singh can run fast; she is just slow in discovering where she belongs, wedged between her traditional Punjabi family and her western beliefs. She clashes with her father on everything from ripped pants to life goals...

Welcome to your life. It's probably not what you expected it to be. About to turn thirty years old, Guy Bradford finds himself trapped in his dead-end job at the Gas and Go on the outskirts of Richmond, Illinois. Stuck caring for his perpetually...

He survived Andersonville . . . and then his trials really began.Solomon Ramsdell brought the love of his life to his new farm in pioneer Michigan, then the Civil War threatened all they were building together. He heeded the call to the Union army,...

After having spent her whole life in the dusty, dull town of Cattles Creek, Cherry Daily is ready to pack her bags and head to Sydney to partake in the prestigious pageant, Miss Chevrolet Pin-Up.Together with her childhood best friend, Andy, she travels through...

The war is over but the fight for freedom has only just begun. Berlin. August 1961. The Cold War. When the Berlin Wall brutally divides East from West, Sabine is separated from her beloved brother, Dieter. Escape to the West is the only option...