Fiction - Family Life - General

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Eleanor H. PorterISBN-10: 1532889453ISBN-13: 9781532889455Publisher: Createspace Independent...

Harry Banks is a successful entrepreneur who adores his wife, Elizabeth, and sons, Preston and Drew. Every summer, he enjoys escaping the heat of Midhurst and heading with his family to their cabin in Haliburton, Ontario. But everything is about to change when they...

After teaching a summer session abroad in London, Charlie Ames is looking forward to having some downtime, flying back to California, and seeing her boyfriend, Sam. Before she leaves London, she's notified that her cousin and her cousin's husband have died in a plane...

"The Little Lady of the Big House" is a 1915 novel by American writer Jack London. His last novel ever published, the story revolves around a love triangle including the protagonist, Dick Forrest, his wife, Paula, and an old friend named Evan Graham. Unable...

Big city mailman Jess Thornton has transferred to the small city of Kachuda, Wisconsin in the picturesque driftless region of Wisconsin. In this, the second book in the series, Jess introduces you to his family, more of his fellow small town mailmen, and the...

When Emma Gibb was thirteen, there was no one more fascinating to her than her folk-healing, superstitious. Ukrainian baba. Fifteen years later, Emma tells her baba she is pregnant, and those superstitions she used to find so fascinating, come back to haunt her. On...

Love and Mr. Lewisham is an 1899 novel set in the 1880s by H. G. Wells. It was among his first outside the science fiction genre. Wells took considerable pains over the manuscript and said of it that "the writing was an altogether more...

The holidays are always hard--especially for families that still fight their ancient battles every Christmas. This year, Tom is determined not to let his parents ruin his trip to visit them both by spending all their time condemning each other. His parents, though, might...

Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing society's games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous marriage. Yet, torn between her desire for luxurious living and a...

t was one of those afternoons in late April which are as mild and balmy as any June day. The air was full of the chirps and twitters of nest-building birds, and of sweet indefinable odors from half-developed leaf-buds and cherry and pear blossoms....

Kevin was nine years old, and a very bright nine years at that, but for the life of him he could not understand why he was supposed to be Irish, and why his parents were supposed to be Irish, and the whole blooming district...

"My take on life is this: stand up for yourself, be courageous and loyal to those you love, and never pass up a chance to consume good human food. I want the world to know that I AM DACHSHUND-the guardian, the sentinel, the keeper...

From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them...Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars...

Lili and Goli have argued endlessly about where their mother, Bibijan, should live since the Iranian Revolution. They disagree about her finances too, which remain blocked as long as she insists on waiting for her son--still missing but not presumed dead yet--to return from...

#1 Amazon bestseller from award-winning author Aimee Alexander.An uplifting novel of love, tough choices and the triumph of the human heart.Jenny Dempsey has exchanged life in the fast lane for freelance journalism and being a mum. She doesn't look back. Why would she? A...

At the turn of the Twentieth Century a young girl, Millie, is caught between her mother's needs, her father's expectations, and a secret that she will need her entire life to recognize. The secret will motivate her towards her most profound yearning and her...

Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and must now reside with her maiden great aunts, the matriarchs of...

The setting is picturesque Lexington. A small, quiet, rural community in the upper Midwest, surrounded by a lake, a quaint church, two old lakeside bars and an old lively dance hall. It is the home of Betty, Edward, their families and friends. Where everyone...

The Golden Bowl, by Henry James, is a complex, intense study of marriage and adultery and completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career. The Golden Bowl explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective...

A young boy quickly finds out the gritty reality of what it means to grow up, which includes witnessing death, deferring dreams and evolving relationships. A charming picture is painted of a small Louisiana town and the characters that live there. Each character has...

This book teaches about coming together and sharing as a community family. The Monkey Bread Soup story demonstrates much love and unity. Love is a universal language, so share the love. Enjoy How this book came about, I was given an eight-week old dachshund...

Join us for another classic tale by legendary American novelist, Louisa May Alcott. This is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely, sick orphan, sent to live with her wealthy aunt in Boston. It is when her Uncle Alec takes over, with his unconventional...

Janelle Marshall's life is finally going according to plan. Her perfect, upscale career-and her perfect, successful boyfriend-will make her future as secure and predictable as her childhood never was. And with luck, Little Bill, the grandfather who raised her, will someday understand why she'd...

A little girl learns about the true meaning of Christmas in the most unusual way when she discovers an old purple box wrapped in a pink shiny ribbon nestled underneath the Christmas tree.Author: Mikhaella P. Gonzal, Zsamantha P. Gonzal, Angelito R. GonzalISBN-10: 1492216577ISBN-13: 9781492216575Publisher:...

In the early 2000s, Canada became among the top western destinations for desperate Sri Lankan Tamil civilians who fled death and destruction at the height of the civil war in their country. For many who came as refugees, the cost of freedom began to...

Sebastian is the story of a young man who, due to an unfortunate accident, has his leg amputated shortly before World War I. When his father is drafted to the war it falls to him to run the family grocery store in Vienna, to...

In this first novel in a series, David sees his father's ex world war 2 ex soldier macho behavior as being destructive and abusive. When his father gives up alcohol he sees that he could change himself too, and be a more sensitive man...

Author: Kathryn WalterISBN-10: 148368072XISBN-13: 9781483680729Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2013Pages: 118Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

After an evening tornado devastated their town of Vilonia, Arkansas, the Mabry family would face a different kind of storm when Margie learned of her husband's infidelity. Cliff Mabry, a small-town preacher resentful of his lot in life, finds solace in the arms of...

Lena can't seem to filter her thoughts. Whatever she thinks comes directly out of her mouth. After giving this problem serious thought, she concludes that she needs to have a 'thought filter.' When she accidentally lands a job at a TV station, she is...

A woman hears a voice guide her for almost seventy years. She survives abuse and tragedy. In the year 1988 she wants her story to be told. But the interviewer is a skeptic, convinced at first that she is just a mentally imbalanced harmless...

The Happy List is something we all have but have not taken the time to put together. You have your own Happy List and this short book will help you realize where your list begins. By the time you finish reading you will have...

Glory Goodman lives with her family, the Bairds, on Stinking Creek, in Northeastern Tennessee. The family, like many families who've lived in this Appalachian conclave for centuries, is tight-knit, and fiercely devoted to a life that features one another. Like her mother and her...

In Wafford Springs, Silence Speaks Loudest of All . . . The small town of Wafford Springs, Florida never really recovered from the scandal caused by selfish, beautiful Lil Stallings, who twisted men around her finger. Lil is gone, but she left heartbreak and...

In Wafford Springs, Silence Speaks Loudest of All . . . The small town of Wafford Springs, Florida never really recovered from the scandal caused by selfish, beautiful Lil Stallings, who twisted men around her finger. Lil is gone, but she left heartbreak and...

People get divorced, but that's what happens to other people. That's what Claire thought anyway, until her husband, Charlie, tells her he wants a divorce. Claire has no choice but to take on the title of Divorced Woman, and face the question she has...

Setting Fires is the gripping story of Annie Fishman Waldmas, a documentary filmmaker, wife, and mother of two young children, who uses her professional skills to unravel the shocking secrets behind the two fires that come to dominate and haunt her life. The novel...

Retired widower George Wyse is happily minding his own business, fishing the lakes of Mountain Home, Arkansas, when his world is turned upside down. At the hands of his manipulative daughter, Lorraine, George lands in a retirement home, hours away and without transportation. Baffled,...

This is a book about a woman who has been through the fire and the rain.she is currently loving and a beautiful wife.Author: Hope FergusonISBN-10: 146631351XISBN-13: 9781466313514Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2011Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.13d

Following the premature death of her husband in the later winter of 1963, Grace Irwin discovers that she no longer fits in to the world she knew. Always a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, the widow is unmoored by her loneliness, fearing the slightest...

Some kinds of love can only be endured. Richard Wilson, a professor of English literature, and his wife, Carol, are injured in a landslide that destroys their home and takes the life of their student boarder. Richard heals from the injuries caused by the...

Norma, a new work of fiction by writer Mark Zwolinski, asks you to enjoy a roller coaster like story about a kind, elderly woman, who saves a town from corruption and violence by surviving those very things herself. But the book also asks you...

Reflections of A Queen is in fact a memoir of A Modern African Woman. This book exudes the reflections of strength, quality and fortitude of a woman being ushered into the many different seasons of life. A Queen was her grandmother's and now mother's...

The witty and wise authors of The Nanny Diaries are back with an irresistible comedy about a forty-something wife and mother thrust back into the workforce, where she finds herself at the mercy of a #BossHalfHerAge. When Rory McGovern's actor husband, Blake, loses his...

This book contains Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novella, "The Corsican Brothers - A Novel". It is the tale of two brothers who, after being conjoined and separated when very young, are still able to sense the spine of the other. A moving story that has...

Author: Kimber AdamsISBN-10: 1441517987ISBN-13: 9781441517982Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2009Pages: 280Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

This electrifying novel features the Million Dollar characters fans have grown to love coming face-to-face with members of the Harris family, the unforgettable characters of Johnson's other bestselling series. It's his most dramatic--and passionate--installment yet. When Nate Kenny convinces Daphanie Coleman to sign over...

Baroness Orczy was a Hungarian who moved to London. She became a novelist, painter, and playwright. Orcy's book the Scarlet Pimpernel is her best-known work. The Scarlet Pimpernel is first in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel; leader of a band of titled Englishmen...

Author: Viola ShipmanISBN-10: 1432864610ISBN-13: 9781432864613Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/29/2019Pages: 545Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.10dLarge Print

ONE CRAK, TWO BAM is inspired by the friendships of the women who play American Mah Jongg. You don't have to know how to play this ancient game to learn how the game of Mah Jongg can bring support, caring and friendship to everyone...