Fiction - Family Life - General

When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents' fiftieth anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother's perennial garden.Eva-known to all as Lovey-grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by literary history and her mother's stunning...

, 'Move over Ferrante, there's a new Elena in town' Independent A gripping novel about family, loss and secrets, from the author of the Times bestselling sensation Can You Hear Me? The boy is almost eighteen and has a loving family. He's polite and...

Drawing from everyday life in Mexico and abroad, these subtle, unsettling stories probe the boundaries between sanity and madness, life and death, safety and danger. The first story collection from prize-winning author Fabio Mor畸ito available in English, Mothers and Dogs features fifteen tales that...

The powerful, award-winning novel of World War II, which Publishers Weekly called "a small classic, deeply touching and true." In the spring of 1946, ex-corporal Sam Richardson returns home from the "forgotten war" in Burma to his hometown of Wigton in Cumbria, England, to...

In richly lyrical prose, this coming-of-age novel tells the story of aspiring artist Sonya Hudson, who yearns to break free from psychological distress and celebrate her place in the world.Author: Jessica JoppISBN-10: 1597099295ISBN-13: 9781597099295Publisher: Red Hen PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2023Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.90h x...

From The Brighter the Light author Mary Ellen Taylor comes an uplifting tale of hope and love between a mother and daughter as they learn that life is a masterpiece in the making.When artist Dani Manchester learns she's slowly losing her vision, she becomes...

Gabrielle Levy's The Insomniac Society is the international phenomenon for those having sleepless night's everywhere . . . Five people. One thing in common: none of them can sleep. Claire, who sits awake beside a snoring husband and a little boy who is not...

From the National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Alice McDermott, The Ninth Hour is the critically acclaimed "haunting and vivid portrait of an Irish Catholic clan in early twentieth century America" (The Associated Press).One of Time Magazine's Top Ten Novels of the...

An ordinary life--its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion--lived by an ordinary, but unforgettable woman: This is the subject of Someone, Alice McDermott's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel. We first glimpse Marie Commeford as a child:...

Pulitzer Prize finalist At Weddings and Wakes is "a brilliant, highly complex, extraordinary piece of fiction" (Chicago Tribune)Lucy Dailey leaves suburbia twice a week with her three children in tow, returning to the Brooklyn home where she grew up, and where her stepmother and...

"Dazzling...Who You Might Be is a brilliant, splintery coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures the nervous thrum of adolescence and the unnerving fragility of adulthood. Gallagher is so acutely attuned to the lies (and secrets) we tell (and keep from) ourselves and others. It puts...

Named a Best Book of 2022 by NPR and The Chicago TribuneFrom Alison Espach, author of the New York Times Editors' Choice novel The Adults, comes a dazzlingly unconventional love story for readers of Ask Again, Yes and Tell the Wolves I'm Home. For...

"Anyone who's ever wanted to turn the page on their old life or felt the whispered promise of a new dream, and a fresh start will fall in love with Pamela Kelley's charming new novel." --New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews TWO...

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn's first novel in a new series since the meteoric launch of Chet and Bernie--introducing the irresistible and unforgettable Mrs. Plansky, in a story perfect for book clubs and commercial fiction readers. Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent...

BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2023: The Boston Globe, Deep South Magazine, Ms. Magazine, BookRiot; TOP 20 BOOKS OF 2023: BookBrowse "Brilliant, absorbing, and powerfully moving." --Cheryl Strayed, New York Times bestselling author of Wild "[A] gripping and tenderly executed drama." --The New York Times...

Milena Michiko Flasar's Mr Katō Plays Family is an eccentric second-lease-on-life novel for fans of A Man Called Ove and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Mr Katō--a curmudgeon and recent retiree--finds his only solace during his daily walks, where he wonders how his life...

WINNER OF THE WISCONSIN WRITERS: EDNA FERBER FICTION BOOK AWARD!In her debut novel, Carol Dunbar draws from her own lived experiences, vividly describing the wonder and harshness of life off the grid. Told over the course of a year, The Net Beneath Us is...

For decades, the Campbell women have reunited at the family's rambling seaside cottage known as Beech House to celebrate life's many occasions. But this year, they will be called back to Martha's Vineyard for a celebration of a different sort: their beloved matriarch Cora...

In Can't Look Away, Carola Lovering "delivers another winner...a propulsive page-turner about young love and second chances. You won't be able to put this down." --Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me "Fans of Gillian Flynn...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by NPR"This weird, lovely and sweetly satisfying novel [is] engaging and accessible...Clover's emergence from a shuttered life is moving enough to elicit tears, and Brammer's take on death and grieving is profound enough to feel genuinely instructional." --The...

Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is "My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center's signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the...

Author: Sheila O'FlanaganISBN-10: 0755329961ISBN-13: 9780755329960Publisher: HeadlineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2006Pages: 608Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.60d

There is an old saying An elephant never forgets. NK Hatendi's short fiction stories are inspired by her African childhood memories and didactic tales based on multicultural and migrant experiences. Some are light-hearted and celebratory, while others are weightier and include psychological traumas, ageism...

The latest installment in the charming and congenial 44 Scotland Street series finds all our favorite residents of Scotland's most celebrated address up to their usual hilarious hijinks. It's the most anticipated event of the decade--Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding--and everyone is invited!...

Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from the Bachelorette star and author of Miss Me with That. Maya Johnson lives her life according to The Plan: to become the youngest-ever female director of her company,...

Entertainment Weekly Best Debut Novels 2017 A wildly entertaining debut about a Brooklyn Heights wife and mother who has embezzled a small fortune from her children's private school and makes a run for it, leaving behind her trust fund poet husband, his maybe-secret lover,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together "If...

An exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for survival and a future in a world ravaged by environmental disaster - "Not Alone kept me breathless with tension... [A] gripping adventure story." --Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling...

An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel--perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian...

Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award In this "dangerously hilarious" novel (Los Angeles Times), a trans woman reenters life on the outside after more than twenty years in a men's prison, over one consequential Fourth of July weekend--from the author of the PEN/Faulkner Award...

Author: Geetanjali ShreeISBN-10: 0063299402ISBN-13: 9780063299405Publisher: HarperviaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2023Pages: 624Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.44w x 1.56dAward: Man Booker International Prize - WinnerReview Citation(s): Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 26Publishers Weekly 11/28/2022Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022BookPage 01/01/2023

"In this final installment in the acclaimed Black girls must die exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby -- but will she find the happy ending she's always wanted?"--Author: Jayne AllenISBN-10: 0063296640ISBN-13: 9780063296640Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2023Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.30h...

Growing up in the 1990s, a young girl escapes her abusive parents-and the "ranch" they ran for "bad" girls--and becomes an advocate for teen runaways in this harrowing and heartfelt novel for fans of Joanna Goodman and Lisa Wingate.While other adolescent girls are listening...

"In this final installment in the acclaimed Black girls must die exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby -- but will she find the happy ending she's always wanted?"--Author: Jayne AllenISBN-10: 0063137941ISBN-13: 9780063137943Publisher: Harper PerennialLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2023Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize:...

"Exquisite." --Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Brilliantly observed." -- People, Pick of the Week"A beguiling novel, deceptively easy to read; beneath the surface swim disturbing and age-old questions about freedom and fate." -- Hilary MantelFrom the bestselling author of Late in the Day and The...

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;...

Coming of Rage and six other short stories reflect the human spirit and learning how to rise up and meet adversity. To stand face-to-face with it, then overcome. These are tales of young and old, tragic and strong, broken but still standing. When a...

This book is about a young man's coming of age while going through four years of high school. It is autobiographical, but not an autobiography. It also has allusions to the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, and some references to Catcher in the Rye....

The dictionary says that fear is an emotion excited by threatening evil or impending pain accompanied by a desire to avoid or escape it, apprehension or dread. The pastor and his family in this story lived in a state of fear for many months...

The Visitor is the third and final chapter in the Cobble Bay saga. It is a story about love and compassion.Abby Sampson lives a life filled with happiness. She has two grown children. She is loved by a man who holds her happiness above...

These are stories that my grandfather, 'Grumps' told me when I went to visit him on Saturdays.He he'd led an active and interesting life, this meant that there was always a story to tell. He enjoyed relating these tales as much as I enjoyed...

How far would you go for love?It's the 1990s, and on the tropical island of Haiti, a teenage girl is about to give birth. The pregnancy was unplanned, unwanted. She feels that her hopes for a career are completely unrealistic. Political upheaval, poverty and...

All it takes is the right book to turn a book hater into a book lover ...That was Elliott's belief and the reason why he started the Book Haters' Book Club--a newsletter of reading recommendations for the self-proclaimed nonreader.As the beloved co-owner of Over...

"Man is only what he believeth, a brother of darkness or a child of light." (Emerald Tablet of Thoth) An evolving immortal bloodline has now become something the supernatural world fears. Many in their world want their destruction, unwilling to execute the threat themselves...

This is another Helen A. Bemis double-header, two novels in one book: UNDERSTANDING OPAL, OLIVIA'S GREAT DANE, and UNDERSTANDING LUCKY, KATIE'S CELEBRITY POODLE/SHEPHERD MUTT. Opal's story starts with a bang, as gunshots ring out at the Riverview Animal Shelter. Trouble was sure to follow....

In 1905, eighteen-year-old Eliza Melling's artistic drive is overshadowed only by her thirst for the forbidden. She wants her appetites quenched-both creatively and physically-but her lust for freedom rules them all.Newly arrived in America, Deacon Claudio De Fiore had set aside the natural man...

Everything Nelly and Hugo had in life was earned through hard work, tenacity, and a whole lot of guts. A happy, young woman, loved by her family and community, Nelly is suddenly ostracized when she comes down with a serious disease that leaves her...

We were all at the party. Which of us wanted her dead? As the smoke from the bonfire spirals into the night sky and the cool drinks slip down our throats, none of us can take our eyes off Lacey. She dances in the...

I gave them my baby... but can I trust them? Giving away my child is the hardest decision I have ever had to make. But when I move into the Thorpes' stunning home so they can support me through the pregnancy, it seems like...

Bluebells bob in the salty sea wind and the cottage gate swings open to reveal the inky-blue cove. It's exactly how Kitty always pictured it... except in her head, she wasn't standing here alone. Kitty Roberts spends her days searching for the perfect home...