Fiction - Family Life - General

Claire always said she wanted to live big, but she isn't sure that planning three showers and a wedding, finding a house for her sister, opening the Gathering Lambs daycare, and keeping the Bible study going all at one time is what she meant....

It's the early nineties in southern Africa. Not far from Cape Town, a small chartered plane on its way to Namibia crashes unexpectedly. On board is a nun who is hiding an undocumented baby.Today, thirty years later, two people have very different reasons for...

What if you knew exactly when you'd meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate -- and then Grandpa Ray showed...

As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William. For the next several months, it's just Lucy, William, and their...

A heart-stirring novel about the joy that comes from finding love in unexpected places by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for...

The year is 1999, and thirteen-year-old Elliot is a self-appointed "diet coach" who teaches her classmates how to survive on one stick of gum a day to get heroin-chic, Kate Moss thin. Elliot is obsessed with her best friend and former "client" Lisa, who...

A spellbinding, spirited tale of two men exploring masculinity, race, and belonging in a desperate search to feel at home in their own skins. An enthralling nautical epic, River Meets the Sea traces the dual timelines of a white-passing Indigenous foster child in 1940s...

For fans of The Nightingale and Brooklyn comes an exquisite and unforgettable novel about friendship, love, and redemption in a circle of immigrants who flee Europe for 1930s-era New York City. "Carter's warm and beautiful prose brings us love, tragedy, mystery and hope in...

This is the story of the Bramble family--Margaret, Max, and Edie--three adult siblings careening through wildly different byways of adult life. Margaret, mother of three, is about to take her ailing father into the tumult and chaos of her already overcrowded home. Edie is...

A delightful, witty, passionate novel that follows its hero from the Depression era to the early twenty-first century--from a master of American letters and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.John Updike's twenty-first novel, a bildungsroman, follows Owen Mackenzie from his birth...

Growing up, all our animals were part of our family. Our cat was especially a big part of our lives. He was our protector, our lookout, our Massa, our alpha, our confidant, and our best friend. Our cat loved to show his support, care,...

Shoe on the Road is a collection of short stories examining the origins of deserted footwear. Inspired by real events, the stories deal with real-life issues-everything from drug abuse to poverty to physical and sexual abuse-that eventually lead to a shoe being abandoned in...

"In the world of people, one and one adds up to another one, the one of their relationship." The relationship dynamics of Myra Geller's family are complex, to say the least. Born to Orthodox Jewish immigrants and growing up in midcentury Montreal, Myra strives...

Knives Out and Ocean's 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit.One day a con man...

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century--a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane Austen and Adriana Trigiani.In...

Knives Out and Ocean's 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit.One day a con man...

After an accident brings businessman Eric Larson and eccentric Eunice Parker together, the unlikely pair spend more time with each other than they would like while facing challenges beyond what they imagined. As Eunice comes to accept her terminal illness, they both wrestle with...

The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND THE GUARDIAN Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more...

As seen on The Today Show! The Friends We Keep is the heartwarming and unforgettable New York Times bestselling novel from Jane Green, author of Sister Stardust and The Beach House. Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known one another since college. Their friendship was...

A captivating life situation thriller by Tod. E. Miles. A novel about love, pain, betrayal, beauty, and brain.Set at Enugu the heart of the Eastern part of Nigeria, brings its flamboyant country decoration of life and challenges of survival. An African epic that captured...

What do you think will happen when you are waiting in the rain without an umbrella especially when there is heavy wind? What would you do? A Wait in The Rain is a story of love, addiction, trial, faith, family, betrayal, deceit, and a...

Emric is going on a weekend getaway! He has been anxiously awaiting the boys' fishing trip. Even the long drive to the old fishing shack will prove to be entertaining as he hopes to see woodland animals. Who will catch the first fish? Who...

When Hector Hawthorne, a polite man in his mid-thirties, introduces his invisible friend, Barney the cow, to his family, they don't know what to make of it. When they begin to worry, Hector decides to see Dr. Toofargone, the town psychiatrist, but Hector's mother...

Welcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds. Aisling and Quinn O'Mara-Moran. Their prayers have been...

The Advocate, a must-read, is a fictional tale of Ryan Arenz, a retired middle-class widower. He volunteers for a program where he advocates for Wanda, a single mother living in poverty, and her young son Marshawn. Although out of his element, Ryan is tasked...

Ten years ago, I survived a serial killer. They called me the lucky one, but they don't know the truth I've been hiding ever since... Then: We danced together that night, our dresses glittering in the swirling lights. We couldn't have known that for...

From the Orange Prize-winning author of A Crime in the Neighborhood comes a riveting novel about a therapist whose attempts to unlock the most difficult cases of her life--those of her son, and of her mother--reveal that the bigger the secret you're concealing, the...

The Starlight Hotel-Casino is the story of a troubled family business doomed to fail and the stressful dynamics among its members and key employees during the collapse. It describes the inner workings of the casino business and the demise of Reno as a major...

For eighteen years, she tried to believe she had made the right decision--for him. But if she never saw him again, how could she ever be sure? Melissa had clung to the thin thread of hope given by the adoption agency that someday her...

Jack Landower is a 44-year-old accountant and math wiz who is stuck in a rut, with a dead-end job and a stagnant marriage. Plans for a low-key vasectomy weekend in Las Vegas are turned upside down when he wins free entry into the largest...

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer's affinity for books extends beyond the...

What does the future hold for those born in the years of the Dragon, Tiger, and Goat?Author: E. M. TranISBN-10: 1638085420ISBN-13: 9781638085423Publisher: Platinum Spotlight SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2022Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 8.81h x 5.85w x 1.32dLarge Print

"In this poignant story, Kimberly Young explores one woman's struggle to come to terms with a childhood trauma that threatens to cripple her just when her family needs her the most. In the Event of Death will challenge the way you think about death,...

Readers of Mad Honey will adore this clever, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from an award-winning author. When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown - and all the ghosts he left...

From the bestselling author of 600 Hours of Edward comes the story of two small-town characters whose fates are inextricably linked.Hugo Hunter, a would-be boxing champion, is thirty-seven, soft around the middle, and broke--his glory days long gone. Raised by his beloved grandmother, he...

"Everyone has two sides, and you only know the person as they are in your presence. Outside your presence, it's only to your imagination." Janus is a thrilling ride of the unknown and a lot of missing pieces to a mysterious puzzle about Tebow...

Two women's decision to save a child during WWII will have powerful reverberations over the years. Chiara Ravello is about to flee occupied Rome when she locks eyes with a woman being herded on to a truck with her family. Claiming the woman's son,...

When Roxy Burke left home for Nashville, she swore she wouldn't come back until she was a star. But it's desperation that drives this prodigal back to her family, and no one is prepared for what happens next.Roxy has crashed and burned. She's squandered...

You wake up every morning and expect your day to be like every other day. You don't wake up knowing this day will be different. There is no sense of dread. In a heartbeat it changes and your life crumbles around you. Kit Bennett...

"Graceland is a sparkling, warm-hearted, witty debut. I so enjoyed joining these three generations of women on their action-packed road trip to Memphis!" --Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling authorHope Robinson can't seem to please anyone lately, especially not her mother, the flamboyant...

Don't miss this gripping novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author! A loving marriage... Golden couple Annie and David Crayce have it all. A perfect marriage, three beautiful children and a thriving family business. Life couldn't be better. Until the unthinkable happens... A long-buried...

Maria decided that she was going to sing, but her voice stopped her from singing well. She asked for 1 wish, the question is will her wish be granted?Author: David G. EvansISBN-10: 8844046342ISBN-13: 9798844046346Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

Family.A beautiful, devoted wife, a loyal son, and a billionaire status lifestyle.It's more than any one man deserves.And that's exactly why the enemy within is set to destroy it all.The Devereauxs are not a religious clan, but soon they will learn that love, forgiveness,...

Coy the Coconut Tree is an adventurous book for ages 5-8 years old.Coy's intention is to do big things, grow up quick and rule the world.But with his parents' knowledge, he realized that he had a lot more to learn.Its cultural, inspiring, and exciting!Author:...

Sometimes we want something different from our everyday lives. We get bored and may even take our blessings for granted. It's okay to try new things and to go on new adventures. Just remember though, that if things don't work out exactly the way...

Melisa was a fearless 7-year-old until one day when she was not. Her family, neighbors and friends couldn't understand the change in her. They made every effort to comfort her and make her feel safe and know that she is loved. Melisa was comforted...

A heartfelt novel about self-discovery, grief, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to start over.Rose Zadeh pleases everyone, except herself. Memories of her late Iranian-immigrant father, who valued hard work and family, keep Rose in a dead-end job as a Silicon Valley copywriter, and tethered to...

A heartfelt novel about self-discovery, grief, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to start over.Rose Zadeh pleases everyone, except herself. Memories of her late Iranian-immigrant father, who valued hard work and family, keep Rose in a dead-end job as a Silicon Valley copywriter, and tethered to...

The story of Isaiah's Farm is told in a series of letters from someone writing under a nom de plume to a newly discovered friend. In these letters, the writer reveals how Isaiah Wilson inherited a farm with a most agreeable neighbor, Claire. The...