Fiction - Family Life - General

Set in fictional Fort Angus, Maine, Show Me Good Land tells the story of a small rural town struggling with poverty and decay after decades of prosperity. Loosely linked through a grisly murder, its characters must navigate the ambiguous moral landscape of a waning...

Her acclaimed debut, The Song Reader, won her praise as a "brilliant new literary talent" (The Albuquerque Tribune). Now, Lisa Tucker returns with a starkly lyrical novel of page-turning intensity and rare emotional power. Patty Taylor can handle anything. So what if the guys...

"Where'd You Go, Bernadette? meets Eat, Pray, Love." --The SkimmThree beautiful French sisters entrust an American hiker with the mission of rescuing their mother high in the Alps. But what if she doesn't want to be found? Recently fired from his high-power finance job...

"In this spellbinding novel, Meye presents a woman who emerges from the battlefield of domestic violence completely bloodied but unbowed. The hauntingly disturbing story keeps readers on the edge, until the brutalized victim, through sheer force of resilience and unshakable faith in her personal...

Author: VariousISBN-10: 0140246991ISBN-13: 9780140246995Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/1980Pages: 576Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.88h x 5.12w x 1.02d

Larry Ahearne's death in Afghanistan has had a traumatic effect on his friends and family back in Painter's Springs. His best friend Alaric Morgan-who witnessed Larry's last moments-suffers from PTSD-induced mutism, which has forced him to leave the army; only his young niece Isabella...

It's the Holiday Season on a Saturday morning, and I-55 is as busy as ever. One distracted driver, on his way north to see his mother through her dying process, manages to deeply offend another driver who has nothing left to lose. A man...

The importance of baseball in the author's life is evident in his short story "The Legacy of the Diamond." I park the Dodge station wagon in front of Graceland Cemetery, where Chicago history is carved into large granite tombstones. Famous names adorn these structures:...

In 2009, at the tender age of 51, I was thrust into a new phase of my life, "Papa Hood". Now I'm a singer - songwriter, a rock n roll kind of guy and there was no way that I was going to be...

Humans have the inherent need to belong. Young Joshua, a four-year-old boy, is set to be moved to his second foster family home. He has lived with Nanny and Pops for most of his early years and only visited is biological family for minimal...

THE Madam is reaching out to press the bell next to her bed.She doesn't know who will answer the bell, or if it will be answered at all. If the bell is answered she will know it is not a Thursday. If the bell...

The importance of baseball in the author's life is evident in his short story "The Legacy of the Diamond." I park the Dodge station wagon in front of Graceland Cemetery, where Chicago history is carved into large granite tombstones. Famous names adorn these structures:...

A daughter examines her complicated relationship with a charismatic, narcissistic mother who now lives with alcohol-related dementia. When Cassie Wolfe brings her mother, Nina, to the Albuquerque Presbyterian Hospital to be detoxed, the doctors ask her to write a profile of the patient. But...

In 1924, at Brooklyn's Kings County Hospital, Ruby del Palacio delivers a blue baby weeks early. The baby girl dies for want of oxygen. Within a year, Ruby delivers another baby girl named Alice.Gradually realizing that her sole role in the del Palacio household...

"...another irreverent, complex lawman." --Library JournalFollow Buddy Steel on his most difficult and dangerous investigation yet as he stumbles upon corruption in his own backyard. When San Remo County Acting Sheriff Buddy Steel is deputized by the California Coastal Commission to investigate a reclusive...

A mother and daughter in Appalachia unpack the traumas of the past in a powerful and reflective novel about family, healing, and moving on by the author of A Woman in Time.Jenny Caudill grows up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in a...

At dawn, Cass slips quietly out the front door of the Blue House, not meaning to upend the lives of those she leaves behind. Cass, a gifted but emotionally unstable mathematician, and her sister Sylvia, an artist, have never agreed on motherhood, on marriage,...

From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years and through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own. The...

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION AT THE 2023 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humor Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie,...

Alice never imagined she would end up like this, so anxious after hearing about the dangers of meteorites that she makes her children wear bike helmets in the wading pool. Her husband, David, has taught their four-year-old to list every animal represented in Prokofiev's...

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...

Our band's stunning, untouched new assistant was completely off-limits. But that didn't stop me.A car crash. A fake story at the hospital. She warned me when I dragged her from the nightmare that was her life that she could very well destroy mine. I...

He Wasn't Supposed to Want Her. She Wasn't Supposed to Love Him. When Heart and Loyalty Collide, Rules Don't Apply.Brotherhood. Family. Club.They live and die by their own rules.These are the men of the Royal Bastards and they'll ride through Hell for each other.Hollywood...

As a parent we want to plant little seeds of wisdom in our children's life that will hopefully one day flourish and bloom along with them as they enter adulthood. I have often heard them referred to well known facts. I decided that it...

When I first sat face to face with the reality of looking out for my soul mate by browsing through an App that supposedly connected families I was completely against the concept. I honestly did not even know how to go about with the...

Maryann D'Agincourt's stunning novel in sketches follows Jocelyn from childhood to middle age, starting at the moment in her youth when she first hears the name of the mysterious Canadian painter, Alex Martaine, whispered by her parents. Each of them--Jocelyn, her art-loving mother, and...

Look out Here comes Miss Poly Loly and she means Magic Sure to be favorites on the early readers book shelves.Short sweet picture book with an important message, real family situations, and funny wordplay make the Poly Loly story books an ideal choice for...

Young children live moment to moment, only vaguely aware of how protected they are by the adults around them. In this story, when Maudie is compelled by curiosity and longing for friendship to break the rules, she gets a glimpse of the protective world...

Most people who visit coastal Maine see only the stark and rugged beauty of the pine groves and rocky beaches. But for those that live and work there, it's very different. The Cove tells the tale of a family, deeply rooted in Maine, and...

Stunning flash fiction by a seasoned writer. The stories deal with human relationships and with a sense of living and meaning today.Author: Robert MiltnerISBN-10: 1933964960ISBN-13: 9781933964966Publisher: Bottom Dog PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2014Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.29d

Julie is a woman who marries to discover that marriage does not bring her the happiness she long dreamt of. Her extramarital relationships end up in failure. More, childbearing did not comfort her in the absence of love and satisfaction. This novel is an...

Philomena meets The Orphan Train in this suspenseful, provocative novel filled with love, secrets, and deceit--the story of a young unwed mother who is forcibly separated from her daughter at birth and the lengths to which they go to find each other.In 1950s Quebec,...

With The Wild Geese is a novel written by Emily Lawless and published in 1902. The story is set in Ireland during the late 17th century and follows the life of a young woman named Honor Lacy. Honor is the daughter of an Irish...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

In Blue Stars, Emily Gray Tedrowe has written an extraordinary novel about ordinary people, a graceful and gritty portrayal of what it's like for the women whose husbands and sons are deployed in Iraq. Blue Stars brings to life the realities of the modern...

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 behind. Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Bryan Washington, and Jonathan Tropper will adore this outrageously funny, deeply...

A deeply satisfying and uplifting story of one woman's journey from heartbreak to triumph by #1 New York Times bestselling storyteller Fern Michaels. Now in trade paperback for the first time! Tessa Jamison couldn't have imagined anything worse than losing her beloved twin girls...

In 1985, the shooting of Mr. Marfeo disrupts the quiet suburban neighborhood of Maple Bay and prompts thirteen-year-old Zinnia Zompa to reorganize everything she knows about her parents-- their preoccupations, obsessions, and above all, their battles with each other. As her understanding of the...

From the author who taught you to expect the unexpected--an intriguing tale about famlies, fiction, and what to do when life veers wildly off script. It begins when a smug college student challenges a best-selling novelist to write something "more personal." It begins when...

'Oh my, what a wonderfully sublime book; my heart soared.' 'Rarely has a book held my heart in it's hands the way If You Love Me I'm Yours has. An incredibly uplifting romantic story that has had me laughing and crying over and over...

Your boyfriend is cheating on youYou will be passed over for the promotion5-8-12-24-39-43Your soulmate is a royal princeAnd your time is up a week from MondayWhen Lilah Goodluck saves the life of Good Witch Willow as they're crossing a busy LA street, the last...

Set in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel about a lifelong friendship threatened by culture wars, from the New York Times bestselling author.In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal...

This heartwarming series offers a fast-paced read about a close-knit pair of hearing impaired, canine sisters who can teach us humans a thing or two about resiliency, generosity, sacrifice, forgiveness, sibling rivalries and unconditional love. The Adventures of Hope and Abby takes you from...

Everything she is. Everything he's not... Recovering from his time in Afghanistan, Wes Stone prefers the company of his dogs and himself. People, especially of the female variety, are...difficult. He appreciates that Cara Pruitt doesn't treat him like an invalid, but hiring the party...

Can a Greek escape be the start of something special?Xanthe Fox has it all: a famous, drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend, a dream career and bright future - until heartbreak sends her life into a tailspin.So when Xanthe's Greek godmother unexpectedly leaves her a villa on...

Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hope, healing, and unexpected friendship set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Frankie O'Neill and Anne Ryan would seem to have nothing in common. Frankie...

**THE TODAY SHOW READ WITH JENNA DECEMBER 2023 PICK** Inspired by a little-known piece of history--the underground group that kept an archive to ensure that the lives of Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II were not lost to history--this is...

1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel returns with an irresistible novel about a woman whose seemingly perfect life comes crashing down--and learns to find joy in rising above.Darcy Gray is a successful influencer with her blog, The Gray Zone, trusted by more...

A cautionary tale for a world in which social media has shattered the boundaries of intimacy.The first time that Mélanie met Clara, she was stunned by Clara's sense of authority, and for her part, Clara was struck by Mélanie's pink, glittery nails, which shimmered...

When Navy Seabee Al Dante returns to Boston in 1945 after serving in World War II, his homecoming is not what he nor his wife imagined. Although he survived the bombing of his destroyer in the South Pacific, his injuries left him with shattered...