Fiction - Family Life - General

"This is a perfect book."--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Not That Bad From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love...

Kat is in a place of disconnect. She is twenty-eight years old, overweight, unhappy and afraid to take the necessary steps to free herself from an abusive marriage. Her self-confidence and zest for life have been stripped away. To help embolden Kat, her mother...

A charming small town series, now the basis for The Hallmark Channel's A KISMET CHRISTMAS. "Lori Wilde has created a rich and wonderful story about the charm of small town life combined with the power and passion of first love. Delicious!"--New York Times Bestselling...

Man and Wife (1870) is a novel by Wilkie Collins. Written at the height of Collins' career, Man and Wife displays the author's the trademark sense of mystery and psychological unease that made him a household name around the world. Recognized as an important...

Abby, better known by her mother as "Honey," has been performing the delicate balancing act between keeping her dementia-ridden mother living independently or moving her into a memory care facility. As the disease slowly steals more of Mom, Abby realizes the constant care of...

An exhilarating novel about one American family, the dark moment that shatters their suburban paradise, and the wild legacy of trauma and inheritance, from the New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble "Were we gangsters? No. But did we know how...

We are living in an age where technology has taken over to the point we can do everything with our phones talking on the phone, responding to a text, and even replying to an email. But sometimes, it would be amazing to sit down...

It's on trend nowadays to boldly state that you are going to become a Vegetarian. Well that was the easy part. So what's next, or might the question be 'What's for dinner?" This book will help you get on track. -LandraAuthor: Landra L. MuhammadISBN-10:...

In this "luminous" (The New York Times) historical novel--perfect for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Flamethrowers--a Swedish glassmaker and a fiercely independent Australian journalist are thrown together amidst the turmoil of the 1960s and the dawning of a new...

You will enjoy this interactive children's book for families with young children from pre-k to preteens. It is a very relevant title topic in an age where we find it challenging to keep our kids satisfied. We struggle to keep our kids grateful for...

Aus dem Buch: "Es geschah um diese Zeit, da der Verein zur Hebung des Fremdenverkehrs auf das segensreiche Wirken Perlefters aufmerksam wurde und infolgedessen beschlo , ihn zum Ehrenmitglied zu ernennen. Ein Ehrenmitglied hat, wie Ihnen bekannt sein d rfte, keine Verpflichtungen, aber viele...

This is the story of a family, a very extended and decidedly non-nuclear family with multiple explosive secrets. Family members interact with powerful governmental, financial, and religious forces at a time of seismic cultural shifts in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The...

From renowned playwright Jackie Alexander comes a captivating, masterfully told coming-of-age novel of a young man struggling through his haunting past to discover and save himself. Stigmatized at birth due to his interracial parentage and reared in a household poisoned by domestic abuse, Kevin...

Raised by a widower and a pack of uncles, Michelle Calloway has known only one way of life, that of the Lean Dogs MC, London chapter. When circumstances force her to flee to America, she fears her days of working alongside the club are...

In her haunting debut novel, Flight, Ginger Strand creates an unforgettable portrait of a midwestern family navigating an indelibly changed world. Will Gruen loves to fly. As a Michigan farm boy, he longed to clear a furrow through sky, not land. Since then, he...

Habits of the Heart is a moral adventure based on a real family's saga. A story within a story, it opens in the chaotic days of 1967 when Jim, a sophomore in college confused by the times, finds a respite from the storm at...

When Brid Harcus is sent to the Orkney Islands, in the far reaches of Scotland, she has high hopes for her trip being short, straightforward and lucrative.Her mother has inherited a cottage from her Great Aunt Jennet which has been unlived in and unloved...

Experience life in Grant County, Indiana through the eyes of the Bogue family in this poignant family saga. Delve into their struggles, triumphs, and heartaches as they navigate the challenges of life in the early 20th century American Midwest.This work has been selected by...

All the passengers plus the copilot had zipped off the delayed plane, with their luggage bouncing behind them, when Kylie, the flight attendant, and Landon, the pilot, heard a whimpering cry that drew them to seat 21D, where a tiny, blue-eyed, golden-curled girl huddled,...

A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow."The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today's...

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, exploring the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police.Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views,...

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve.Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life...

"Kilt Trip left me with an incredible book hangover and lots of internet searches for plane tickets to Scotland." --Sarah Adler, author of Mrs. Nash's Ashes Addie Macrae has always followed her wanderlust. As a travel consultant, she jet-sets around the globe, which means...

When the Silence Breaks, Even the Fading Embers of Life can Ignite a Roaring Flame - Discover an Unlikely Hero's Journey to Redemption.Dive into the captivating pages of Silence of Summer, a soul-stirring drama that unearths the extraordinary potential in the ordinary chapters of...

THE ENTIRE MACLEOD CLAN is haunted by secrets-and young Roger "Bud" MacLeod doesn't realize he carries the biggest secret of all. Growing up poor in Depression-era South Georgia is hard enough, but Bud is also cursed with a stutter and a birthmark that disfigures...

Black Cake meets Death at a Funeral in this heartwarming and hilarious novel about three generations of a Nigerian Canadian family grappling with their matriarch's sudden passing while their auntie insists that her sister is coming back--from an author with a "razor-sharp, smart, and...

A chilling and unforgettable story of a close-knit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust...

"A riveting and exhilarating novel about making art and selling out...Senna is one of this country's most thrilling writers." -Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind A brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial- identity-industrial complex from...

Two farmers. One market. Let the battle begin. Mia Pruitt and Dell Wainwright both have their reasons for needing to succeed at the Millertwon Farmer's Market. Mia's found herself after an adolescence of social anxiety, and she's ready to prove to herself and everyone...

When Forward sent me the manuscript of this collection of his poetry, he had this to say in the cover note of his email: "I started writing poetry for fun when I was at Makumbi Secondary School (Chinamhora) and continued so into my adult...

Skye knows it's now or never. It's time for her to reveal herself to the father she's never met.So she hops on a plane from Dublin to the English seaside town of Borteen.But between the father she's just getting to know and her worried...

When their hard-drinking, but loving, father dies in a car accident, teenage brothers Kyle and Klint Hayes face a bleak prospect: leaving their Pennsylvania hometown for an uncertain life in Arizona with the mother who ran out on them years ago. But in a...

New York Times bestselling author Mary McNear introduces us to Butternut Lake and the unforgettable people who call it homeIt's summer, and Allie Beckett has returned to her family's cabin beside tranquil Butternut Lake, where as a teenager she spent so many carefree days....

A moving story of the power of love and the miracles of life--chock full of Southern wit, sass, and charm Grace is an intelligent, (struggling-to-be) independent 31-year-old single woman living (in sin ) with the man she'd marry if they both weren't so commitment...

An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Life didn't turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she's been gone,...

A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 - Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing*Recommended by The New York Times* In...

An irresistible and sweeping love story that follows two Portuguese refugees who flee religious violence and reignite their budding romance in Civil-War America."Vaz's work is gorgeous at every level--singing sentences and pull-you-in plot. She is the real thing, an American treasure." --Tayari Jones, New...

From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change--or even make our peace with--the path we've taken. Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather's military footsteps to...

Janet Wilson, an Ex-Military Police officer of the Canadian Armed Forces with remarkable martial arts training, now a Grade 7 teacher, is an independent woman who teams up with RCMP officer, Corporal Peter Duchesne, to work on an anti-drug program for the school.At the...

Tragic events cause Keatyn Rae Griffin to leave home and become bitter. Over the years, she's managed to push almost everyone out of her life. Everyone, including God.A turn of events causes Keatyn to travel home to Pensacola Beach. Home to the place where...

She never wanted to be Queen.She never attempted to start an uprising.She never asked to be raised in a society with no knowledge of present-day conveniences. Dionna is faced with decisions forced on her by the actions of others. She suspects the wicked Katz...

A grandmother spends a rainy-day rocking as she recalls her life and days gone by.She smiles and cries along with the rain as she remembers the good and bad.Rocking Ages is a story of remembrance which children can enjoy and to which most older...

With an increasing multitude of Greeks stomping around metropolitan New York, the author noticed many of them seemed to be employed as corporals of the service industry-park attendants, apartment painters, supermarket clerks, and, especially, dishwashers, waitresses, and short-order cooks. This circumstance led him to...

Moving from the Great Lakes to the jazz bars of Detroit and Chicago, Of Song and Water is a tale of singlehanded sailors and jazz musicians, of working-class dreams blighted by family duty, personal betrayals, and the untold violence between fathers and sons. The...

Humor and heart collide when two fake dates accidentally ruin a wedding and must play matchmaker to fix it, perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Tessa Bailey.Author: Livy HartISBN-10: 1649376510ISBN-13: 9781649376510Publisher: Entangled: AmaraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2024Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00dReview...

Guy Sutter Jr. thought he knew his parents. But as he flips through a seemingly innocuous Rolodex discovered among his late father's effects, he finds that the yellowing, typewritten cards recount moments of play, odd joy, sexual awakening, jealousy, and fear that comprise both...

A warm-hearted and gripping story of community, secrets and the family we choose that will captivate fans of Lucy Diamond, Cathy Bramley and Jessica Redland.As young women, Lise and Emma had the kind of friendship people dream about. While Lise's own family was distant...

In a world at war, can a husband and father bring his family together again?-Separated from his family and forced to become a Nazi soldier, Aldous Schneider endures horrors under Hitler's rule for the sake of his wife and children, whose fates are unknown....

From the author of Outside the Limelight-named a Kirkus Best Book of 2017-comes a story about parenting, the performing arts, surviving high school and fighting back, in this gripping finale to the Ballet Theatre Chronicles.Katrina Devries, having navigated the cutthroat world of professional ballet...

Woman With An Issue Of Blood follows the lives of April Dixon-Power and Rosemary Lawrence who have gone through extraordinary tragedies and despair in their lives. These are their stories of hope and God's love and redemption.Author: Shalonda Grey DavisISBN-10: 8569326483ISBN-13: 9798569326488Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage:...