Fiction - Family Life - General

USA TODAY BESTSELLER - "Searing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner."--People "Both heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her mother's secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages."--Martha Hall...

Carter, a boy like many other children has two parents who love him tremendously. So much so that they provide him with Two Loving Homes! We are given a glimpse of Carter's family at mommy's house and daddy's house and all the activities he...

Nikki Grey's idea of living dangerously is not wearing a seatbelt, yet calamity always seems to find her.Friends Who Move Couches is a laugh-out-loud yet insightful story about life, friendship, quieting your inner critic, and surviving rejection.Married to a workaholic, mothering three rebellious kids,...

Strong novel of young girl and her catholic Irish family growing up in the Midwest 1960s when John F. Kennedy was running for president.Author: Suzanne KellyISBN-10: 1933964758ISBN-13: 9781933964751Publisher: Bottom Dog PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2013Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d

My Home is Far Away is the most precisely autobiographical of Powell's fifteen novels. In this family chronicle set in early twentieth century Ohio, young Marcia Willard' s family struggles to keep up with the rapidly changing times, and Marcia endures disillusionment, cruelty, and...

When Michael Mewshaw receives a call from a stranger who says she has reason to believe he is her biological father, Mewshaw realizes he has been half dreading, half hoping for this to happen for over 30 years. Just like the young woman who...

Author: C馗ile David-WeillISBN-10: 1590515730ISBN-13: 9781590515730Publisher: Other Press (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 02/26/2013Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.21h x 5.65w x 1.06dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 12/03/2012 pg. 52Library Journal 01/01/2013 pg. 80

Myrtle Reed was a well known American writer and poet during the late 19th century, and many of her works are still widely read today.Author: Myrtle ReedISBN-10: 1546980911ISBN-13: 9781546980919Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2017Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.32d

The critically acclaimed author of American Nerd makes his fiction debut with this romantic tragicomedy about a teenage boy and girl who discover his dad is having an affair with her mom. For readers of Chad Harbach and Jennifer Egan, and fans of filmmakers...

From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. "The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung's book sits next to my all-time favorite...

Gavin and Kylie Kangaroo live in Springville and enjoy jogging, golfing, and having fun! However, Kylie's pouch is empty and this makes her very sad. Hop on this heartfelt journey with the hopping happy couple as their prayers are answered through adoption. This brightly...

From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)--a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted...

A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New York Times best-selling author of Friends and Strangers "A stunning achievement, and J. Courtney Sullivan's best book yet. Sullivan weaves a narrative that's fascinating and thought-provoking....

Recently widowed Rodger de Jonge is losing his bond with his daughters. He's a man of the African bush, and coping with 'girlie feelings' was always Helene's department, not his. When an orphaned baby elephant is found, Rodger sees an opportunity that might help...

Click: buy... a French chateau. Condition: 'may require improvement'...It seemed like a good idea. Selling everything we own. Just Mark and I, swapping our tiny little terraced London home - and the heartbreak of not being able to start a family - for an...

Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake.Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection--obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family--and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven difficult years of trying...

An Appalachian granny woman. A daughter on a crusade. A granddaughter caught between the two.Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers....

Mama Don't Like Ugly takes readers on a journey of Dana Calhoun's life growing up in Nautica, Louisiana. Her mama finds her dark skin repulsive, so she abuses and neglects her. Also, she constantly compares Dana to her light-skinned sister. Regardless of Dana's unconditional...

What is the impact of a single life? Journey with Brooke Anna as she discovers her calling and the purpose for her life. Discover with Brooke the plans God has for each and every life-the value of every created being. Share with her the...

Pascal Mercier's Night Train to Lisbon mesmerized readers around the world, and went on to become an international bestseller, establishing Mercier as a breakthrough European literary talent. Now, in Lea, he returns with a tender, impassioned, and unforgettable story of a father's love and...

By the author of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels, Love, Stars, and All That is Kirin Narayan's unforgettable novel. For Gita, a shy Indian graduate student at Berkeley, life is a complex whirl of new friends, culture shock, creative survival on a graduate stipend, and,...

John Dufresne takes us to Requiem, Massachusetts, where Johnny's mom is driving in the breakdown lane once again. Dad is down South somewhere living his secret life. And little sister Audrey, when she's not walking her cat Deluxe in a baby stroller, spends her...

I knew I was in Paris, I knew that was the Seine beneath me, the sky above, but when I looked around for help, the grand apartment buildings of the Quai Voltaire stared back at me, indifferent. Alicia Drake, author of the critically acclaimed...

When Bonnie runs away from home she leaves her mother Grace and sister Rita heartbroken. Each of their lives are in turmoil but their love for each other will see them through the most troubled of times. Worthing, 1947 Widowed Grace Roberts comes home...

Follow Max, The Grumpy Rhino, on a transformative journey from grumpiness to happiness. Delve into the magic of friendship and the joy in everyday moments as Max navigates a day at school. This heartwarming tale unfolds with smiles, the warmth of friendship, and the...

With deadpan humor and a keen eye for the strangeness of our days, Negative Space follows a week in the life of an English teacher at a New York private school. At home, her two children, increasingly restless, ask constant questions about mortality and...

It's business as usual for Tavish McCaskill, a Canadian bookseller living in Geneva, until a strange customer comes to his shop with an even stranger book: an old Kabbalistic manuscript by a legendary rabbi that's supposedly been kept secret for five hundred years. At...

From the bestselling author of Daughter of the Reich, an historical drama set in London about a bookshop involved in an espionage network."An utterly atmospheric and completely compelling read!" --Julia Kelly, international bestselling author of The Lost English GirlTwo courageous women. One astonishing secret....

Cynical divorce attorney Lori Cumberland lives by one motto: Love is grand, but divorce is a hundred grand. With one failed marriage under her own personal belt, Lori had fallen hard and early -- and it isn't something she plans on repeating. She's content...

Rachel Knight was only seven when she decided to do her bit for the environment and plant her holiday spruce trees, instead of discarding them when Christmas was over.Much to her delight, her uncle dedicated an unused field on his farm for the trees,...

A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant's complex relationships with his mother and his motherland In this groundbreaking novel, Santiago Jose Sanchez plunges us into the heart of one boy's life. His mother takes...

Imagine for a moment, your husband leaves you. Then through a bizarre twist of events, you find yourself working with the girl he's left you for - and even worse, she's pregnant...Louisa's not really up to any more complicated relationships. Right now, she doesn't...

The brand new novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! The Old Ducks are back and they are naughtier than ever'I've loved all of Maddie Please's books but this is my favourite so far - superb characters and a warm, wonderful story. Bravo!'...

Author: Max PorterISBN-10: 1665249978ISBN-13: 9781665249973Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbs

From acclaimed poet and memoirist Jonathan Wells comes a raucous and aching New York novel about family derangement, Boomer laments and youthful revolt, rock and roll, and the sacrifices we make for what we love. Benjamin and Dita Stern are seasoned New Yorkers whose...

From the author of Something to Live For, a poignant and funny story about a man whose wife disappeared seven years ago and his journey to find her or find out what happened, interwoven with the story of their relationship, revealing how sometimes the...

*Named a Best Book of Spring 2024 by Oprah Daily and a Most Anticipated Book by The Millions and PureWow* A tender, slyly comical, and shamelessly honest debut novel following a Japanese widow raising her son between worlds with the help of her Jewish...

"The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world."-Rebecca West "A fairy tale in reverse." -The Sunday Times Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady is regarded as one...

A poetry professor stumbles into fame and fortune as an anonymous online Scrabble(R) poet. Miranda lives a quiet life among books and letters as a poetry professor in a small upstate town. When two snap decisions turn up the volume on her life, she...

When an innocent child is thrust into a world she knows nothing about but must fight to survive not only physically but mentally and emotionally.Author: T. B. LewisISBN-10: 1723265314ISBN-13: 9781723265310Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2018Pages: 122Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

Covering the eighty-plus years of the life of Minnie O'Brien, who is bound to take her place alongside James Joyce's Molly Bloom, The Banyan Tree is a rich saga of rural Ireland in the twentieth century. In distinctly layered prose that has been compared...

Our Mutual Friend, written in the years 1864-65, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money,...

WHEN a little girl is six and a little boy is six, they like pretty much the same things and enjoy pretty much the same games. She wears an apron, and he a jacket and trousers, but they are both equally fond of running...

Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers...Gilly O'Connell's nightmares aren't just bad dreams; they're glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband's murder, she...

From the award-winning author of A Watershed Year comes a heartrending story of unlikely bonds made under dire straits. Holly is a young widow with two kids living in a ramshackle house in the same small town where she grew up wealthy. Now barely...

In this "heartfelt chamber piece of flawed personalities, calamitous decisions, and unexpected moments of grace" (The New York Times Book Review), two suburban families are hopelessly entangled during an explosive Thanksgiving weekend that changes their lives forever. When Benjamin's wife kicks him out of...

A FASHION DYNASTY AT WAR William Melville's daughters are heiresses to the world's most exclusive fashion dynasty. Beautiful and rich, they are envied by all. But behind the glittering fa ade of their lives, each girl hides a dark secret that threatens to tear...

The Sheriff's Children is a novel written by Charles W. Chesnutt. The story is set in the late 19th century in a small town in North Carolina. The main character of the novel is a young African American girl named Rena Walden. Rena is...

From the author of Whispers from the Heart, a New York Book Festival award-winning novel and of Call it Kismet, an Incipere award-winning novel, comes Summer's Wisdom, book 1 in the Camden Lake Tales series. She was left on the steps of church at...

"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband;...