Fiction - Family Life - General

Author: Judi CulbertsonISBN-10: 0062365177ISBN-13: 9780062365170Publisher: Witness ImpulseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2016Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d

A brilliant new work that returns Richard Ford to the hallowed territory that sealed his reputation as an American master: the world of Frank Bascombe, and the landscape of his celebrated novels The Sportswriter, the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner winning Independence Day, and The...

The co-host of ESPN's Mike and Mike follows up his New York Times bestseller All You Could Ask For with this poignant story of one man's search to understand himself, his marriage, and his father.Jonathan Sweetwater has been blessed with money, a fulfilling career,...

"Gritty and suspenseful, Chosen draws us into the obstacle-strewn path of domestic adoption." --Juliette Fay, author of Shelter MeA young caseworker increasingly entangled in the lives of adoptive and birth parents faces life-altering choices when an extortion attempt goes horribly wrong in Chosen. Written...

It's the last place she wants to be. It's the only place left to go . . .'Hugely entertaining...an instantly engaging read, what you might get if you mixed Jojo Moyes with Marian Keyes' Sunday Independent'A fabulous read...you're immediately immersed' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author...

A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid, Duffy & Son is a quietly moving masterpiece from one of Ireland's most gifted comic writers.Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40.For decades now,...

'Simply superb.' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Excellent from beginning to end.' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A bone-chilling thriller.' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'WARNING: do not start reading this if you have things to do. It's a page-turner you won't be able to stop thinking about.' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐It started with...

On the evening of their wedding anniversary, Ali and Matthew are involved in a fatal car accident.Grief-stricken, Ali can't bring herself to believe that her beloved Matthew is gone...The smell of his aftershave lingers in their bedroom. His voice still rings out on their...

A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives--set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San FranciscoAt home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations....

A stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives--set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San FranciscoAt home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations....

Gina S. lives an orderly life, commuting to her secretarial job in Chicago, watching movies, or visiting her elderly neighbor, until a rainy weekend when unexpected events disrupt her routine. A blind date, a mysterious envelope, and a voicemail from Korea-each pushes Gina to...

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret and Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over."A touching novel charting two women's parallel lives, tied together by mysteries, transformation, and a cabin." -BookLife"Chrysteen Braun creates a masterpiece with smooth storytelling that juxtaposes the serenity of...

Love can heal...or devastate. Trouble is, the difference isn't clear until you're In Too Deep to escape...Ronan Doyle needs the truth. He can't let his family declare their missing father dead when there are still so many unanswered questions. He's sure the Cahills have...

West Virginia, 1937...It was not a place one could visit without an invitation. It wasn't what Harlan Fleming had planned. Yet, when he heard there would be no school if a teacher couldn't be found for this year, something about the place called out...

There isn't a day I don't think of you, my poor lost girl. I remember the sweet, milky smell of your skin, the shape of your lips. You were perfect, lying there in my arms, as tiny as a bird and just as weightless....

Two women fight to regain the hotel they created, taking it back from the hotel group who bought it...Ann and Rhonda are fed up with the way the new, majority owners are changing The Beach House Hotel from the small, elegant hotel they once...

True love can change the future-but it cannot fix the past.Twenty-two year old Olivia Benson has a secret-one she's never told anyone. Only it isn't her secret, not really. It's not even something she can make sense of. But with the passing of her...

In an intriguing and exciting story, Njavwa a young lady and also a school girl gets a lift from a stranger on her way to the boarding school. As fate has it, she falls in love with this stranger. In another twist of fate,...

Looking for a cute way to put the kids to bed? The best way is a bedtime story. A cute and short bedtime story, for kids 3 4 5 6 7 8 years old. Here's a good 5 minute bedtime story that will quietly...

Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona and is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he regards his privileged students with envy and disdain, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then, like all good criminals, graduating...

In the sweltering heat of a Montana July, the small town of Grandview readies for its annual Jamboree. The event is meant to celebrate community, but this year tensions boil over, threatening to tear the town, and a family, apart.Sam Kelvig, a third-generation resident,...

In which Anne Shirley of Green Gables and Avonlea plays some part, and which have to do with other personalities and events, including The Hurrying of Ludovic, Old Lady Lloyd, The Training of Felix, Little Joscelyn, The Winning of Lucinda, Old Man Shaw's Girl,...

Elise's time on Mackinac Island has only just begun.What started as a brief trek to the gorgeous Michigan island has forced Elise into a wild arena of family secrets, broken promises, and now--to her surprise--disaster.Wayne, the handsome stranger who works at the coffee shop...

A life beyond redemption. No, wait. That's wrong. Everyone can be redeemed. Right?Alejandro needed to feel safe, needed to prove to himself he was worth more than trash left at the side of the road. He did things we didn't like, things he believed...

Deep South. North Carolina. 1861. Lies, hate, biases, cruelty, deception, fraud, frustrations and murders abound as a slave family struggles to escape to freedom and a Jewish Lawyer and unhappily married white southern belle navigate a 200-member plantation. Old Grand Papa Pete determined to...

When the Little Wings Are Stronger is the coming of age story of a young girl from the southern Ozarks in Missouri during the period before and at the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II.Raised in post-depression times in a...

One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022 - BuzzFeed, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in PublishingA gay Latinx man reckons with his past when he returns home for his 20th high school class reunion in Varela's dazzling debut...an incandescent bildungsroman (Publisher's...

Tom Wilcher is a miserly lawyer, deeply at odds with the modern world. Approaching death, amidst a close-knit family that he both resents and loves, he reviews his life and times.Tom Wilcher, the hero of the second volume of Joyce Cary's First Trilogy, has...

Author: Holly ChamberlinISBN-10: 1432898531ISBN-13: 9781432898533Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2022Pages: 597Format: Library BindingWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.80dLarge Print

An instant classic, beloved New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Mary Monroe's debut novel The Upper Room introduced unforgettable, indomitable, and thrillingly scandalous heroine Mama Ruby. Now this beautifully repackaged edition will captivate readers old and new. Mama Ruby's known for taking things...

"Five Tuesdays in Winter moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this book." --Ann PatchettBy the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria comes a masterful new collection of short...

What if all you inherit from your mother are her secrets?Isla knows her family kept things from her. When she inherits the cliffside cottage where she spent her childhood, she must face dark shadows of her past--the mother who rejected her in favour of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER, JUNE 2021 'Annie Macmanus is a writer whose understanding and capturing of human nature comes as easily to her as breathing' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'A work of gilded melancholy that is going to take everyone by surprise' UNA MULLALLY...

Three women from three generations, three ages, three stages. Women at pivotal places in their lives. Pearl Hamilton will soon turn 80 and struggles with the restrictions her advanced years have brought. Pearl's daughter, Margaret Bell, has lost herself in motherhood and become buried...

With glue guns, glitter, twigs, or yarn, the ordinary can become extraordinary . . . especially at La Pachanga. Owned by Estrella "Star" Esteban's family, the restaurant has a rep for two things: good food and great art. La Pachanga brings people together-even when...

For two young girls in the 1960s, the family backyard is both playground and prison. Among the bushes and brambles, it offers places to hide from the rages of their war-scarred father, places that also become secret gardens of the imagination. Told over the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The darkly suspenseful tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives--all over the course of one meal. Now a major motion picture. "Chilling, nasty, smart, shocking, and unputdownable."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl It's...

Juliette is perfectly content with her quiet nights at home alone, especially when they include Chinese takeout and sappy RomComs.But her sisters think she's teetering on the brink of spinsterhood. So they've come up with an intervention plan: weekly blind dates until their Jules...

Dreamhouse is the story of marital conflict, family tragedy, and mystery, interwoven with a tale of friendship among a group of women navigating the dawn of the women's liberation movement. Part family drama, part recent history, McConnell traces one women's journey from her role...

In this deeply stirring novel, acclaimed author Cristina Garc a follows one extraordinary family through four generations, from China to Cuba to America. Wonderfully evocative of time and place, rendered in the lyrical prose that is Garc a's hallmark, Monkey Hunting is an emotionally...

Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank.Leslie Anne Greene Carter is...

Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, The Road to Bittersweet is a beautifully written, evocative account of a young woman reckoning not just with the unforgiving landscape, but with the rocky emotional terrain that leads from innocence to wisdom. For fourteen-year-old Wallis Ann...

"It's so hard to believe that this is a debut novel! It's an historic novel. Talk about hitting me on so many good points." -John Busbee, The Culture Buzz, weekly on www.KFMG.org"Set against the harsh backdrop of Montana, You Belong Here Now is a...

"I loved this book. It's one of those books that you just want to give to everybody." --Nancy Pearl on NPR's Morning Edition "An astute, engaging debut" (Publishers Weekly), The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is a quirky and utterly charming tale of a...

[A] twisty, riveting ride. --People Magazine, People Pick A community's past sins rise to the surface in New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain's The Last House on the Street when two women, a generation apart, find themselves bound by tragedy and an unsolved,...

Small-town romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Ashley Farley Casey Hobbs has never met her father. She doesn't know his identity or where he lives or whether he has children. She's spent the past three years at her mother's sickbed, watching cancer eat...

Fall in love with The Simplicity of Cider, the charming new novel about a prickly but gifted cider-maker whose quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of a handsome man and his young son at her family's careworn orchard by the author of The...

A charming portrait of one man's dreams and schemes, by "the greatest Italian writer of the twentieth century" (Guardian). In this enchanting book of linked stories, Italo Calvino charts the disastrous schemes of an Italian peasant, an unskilled worker in a drab northern industrial...

"The children had learned, not from him and not from her, but because of him and because of her. They would make wiser decisions-indeed they already had that day-and they would lead more fulfilling and healthier lives for the experience."It was the children who...

In each of the twelve stories in Michael Daly's collection, he attempts to cunningly expose our human frailties and foibles with hopefully an expert mixture of humour and sadness at many of life's challenges.Retirement plans that don't quite work out, a husband whose wife...