Fiction - Family Life - General

This book is my most memorable reflection of my survival from repeated failed relationships and my near-death experiences that strengthened me to help me find one of my purposes for living through the unconditional love of God, my family, my few friends and ultimately...

Will an ex-wife and a spoiled teenager ruin any chance of happiness for Breanna and Calvin?Breanna Murphy has been planning her wedding for years so when her fiancé runs off with a hula dancer, she is forced to realize her destination wedding is nothing...

Audrey has a lot on her mind.In some ways, she's just like any other West Coast kid growing up in the late 1960s, preoccupied with riding bikes, the new restaurant with the golden arches, and the most effective way to set up a slip...

Summer Blowout is a USA TODAY bestseller!"As intoxicating as a seat at the top of the Ferris wheel. Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer."-Elin Hilderbrand"Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it. Summer Blowout...

An emotional family saga spanning almost a century, The Right Thing follows the sometimes loving, sometimes stormy relationships between Helen and her two daughters, Kibby Jane and Roberta Jo. Helen's story begins in 1934 in rural Washington state and ends with her memorial service...

Six years ago, Gwynn Forest's husband Richard committed suicide. After that, she struggled to keep things together, emotionally, mentally, and financially. Then three fortuitous things happened: she sold the family construction company; she inherited a seaside cottage from an elderly English great-aunt whom she...

Whatever happens beyond "I do" is up to us . . .Facing the choppy waters of marriage, infidelity, and the vows that bind us, a sea of choices stretches out before a couple on the brink. For Dr. Angela Styles-Franklin and her husband Sean,...

Peregrine Island is the recipient of the following 10 literary awards: 2017 Winner of the New York City Big Book Award for Mystery 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist in General Fiction for Fiction, for Literary, and for Mystery & Suspense 2017 Winner of the...

Kat Davies is suddenly wondering if her good deed was a bad idea.Kat may be new in her faith, but she's embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited Rochelle--a homeless mother--and her son to move in the apartment she...

In the tradition of Olive Kitteridge and The Woman Upstairs, this "deeply human and morally saturated novel" (Library Journal, starred review) explores how a terrible crime changed one woman's life forever.Lida Stearl prides herself on always do the right thing--it has served her well...

There is nothing like a near death experience to bring life back into focus. Josh Eyre, a surgeon and family man, was having an off year. He had always been a big fan of Christmas but this year he was just not feeling the...

Tzippy Goldman was born for marriage. She and her mother had always assumed she'd graduate high school, be set up with the right boy, and have a beautiful wedding with white lace and pareve vanilla cream frosting. But at twenty-two, Tzippy's fast approaching spinsterhood....

USA Today bestselling author Brooke O'Brien delivers a sizzling enemies to lovers romance where a snarky brunette has it out and falls in love with her high school bully turned stepbrother.Brix Ward is a Grade A prick.⠀⠀He's arrogant, spoiled, and self-centered. As the lead...

From the authors of Paper Planes and the Seaside Point series comes a new standalone contemporary romance about single parents.At nineteen, Willa Hawthorne had ambitions, a determination in her heart, and plans for the future. All of which vanished the moment she saw two...

Three words written in a planner. And with those three words lives were forever changed and a love forged ... Lost in Love This is a story of love and how the cruel hand of deceit and chance can play a role in one's...

"Great for fans of: Julia Kelly's The Light Over London, Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife." Book Life Reviews"Rife with charming characters, a gorgeous mountain setting, and meticulous research..." -IndieReader"Personal drama and historical tidbits combine nicely for a quick and entertaining read." -Kirkus"With themes...

"An absolutely fantastic debut novel."--Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called OveA deeply atmospheric debut novel about three young people testing the boundaries of intimacy that is being hailed as "the love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited."When Hugo takes a room in...

With the Czarist empire in turmoil, a young Mennonite couple in what is now Ukraine adopts a Russian baby. Over the next years their lives twist, alter, and face very unexpected challenges. Amalia and Isaak Albrecht's new family is not at all what they...

The highly acclaimed author of Accidentally Engaged delivers a delightful rom-com of one woman trying to shed her perfect image at a destination wedding with hilarious--and moving--results, perfect for fans of Abby Jimenez and Jasmine Guillory. Jana Suleiman has never really fit in--everyone always...

The happy lives of the Bunnyngton bunnies and their pet Big Jessica.Author: Tyvaughn NelsonISBN-10: 8388519557ISBN-13: 9798388519559Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2023Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d

From No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friends and facing your fears.Thirty-three-year-old Ruth Henderson and her daughter Maggie have some hard choices to make. Following the tragic death of Maggie's father, they are left with a mountain of debt...

'Ahhh I absolutely loved this book!... Made me laugh, warmed my heart... Fabulous.' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A bundle of mysterious letters. A trip to Venice. A journey she'll never forget. When Luna loses her beloved mother, she's bereft: her mother was her only family,...

The Adventures of Sally Bang charts an unruly anti-heroine's coming of age, and a ghost writer's need to possess her. At sixteen there's insight and beauty that never come again, and within every adult is a wish to get it back. What is gained...

From the author of The Saints of Swallow Hill, an evocative, morally complex novel set in rural 19th century North Carolina, as one woman fights to keep her family united, her farm running, and her convictions whole during the most devastating and divisive period...

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help--even if they don't know it yet "Ma's iteration of the young...

The Taylor sisters spent every summer at their family's lake house, but as they grew up, they also grew apart. Now, in honor of their late mother's wishes, they reunite on Evening Island, each hoping to find the best part of themselves they'd left...

When the Anderson sisters reunite for one last summer at their family's cottage, a link to the past makes them rethink their futures...and their plans for the house that once felt like home.Lisa Anderson always thought that one day, she'd pass the family's lake...

Sean pulls me to him, and we both laugh happily, as we stroll home from our favourite wine bar. It's our first evening out since our baby girl was born. I've only thought about Kitty a couple of times, wondering if she's settled without...

Swimming to Jerusalem is the story of Bram Goodman; his family, friends, colleagues, and demons.Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Israel and moved to Brooklyn as a teenager. When he flunks out of college, Bram returns to Israel in an effort to...

In Quakertown, Lee Martin travels back in time to 1920s Texas to tell the story of a flourishing black community that was segregated from its white brethren-and of the remarkable gardener who was asked to do the unimaginable. Based on the true story of...

Freedman demonstrates a keen understanding of relationships. --Publishers Weekly In the riveting follow-up to her acclaimed debut novel, Colette Freedman explores the aftermath of infidelity from three different perspectives--husband, wife, and mistress. The end of an affair may be only the beginning. . ....

Anna has always been a risk-taker and a free spirit, but now she is raising a young daughter on her own and she has to play it safe. Her twenty-something neighbor with the slow, easy smile is in no way part of Anna's plans....

Can a former fidelity inspector tear herself away from her old calling for the sake of the perfect guy, or is the temptation to conduct love under cover just too strong? Jennifer Hunter never saw herself as the relationship type. After all, she'd spent...

She loves the land. Mattie Evans grew up in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Although her family has lost their ranch, she still calls this land home. A skilled young veterinarian, she struggles to gain the confidence of the local ranchers. Fortunately, her best...

As she struggles to move from antagonism to common ground with Miss Xenobia Kezee, her sick, elderly, cantankerous mother-in-law, Paula Johnson confronts her own mother's death and her husband's detachment from the emotional life of his family.Author: David HaynesISBN-10: 0156004089ISBN-13: 9780156004084Publisher: Mariner BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Bob and Brigit, a Canadian couple, have managed to screw up their previously successful lives when a wild investment in GoldRush, a mining company, lands the family in deep debt. Brigit is a heroine through it all, we might say a heroine-martyr. The debt...

Named a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and PeopleNamed a Best Book of the Year by: Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * New Yorker * Chicago Public Library * NPR * Oprah Daily * Philadelphia EnquirerA taut, groundbreaking, and highly...

In this radiant homage to the resiliency, strength, and power of women, Wally Lamb--author of numerous New York Times bestselling novels including She's Come Undone, I Know This Much is True, and We Are Water--weaves an evocative, deeply affecting tapestry of one Baby Boomer's...

"A truly excellent novel. . . . The morbidly fascinating little twists of human existence are all here: love, sex, life and death, beauty and horror--the works." -- Chicago Sun-TimesIn The Book of Jamaica, Russell Banks explores the complexities of political life in the...

In this Novel, our hero, Arthur, a regular church goer and a married father of two children, leaves his native Wales, UK, for a two years assignment with a charitable foundation on the Island of Mindanao, the Philippines. Exposed to a more permissive society...

'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour If you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing novels!' (ITV's This Morning presenter Sharon Marshall) 'In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice' My...

"Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" has been widely banned and censored since its first publication in 1749, and was only made legal to sell in Great Britain and the United States in 1963. Despite this suppression, the novel has survived the...

Laura Wilson is back in Blueberry Beach, dealing with a mysterious illness that has depleted her energy and left her listless and unable to enjoy life.She's working part time in her grandfather's shop when a mysterious stranger rents the small apartment above theirs. He's...

SIT ON MY LAP is a collection of modern real life teachings of a mother to her Daughter (in law) and Son. Such wisdom are common phenomenon in African culture as it's a duty of older women to teach younger girls and women how...

Caught Between Heaven and HellTwenty-two year old Zhara Walinski finds herself caught between the hell of her current six-year relationship with Damien Mcknight and the heaven promised by her new crush, John Huntsman. Where does a young woman go when Hell kicks you out...

It is the summer of 1982, just before the fall. The political campaign ad of It's Morning in America has not yet aired, but the present era of cultural hedonism has already dawned. Against this backdrop, Edward Bennett is the All-American son of a...

"The old, established community, with its folk code, its superstitions, its prejudices, imaginations, etc., in direct opposition to the new or modern world of reality and progress, can hardly survive. A man from this community sells his body to some fairly modern doctors, and...

Eleven-year-old Raine Hunter's family moves from the town of Blackheart Bay, Nova Scotia to Desolation Creek in the Australian Outback, where her father will begin pastoring a small church. But not long after they begin their new lives, a tragedy befalls the family. Devastated,...

When Rekiya and Zaynunah met as teenagers, neither had any inkling this would be the start of a lifelong friendship. That the bond they formed as friends would see them through the best and worst times... Rekiya & Z explores the themes of Time...

Anna Belle Lee had been wandering in the land of lost, bored and lonely widowhood for two years...unable to sleep or focus. She had not had a 'cry-free' day since Mac's death. His clothes still hung in the closet. She sprayed their room with...