Fiction - Family Life - General

Author: Michael Mohammed AhmadISBN-10: 0733651666ISBN-13: 9780733651663Publisher: Hachette AustraliaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2026Pages: 336Format: Paperback

"The Forsyte Saga, Volume I: The Man of Property" introduces readers to the captivating world of the Forsyte family, a Victorian upper-middle-class clan grappling with the complexities of love, ownership, and societal expectations. Authored by John Galsworthy, this literary classic weaves a rich narrative...

Inspired by true events, The Sieve: A Resolution of Misdeeds follows Momo Serafini, a first-generation Italian-American whose identity was shaped within the walls of his family's Roxbury tavern, Columbo's. It was a refuge in Boston's shadows where saints and sinners came together over Nonna...

Author: Jude DeverauxISBN-10: 1472211391ISBN-13: 9781472211392Publisher: HeadlineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2014Pages: 466Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.16d

A Cape Cod summer of love, laughter, and second chances in the town that always finds its way back to kindness.Welcome back to Cranberry Harbor, where the tides of summer bring change, challenge, and a whole lot of heart. Summer time in Cranberry Harbor...

Author: Kaushik MitraISBN-10: 0143478230ISBN-13: 9780143478232Publisher: India Penguin EnterpriseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2025Pages: 272Format: Paperback

Amid 1860s Europe, where manufacturing workers live in poverty and master's rule, Margaret Hale decides to marry the man she has been secretly in love with for some time: cotton mill owner, John Thornton. Against the wishes of both her relatives and his disapproving...

Hi, my name is Mary Withey. I am a widow, but I have kept my husband's name. I live in Great Yarmouth with my cat, Blue, in a lovely ground-floor home. I used to live in Hemsby, but sadly, my home was taken by...

There are many types of blended families; this one is a unique story, but one some families can probably see in themselves. An interesting, poetic, informational read about families you can learn to appreciate. This blended, multicultural book, tells the real-life story of the...

The barnyard babies are all upset. They don't want to learn to use the potty! But Momma Cow knows the secret for making potty lessons easy & fun. Can you say "M-O-O-O-O-O " to Poo? Need help taking the frustration out of potty-training, straining...

If you love original Nigerian novels, then this is a fiction novel about Nigeria where things fall apart. You will love it like other naija stories when things fall apart as other Nigerian authors like Chinua Achebe have proven in the past. Scroll up...

Add this thought provoking collectible short story to your collection. A worldwide global crisis is upon us. Due to a lack of educated and skilled workers, the world economy is struggling. Intellectuals fault social media and the digital culture that has dumbed down humanity....

Kaysee and Dominic Belluomo are on a mission; along with the most elite soldiers from Milite Coven. Tasked with ridding their dying world of the vampire and Lycan hybrids, their mission could very well end catastrophically if they aren't careful. During their decade-long battle...

The Flight of the Swans is a family saga set in British India and Malaya, which unfolds against the backdrop of war, famine, family conflict, social injustice, and sacrifice. Blending history and fiction and spanning half a century, the novel tells a tragic tale...

Free vacations are what everyone ever want. Luckily, the Morris family have got it. They have come to 'HorrorPark' for an enthusiastic summer vacation. But what type of vacation is the one where a ventriloquist dummy is on their back, trying to make them...

How much can be forgiven?After the Mendoza family unexpectedly loses their youngest son, Michael, they each face a different adversity. From spiritual struggles and disillusionment to family rivalries and quirky social interactions, each family member deals with the aftermath of Michael's death differently.Jose Luis...

Written by a retired teacher and celebrated author, this is a fun and delightful children's story about...HATS!Are hats a part of your world? This fun tale with colorful illustrations will help the readers travel into the world of hats. In sports, in entertainment, at...

This Is Between Us, Kevin Sampsell's utterly engrossing debut novel, is a confessional tale of love between two resilient people who have staked their hearts on each other. Chronicling five years of a troubled romance, This Is Between Us offers an intimate view of...

A teen's life is complicated. Add an overworked dad, a distraught mom. Enter an old man from the wrong side of the tracks. He knows things. He's there when you need him. This happens to someone; it's not a maybe thing. People get hurt....

Between Cloud and Horizon: A Relationship Casebook in Stories is an examination of what defines the relationships that define each of us, and the myriad forms they take, in a story collection that doubles as a casebook of how we interact with each other.It...

Christmas is nearing, and the town is getting ready to celebrate. But, some influential people are threatening to stop the town's annual Christmas weekend celebration unless certain conditions are met. The new mayor, Derek Olson, must meet this challenge and try to keep the...

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers. Kate is finding it hard to come to terms with her husband's unemployment. She and Bill are struggling to pay the bills. They don't have enough money for the children's Christmas presents....

The Worst Generation is character Jenny Alhouse's indictment of her parents' contributions to the contemporary world, their generational short-sighted and selfish degradation of economic and environmental well-being. Her recounting of childhood shows much she is thankful for - a stable, caring home, times kayaking...

At fourteen, Cassie Wolphe's way of life in Appalachia is being changed by the influx of modernity/postmodernity. She is in love with Jake McCollum, believes she will marry him and constructs her life around this central act, but like her brother, Ben, Jake rejects...

Richard, a successful businessman, is deep in a coma. Unknowingly to all, he can hear everything said around him. He has no choice but to listen as his wife Anna and daughter Ella long for his passing. He also has a son that no...

Lives are simply a series of memories, and stories, plus recollections prompted by photographic images, music and places and the interpretations placed on each. She never knew her parents, she knew very much about her family or her life or the lives that had...

As Emma and Jack work to rebuild their relationship, they must confront the mistakes of their past and learn to forgive each other. With the help of their loved ones and a newfound understanding of each other, they start to build a future together...

In the Darkest Part of the Night, There's Comfort in Wandering. Kaitlyn's favorite fleece blanket, as soft as the softest kitten belly fluff, settled around her shoulders as she slipped from her bedroom. The house sat dark, quiet, resting before tomorrow's adventures. Old houses...

Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling...

An epic story that unfolds over four decades, this haunting novel follows Andrea on her personal journey to discover the true identity of her father. Taking place in Santa Cruz, California; San Remo, Italy; Paris, France; and a small town in North Carolina, this...

When Julia Gideon is widowed during the Second World War with five children to look after, she is left to manage Westover House with insufficient means for its upkeep. Urged by her solicitor brother to downsize and turn the family home into flats, she...

Sometimes the friend you've always needed is the sister you've always had.Throughout the years, sisters Gracie and Juliette Bennett have let life's changes pull them in opposite directions. But when their beloved grandmother Mimi passes away, they're drawn back together in the most unexpected...

Part-time actress, full-time party girl Lorelei Branch isn't famous yet, but she's perfected a Hollywood lifestyle full of clubbing, fashion, and the latest juice cleanse. When Robin, her sister-in-law and agent, throws a plum job her way, Lorelei jumps at the chance and auditions...

Budapest, 1956. In this darkest year in the modern history of Hungary, a national uprising against Soviet occupiers and their reign of terror is underway. Eleven-year-old Evike and her firebrand mother steal deep into battle zones in support of civilian freedom fighters armed only...

Budapest, 1956. In this darkest year in the modern history of Hungary, a national uprising against Soviet occupiers and their reign of terror is underway. Eleven-year-old Evike and her firebrand mother steal deep into battle zones in support of civilian freedom fighters armed only...

A powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by Elena Ferrante, the beloved best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend. Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are?...

"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."--Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality...

Intra Muros is a novel written by Rebecca Ruter Springer. The book tells the story of a woman who dies and goes to heaven, where she experiences the beauty and wonder of the afterlife. She meets with angels and other souls who have passed...

"...the sense of loyalty to one's family history is so vivid in the novel that it is practically its own character." --New York Times Book Review The Family Tabor is the next audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan AshbyHarry...

From acclaimed film producer and novelist Galt Niederhoffer comes another no-holds-barred examination of the American domestic ideal. Poison is a literary psychological thriller audiobook about a marriage that follows minor betrayal into a bubbling stew of lies, cruelty, manipulation, and danger.Cass and Ryan Connor...

An innocent night of fun takes a shocking turn in Not That I Could Tell, the next thrilling audiobook from Jessica Strawser. When a group of neighborhood women gathers, wine in hand, around a fire pit where their backyards meet one Saturday night, most...

In New York Times bestselling author Beth Harbison's most emotional audiobook ever, a fractured family must come together at a beach house haunted by the past.Willa has never fully recovered from the sudden death of her husband, Ben. She became an absent mother to...

"One Good Dog is a wonderful novel: a moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted story about two fighters--one a man, one a dog-- hoping to leave the fight behind, who ultimately find their salvation in each other. Susan Wilson's clear and unflinching style is perfectly...

Caroline Jacobs has lost herself. She's a wife, mother (to a tattooed teenage daughter she avoids), Sears Portrait Studio photographer, and wimp. Asserting herself, taking the reins, or facing life head-on are not in her repertoire. So when Caroline suddenly cracks and screams "Fuck...

From New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary comes the captivating story of a wealthy, but unconventional New England family, told from the perspective of a reclusive 29-year-old who has a secret (and famous) life on the Internet.Charlotte Maynard rarely leaves her mother's home,...

Emily Gray Tedrowe's Blue Stars is 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 day home...

Now a 5-Part Limited Event Series on Showtime, Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Blythe Danner A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - One of TIME's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year - Named One of the best books of the Year...

Flickerbridge is a novel written by the renowned author Henry James. The book tells the story of a young woman named Julia Borderie, who is living in the town of Flickerbridge. Julia is a talented artist, but she is also trapped in a loveless...

Ardessa is a novel written by Willa Cather, first published in 1927. The story is set in the early 1900s and follows the life of a young woman named Ardessa Kirby. Ardessa is a talented musician who dreams of becoming a concert pianist, but...

Annie Blake put her life on hold to care for her terminally ill mother. As she tries to prepare herself for the loss, she discovers that her father has been keeping a secret, a terrible secret that could rip him from her life too....