Fiction - Family Life - General

From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes "epic storytelling that plunges the reader headfirst" into the fate of heiress Samantha Gordon and ranch hand Nathan Holloway as their lives collide in early 1900s Texas. (Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post) Texas...

After a painful divorce, Savannah White wants nothing more than to find her happy place. So when she gets the chance to pack up her life -and her son - and move to the idyllic town where she spent childhood summers, she jumps at...

Molly Canaday wishes she could repair her life as easily as she fixes cars. She was all set to open her own body shop in Last Chance when her mother ran off and left her to manage the family yarn shop instead. Now guided...

Ever since seventeen-year-old Ann Bennett was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition two years ago, her family has been pulling apart. Ann and her two younger siblings fight constantly, as do their parents. When the doctors announce that Ann's only hope of survival is...

For as long as Halley Steen has known her husband Nathan, he has carried a handful of stones in his pocket. Each day he uses those stones to remind him to follow the Golden Rule, moving a stone from one pocket to the other...

The redemptive journey of a young woman unsure of her engagement, who revisits in memory the events of one scorching childhood summer when her beautiful yet troubled mother spirits her away from her home to an Indian village untouched by time, where she discovers...

A sweeping, suspenseful coming-of-age tale from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the beloved bestselling author hailed by Abraham Verghese as a "gifted storyteller" and by People magazine as a "skilled cartographer of the heart." Beloved bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has been hailed by Abraham Verghese...

From the author of the "wonderfully crafted" (San Francisco Book Review) Ghost on Black Mountain comes a haunting gothic novel set in the Depression-era South about two young women who form an unlikely alliance when the spirit of a dead woman takes up residence...

Inspired by a true story, this bittersweet novel about a woman with a rare form of amnesia explores the raw, tender complexities of relationships and personal identity. Library Journal calls it "an emotional heart-tugger that doesn't go where readers might expect; a fascinating turnabout..."...

Named a "Best Summer Read" by Good Housekeeping, Town & Country, and BookReporter, a witty and wise novel about the empty nest, a pitch perfect portrayal of a mother and daughter on the verge of a seismic change. Cam has raised her daughter Aubrey...

"A gorgeous, moving debut....Marjorie Celona writes with acute sensitivity to how a child sees her world and renders a character readers will love in all her glorious self-doubt" (The Boston Globe). Marjorie Celona's internationally acclaimed debut, longlisted for the Giller Prize, chronicles a wise-beyond-her-years...

From the creator of the beloved Isabel Bookbinder series comes a funny and heartwarming take on how "happily ever after" isn't always what you expect. Happily ever after isn't always what you expect... Polly Atkins, a Londoner living in New York City, is headed...

"Smolinski gracefully balances lighthearted humor with insightful musings on addiction, mortality, nostalgia, and affection, making this an entertaining and touching read" (Publishers Weekly). Lucy Bloom is broke, freshly dumped by her boyfriend, and is forced to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son...

Hailed as "beautifully observed" (The New York Times) and "a brilliant feat of storytelling" (The Boston Globe), Carol Anshaw's New York Times bestselling novel is one of the most acclaimed books of the year. "When you add us up, you always have to carry...

Now in paperback from the acclaimed author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel The Clothes on Their Backs--a hugely satisfying, exuberant novel about the generation that came of age during the 1970s. Stephen Newman's children find it hard to believe that their father once...

ONCE A PERSON LEAVES THE MOUNTAIN, THEY NEVER COME BACK, NOT REALLY. THEY'RE LOST FOREVER. Nellie Clay married Hobbs Pritchard without even noticing he was a spell conjured into a man, a walking, talking ghost story. But her mama knew. She saw it in...

The last of Virginia Woolf's novels published during her lifetime. "The Years" (1937) is seemingly epic in scope, spanning fifty years and the trials and tribulations of an extended family, but remains in-depth and personal focusing on a single day in each chosen year...

"Published in 2019 by arrangement with Kensington Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp."--Copyright page.Author: Fern MichaelsISBN-10: 1432864270ISBN-13: 9781432864279Publisher: Large Print PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2019Pages: 251Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70dLarge Print

From Barbara Delinsky, the New York Times bestselling author of Blueprints and Sweet Salt Air, a brand-new novel about a woman in hiding finding the courage to face the world again. Mackenzie Cooper took her eyes off the road for just a moment but...

Full of great big heart and unexpected humor, Ludwig's debut introduces the lovable, wholly original Ginny Moon who discovers a new meaning of family on her unconventional journey home. Ginny Moon is exceptional. Everyone knows it--her friends at school, teammates on the basketball team,...

Following her stunning and critically acclaimed novels Such a Pretty Girl and Leftovers, Laura Wiess crafts a riveting and emotionally powerful tale of beauty, destruction...and love. Seventeen-year-old Hanna has been in love with Seth for as long as she can remember, but now that...

From the acclaimed author of Why Girls are Weird comes a second hilarious and surprising novel about love and family and the weirdo inside us all. Belinda "Benny" Bernstein doesn't brag about her life in Los Angeles, but she is proud of her independence....

God has answered Mona Reynolds's prayers and given her the opportunity of a lifetime: she is about to open her own bookstore-coffee shop, the Footstep of Heaven. Now Mona has no time for love and no hope that a man can ever be the...

A brand new Miss Read novel, set in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green at Christmas. The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to church...

Ada escaped her family's self-enclosed world to elope with a mysterious stranger. Five months later, she's a widow in a strange new world.Ada was born into a fringe religious sect named for her father, The Prophet. But her lifelong habit of absolute obedience was...

When Sadie looks out her window and sees her bother standing on the front lawn she knows he can't bring good news. Fidgeting over coffee with sugar and cream he explains: Their sister is gone. Three days earlier Goldie left to go shopping and...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, here is a novel that examines wildly divisive American issues like gun control and animal rights with Chris Bohjalian's trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. For ten summers, the Seton family--all three...

From New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole comes "a raw, powerful, heart-wrenching read" (Robyn Harding, international bestselling author of The Party) about a son's heroin addiction and its harrowing effects on both him and his mother, reminiscent of the #1 New York Times...

A "gripping and heartfelt" (The New York Times Book Review) story about two young brothers contending with the love they have for their abusive father, One of the Boys is "one of the most striking debut novels of the year" (Rolling Stone).The three of...

"An electrifying family drama that shows the dark side of adoption, You Were Always Mine is the kind of book you will want to finish in one sitting." --Bustle The acclaimed author of Little Broken Things returns with another "race-to-the-finish family drama" (People) about...

The second holiday love story in New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans's Mistletoe Collection. At thirty-two, Kimberly Rossi--a finance officer at a Lexus car dealership--has had her heart broken more times than she wants to remember. With two failed engagements, a divorce,...

A "spellbinding debut" and "a feast for all readers" (Library Journal, starred review) about a food journalist's desperate attempt to save his career--and possibly, his marriage--through an epic quest that leads him from Burgundy through Russia, tracking an infamous bottle of wine. Ex-food journalist...

New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding is the mistress of the "taut suburban thriller"(Kirkus Reviews). Now Fielding unnerves readers with a richly layered page-turner that swings from haunting intrigue to electrifying suspense in the space of a heartbeat. PUPPET Living a no-strings-attached life...

Volume Two of THE TAGGER HERD series: Horses, cows, trucks, and tractors...who wouldn't love the ranch life Wade Tagger is livin' the life...until an accident threatens to take it all away. When he refuses to discuss what happened, the family tries to unravel the...

Seventeen years ago, a tragic accident orphaned the Tagger siblings. While working their 25,000 acre Idaho cattle ranch, they grow their family and build their mother's dream; a horse stable.Newly widowed, Cora Smith, has learned her late husband may have purchased animals, but she...

Bestselling author Holly Chamberlin's heartfelt novel, set in a beautiful Maine beach town, tells of three sisters--and one summer filled with revelations . . . When Poppy Higgins left Yorktide, Maine, for Boston, she pictured future visits home as brief diversions from her real...

Judy Reene Singer's newest novel is a masterful story of the American experience. Between the past and present, between love and war, between the burdens of race and hope, a woman returns home to discover her father and a history she had never known......

In the colorful small town of Cherico, Mississippi, librarian Maura Beth McShay is preparing for an exciting new installment in her own life story--with some help from the Cherry Cola Book Club.Overseeing the opening of Cherico's new library has been a labor of love...

From bestselling author Holly Chamberlin comes a smart, clever novel about love, marriage, and growing up--not necessarily in that order... Anna Traulsen, of Anna's Occasions, an elite Boston event planning company, has never been impetuous. At thirty-seven, she's never had a one-night stand, crammed...

Author: Maggie CoeISBN-10: 1491838868ISBN-13: 9781491838860Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2014Pages: 18Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.12lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.04d

Disturbing and sensuous, Audrée Wilhelmy's tale of a hermetic family minding a lighthouse in willed isolation is reminiscent of William Golding's Lord of the Flies.The Body of Beasts is a startling, gorgeously written novel that tells the story of the Borya family living in...

In this stirring suspense filled romance novel, Kareena's short lived love affair with Rian O'Connor spirals into an unbelievable journey of heart wrenching loss and mind blowing discoveries. Rian is forced to choose between his love for Kareena and his loyalty to his father...

Lettie Jonson's husband came home from the war in Afghanistan after being horrendously tortured. She must now deal with the side effects of her husband's trauma. Suffering from PTSD, her husband's violent outbursts may cause an end to their marriage. The first book in...

Rita was vibrant and energetic. She was on her way to becoming the first college graduate in her family. One day, her life suddenly changed and threw a curve into her educational path. She felt she had a severe case of indigestion, but the...

A chilling psychological suspense novel, The Grave Tender explores the dark boundaries people cross to save loved ones, and the limits of family bonds tested by the deepest of betrayals.Endless questions from a shadow-filled East Texas childhood haunt Hadley Dixon. People said her mother,...

No one had ever looked at her and seen perfection--until now.Delicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father's associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. Eighteen months into their marriage, however, Sandro has turned to ice. Desperate...

Already an international phenomenon, this utterly engaging novel tells the heart wrenching tale of a nine year old boy who loses his mother and embarks on a quest to understand her death as he grows older. One snowy New Year's Eve, nine-year-old MassiAuthor: Massimo...

"A riveting new novel" (Kirkus Reviews) about finding evil close to home and how far a woman will go to protect her family: Named one of "The Top 10 Things We Love This Week" by Entertainment Weekly. Growing up in the 1960s in one...

We bring together these two novels, thought to be the only books written for an adult audience by L. M. Montgomery, in one volume for you to enjoy.The Blue Castle, originally published in 1926, is a story full of humour and romance about a...

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Children' is a comic novel about the seven Wheater children and their association with a bachelor that leads to several...