Fiction - Family Life - General

Poor Plum Tardy. Between being saddled with a goofy name, to the way she misquotes proverbs, to her quirky style of dress, Plum always feels out of synch with other people. But even if others do seem to move in lockstep toward successes Plum...

Originally published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853, "Bleak House" is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. The story centres around Esther Summerson, the novel's heroine and omniscient narrator, and a long-running legal case in the Court of Chancery...

For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Kate Atkinson, and Jennifer Egan From the highly acclaimed author of Schroder, a smart, sophisticated literary page turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a year-long sailing trip that upends all of their lives Juliet is failing...

Imagine the look on your house guest's faces when they see you reading this book If you're really looking for the top 10 ways to kill your house guests, stop what you're doing and seek psychiatric help immediately. For the rest of you, bring...

Imagine the look on your parent's face when they see you reading this book If you're really looking for the top 10 ways to kill your parents, stop what you're doing and seek psychiatric help immediately For the rest of you, bring some humor...

Catherine was recovering from an illness that even their local doctor could not cure. She had the notion that Pastor Roderick T. Kennedy was her son. Catherine looked lovingly at Todd her husband and told him he is like a son to me. Todd...

In this poignant and beautifully written novel, Sherri Wood Emmons, acclaimed author of Prayers and Lies, explores the complex bond between a daughter and her errant mother. . . Judy Webster is born in a mud-splattered tent at Woodstock, just as Crosby, Stills, and...

Jane Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies.Miranda's life and...

Did you ever wake up one day to find out that your wife cheated? What do you do? How do you act?Here is the story told by an angry man. Someone that felt so betrayed that he had to put it together in one...

When you see them, they are so happy, so in love. He's holding the door open for her, she's pregnant. You think: she has everything I don't. Everything I ever dreamed of... When Shelley first met Greg, her life had been full of possibility....

An obnoxious guestWho was abusive to his wifeA marriage in troubleSomeone thought he should be murderedAnd he wasBrett reminds Linc of a time when he could have prevented an abusive spouse from hurting his wife, a close friend, and he's always regretted it. Did...

Dear friends and army wives Diana, Carmen, and Joanie have been through war, rumors of war, marital problems, motherhood, fears, joy, and heartache. But none of the women are prepared when their daughters decide to enlist in the army together. Facing an empty nest...

One of Travel + Leisure's most anticipated books of summer 2020.From the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes a story of four generations of women grappling with family betrayals and long-buried secrets.It's been years since Zoe...

This is a collection of vignettes that take place in New Milford, Connecticut. In a time when most authors are bemoaning their sad lives, Mr. Barysh has decided, to write a book that he hopes to put a smile on the face of every...

The author of the "graceful and compassionate" (People) New York Times bestseller Carry the One and "one of the best storytellers we have" (Amy Bloom, author of White Houses) presents a vividly affecting novel exploring what happens when one chance encounter forces four ordinary...

From Long Island - Based Author Timothy Graf, comes a children's book inspired by a young boy diagnosed with Coffin - Siris Syndrome. Young Nolan has a question. What is the mysterious shape that appears next to him? Graf's adorable debut places us along...

A sudden departure. A story decades in the making.The chaotic but happy equilibrium of the Nightingale family is thrown into disarray when Cecily--whose children can't remember her ever being remotely spontaneous--disappears to a Greek island with no warning or explanation.Her reasons for doing something...

From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes a story that asks: how do you forgive the family that lied to you, and love the mum you never had?When her loving, free-spirited grandmother Primrose passes away, Victoria is bereft, yet resilient--she...

In the thrilling, suspenseful new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, all of Ellie de Florent-Stinson's secrets come to light in one eventful evening full of twists, turns, and surprises. Before she became a glamorous fashion designer, Ellie...

Cecil Boatwright-Jones was the epitome of a crotchety old manSo crotchety he was murderedAfter all, when you're worth millionsAnd you won't spend a dimeOn your run-down English manorOr your familyOr anything elseMaybe murder is the answerBut it's never acceptableDeeDee and Jake wish they'd never...

This suspenseful, touching, quirky little tale of Christmas is a fast-moving, frequently shocking, account of a children's crisis hospital on one Christmas Eve. This one night of the year has a mysterious power, from millennia of pre-Christian harvest festivals and ancestor worship, when ghosts...

If your loved one has memory or cognitive challenges but still enjoys the calm, relaxing pleasure of reading, this book is for them. It's the second in a series of illustrated senior fiction books, each telling the story of a grandparent spending a special...

Three women: a mother, a daughter, a friend. Can they save each other from the past?It's been twenty-six years since the accident, but Helen still lives on autopilot, going through the motions of work and motherhood. Her one wish is for her daughter Julia...

50 Shades of Spay: No Litters, Baby. That's the sign in front of the Chelsea Veterinary Clinic on the lower west side of Manhattan, where I'm currently standing on what is clearly another crappy Saturday morning. I'm at a vet clinic. It's not even...

Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015, Ben Fergusson's critically acclaimed debut, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 and the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award. The Other Hoffmann Sister is a gripping,...

"I've found a new author to love. Her writing was so full of life, so descriptive... so many laugh out loud moments... I can't wait for Ellyn Oaksmith's next book!" Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Things are finally working out for Stella Gallagher. Underwhelmed by all the...

"The angels...regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us." -John CalvinMost hard-working families living in the shadow of the Lyon Brook Railroad Bridge are oblivious to the angels in their midst. However, Betsy...

A family legacy in danger. A stranger in their midst. Do they have the strength to survive the gathering storm of secrets?For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they're not careful, it could sweep them all away...After rising from...

A clever love story set between Cuba, Miami, and Halifax, exploring the complexities of love at middle-age. Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fiftysomething newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters' unnecessary "thats" and his days caring for a demented father...

A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. One choice could shame high society into submission.Eighty-year-old Southern aristocrat Iris Temple's health may be failing, but her wit is as sharp as ever. Before she joins her ancestral ghosts, she...

Despite being young and romantically inexperienced, Sophie Woods is an old soul who believes in true love, working hard at her bar, and always trusting her instincts. And from the moment she meets Nico, she knows without a doubt that he is her one-and-only....

It's Cliffside Bay and beyond in this heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romantic adventure from USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson. Stone Hickman is the last of a dying breed. The former Marine believes in integrity, service to his country, a hard day's work, and taking care...

Fiction. Italian American Studies. Ever wonder about the step-by-step of the lives of forebearers in homelands lost, left & returned to? About what life was really like in all fullness & detail, real & frail, on both ends? Wish for unforced narrative in explosive...

Stormy has grown up with the warning that she is cursed. Raised in a family of eight women with twenty-four husbands among them, she has managed to escape the family's legacy thus far. Things begin to change once she is given the details of...

The House of Remember When focuses on a middle-aged man, Neil Moreland, who is dealing with a broken marriage, a boring job, and an estranged father suffering from dementia. Written in first-person narrative, the story weaves significant life events into his present-day problems as...

Award-winning book that recently earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards Acadia Powers knows herself to be too selfish, too sinful, and too skeptical in her faith to marry a preacher. And yet she does. God truly does work in a...

Go on a powerful journey of forgiveness and healing with The Light Through the Leaves, a transcendent novel of love, loss, and self-discovery by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.One unbearable mistake at the edge of the...

A young widow embraces a second chance at life when she reconnects with those who understand the sacrifices made by American soldiers and their families in award-winning author Laura Trentham's The Military Wife. Harper Lee Wilcox has been marking time in her hometown of...

Clint Hurley and his faithful Australian Cattle Dog, Josie, save a runaway girl from drowning, on a snowy Christmas Day. Now he is faced with a choice. Should he turn her over to the authorities or "rescue" her from far more than the river?I...

In the dry heat of her Arizona home, feisty, Irish-Catholic Colleen Moretti, thrusts the letter that threatens her marriage into the back of a drawer. This is her default mode: ignore the fault lines until the tremors pass. But her husband Derek's faithlessness turns...

In a section of Memphis, TN called Smokey City, two girls; Lori Ann Keefer and April Gail Quincy grow up right across the street from one another. Though they attend the same elementary, middle and high schools, their perceptions of life and living are...

She no longer knows who she is or what she wants. He blames himself for her pain. Is their marriage strong enough to survive their greatest hurt?Christy Thomas has built her entire life around the dream of being a mother and raising a family...

A lyrical and deeply affecting novel recounting the seven days a father spends on the road with his daughter after kidnapping her during a parental visit.Attending a New England summer camp, young Eric Schroder -- a first-generation East German immigrant -- adopts the last...

Children face many challenges in their lives, and sometimes it is difficult to know how to overcome them. The 'World of Wally' books provide a way for children to experience life's difficulties through the eyes of Wally, a sweet Maltese pup who faces in...

New house. Fresh start. Same husband.Can you paint over the cracks in a marriage?'Felicity has the reader gripped when she explores unhealthy relationships based on insecurity and delusion. She writes with a raw realism' Adele Parks, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author, in PlatinumKaren has...

A married couple in California grapples with race, betrayal, love, and loss when their son comes home from a Guatemalan orphanage. Contemporary art museum curator Julie Cowan achieves her dream of motherhood through adoption, but her life is far from perfect. Her pathologist husband,...

Coco is a six-year-old girl who can do magic. Coco and Mary play mom and dad. Mary's parents visit Coco's mom for Korean medicine treatment. Find out what happens to Mary's family.Author: Hyojung KwonISBN-10: 1188939084ISBN-13: 9791188939084Publisher: Inc.All That Korean MedicineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2020Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Title: I'm Glad God Made Me a Girl For ages 5-8 (K-2nd grade)Susie is surprised when her friend Amy cuts her hair short and dresses like a boy because she thinks boys are braver, smarter, and stronger than girls. Susie feels sad. Can't girls...

From Chris Whaley, whose book, The Masked Saint, inspired the "Best Picture" winner at the 2015 International Christian Film Festival comes a holiday story about angelic intervention.Author: Chris WhaleyISBN-10: 1631951688ISBN-13: 9781631951688Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2020Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d

When you want to make your mark, an occasion with all the trimmings is just the ticket. The village of Beeting Down has a centenarian in its midst, but when she shuffles off this mortal coil before they can wish her happy birthday, it...