Fiction - Family Life - General

In a small-town borough of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Becca Wallace's faith is tested as she wonders what kind of cruel joke God is playing on her family. A mysterious fire forces them out of their home, and their delinquent son has left without a...

In Search of Lost Time, also translated as Remembrance of Things Past, is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. It is his most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory; the most famous example of this...

A young girl is in terrible danger ... but can they reach her in time?Somebody's coming for youCalifornia: Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home--unloved and unwanted. And although she has found relative contentment with her...

When you fall down, you pick yourself back up. But what happens when you fall too many times?Sarah Hall wasn't dealt the best hand. With an alcoholic father and a mentally ill mother, Sarah had obstacles from day one. Now, at thirty years old,...

Among these biographies, readers will find exceptional and notable men and women across varying disciplines to instill a sense of purpose and goal oriented living from an early age. Discover how each life was shaped and transformed through passion, determination, grit. Author: Molly BrownISBN-10:...

God can forgive anything, but can we truly forgive others and ourselves? In the continuing story of Trish and Grant Evans, Helen's past catches up with her, and a poor decision threatens the future for her and those she loves. Stephanie is sure she...

'My heart grew, then broke, then mended itself. A wise, funny, brave novel and a story that you will never want to forget.' Favel ParrettAn unforgettable story of loneliness, isolation and finding your way. Heart-wrenching, wise and wryly funny, this novel will make you...

Author: Valina R. RudolphISBN-10: 0578132907ISBN-13: 9780578132907Publisher: Moval PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2013Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

A family full of secrets...and one girl who must survive.Sixteen-year-old Alison Brennan's mother, Bernadette, is an agoraphobic hoarder, and her father Harry seems to have no past. Struggling every day, Alison seeks the help of a school counsellor.When an old homeless man is found...

Finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for TranslationWinner of the 2022 VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres AwardRemnants is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father's life and sudden death. Employing various voices...

A kitten without a name cowers in the bushes of an unloved park. In an instant, his life is changed forever.With no choice but to start an incredible journey, every new encounter, every new place and every new adventure takes him one step closer...

Summer in Last Ride is about to get a whole lot hotter... The chance to be near his young son is the only thing that could entice former SWAT commander Matt Corbin back to his hometown. Matt has only a few happy memories of...

Profoundly moving, filled with tenderness, and brought to life by a curious, sprawling imagination, Drowning Practice is the story of a mother and daughter trying to save each other's lives at what could be the end of the worldOne night, everyone on Earth has...

Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book. She writes with authority, and with delicacy: she explores nuance, but speaks plainly; she is one of those writers a reader trusts.--Hilary MantelFrom the bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past comes a compulsive...

In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life's challenges and a happy surprise--a baby--with a little help and lots of love from friends old and new.For Tabitha Walker, her grandmother's old...

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes a heartrending story about the power of friendship during the most challenging moments in life.It's been eight years since a tragic accident changed Mo Kaminski's and Chloe Miller's lives forever. Now in their midtwenties, they're...

A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley...

A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley...

A shell-shocked veteran. A shattered child. A Christmas miracle. It's Christmas in 1953 on the dusty High Plains of West Texas. It was lonely enough out there before eleven-year-old Bonnie McGrath lost her mother. Now she aches for her daddy's return from Korea to...

_________________________________________________________ Global temperatures are rising. The climate of the Abrams' marriage is cooling. Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. She might laugh if Chris had bought a motorbike or started dyeing his hair. Instead he's...

Fall in love with two feel-good beach romances from a renowned New York Times bestselling author--together for the first time in print! BAREFOOT IN THE SUN Ever since her great-aunt Pasha rescued her from a troubled childhood, Zoe Tamarin doesn't dare stay still for...

"Willy Vlautin is not known for happy endings, but there's something here that defies the downward pull. In the end, Lynette is pure life force: fierce and canny and blazing through a city that no longer has space for her, and it's all Portland's...

Sometimes the best medicine is a dog who loves you. Maggie Allen hates being a delivery driver, but she can't leave her small town to find a better job; her father's too sick to take care of himself, her younger brother Jake can't stay...

'My book of the year so far...' --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room, one woman just wants the truth about who she really is. But she's not the only one looking...It's twenty...

An unexpected connection becomes the saving grace for two unlikely friends in a heart-stirring novel about love, loss, and moving forward by a New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised...

An unexpected connection becomes the saving grace for two unlikely friends in a heart-stirring novel about love, loss, and moving forward by a New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised...

While attending her brother's wedding, freelance photographer Janet Montgomery finds herself once again fruitlessly vying for her father's love.Driving back to her hotel after an awkward goodbye, she meets the architect Neil Porter. Soon, a chain of events draws them together, and Janet begins...

Paul and Deena are friends with MS and Parkinson's Disease respectively. They've found a wonderful flat renovated for people with disabilities, only they can't afford it. Enter Albert, a former nurse with cancer, and Bolton, an athletic paraplegic. They too look at the flat,...

NEW RELEASE! FINALLY, a book that answers the question, "Why is dad in a bad mood?"A little girl is having a grouchy day...BUT, that's not how she sees it! Her legs are "too tired" to clean her room. Her dad picks the "wrong" color...

From one of America's most beloved storytellers comes the gripping novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime. Perfect for book clubs and fans of Mary Beth Keane and Jodi Picoult--this novel asks the question,...

From the bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed and One Moment comes a powerful, emotional novel about how far we can trust those closest to us. 'Linda Green is bloody brilliant!' Amanda Prowse You can run from the past but you can't...

'Wonderfully written and a real page turner. Christina tells a story equally as well as Barbara Erskine' 5* reader review This stunning and evocative new timeslip novel from the bestselling author of Echoes of the Runes, features an exclusive bonus short story! Brimming with...

Reagan Nichols is a small-town woman trying to make her way in the world. Timid by nature, she has made a life-long, relentless effort to remain invisible. She finds contentment in the pages of books and sheets of canvas.When she catches the eye of...

'A perfect book for summer' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'I laughed, cried and loved every word' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️As the sun rises on a hot summer's day, four lives are about to be changed forever...Brand new from the bestselling author of What If? and One Day In Summer.Today, Maisie McTeer...

Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the pioneers, the legends and the giants of the literary world. Apart from being the...

Used Cookie Sheets spotlights very short stories to offer thought-provoking slivers of lifeIn these 45 flash fiction stories, witness: - A wife fleeing from home with her three daughters- A boy whose great misfortune is a last name beginning with Z- The empowering effect...

Poor Miss Finch (1872) by Wilkie Collins is a novel about a young blind woman who temporarily regains her sight while finding herself in a romantic triangle with two brothers. Twenty-one-year-old Lucilla Finch, the independently wealthy daughter of the rector of Dimchurch, Sussex, has...

A 14 year old boy named Matt, who has autism, is bullied by his family and his classmates. When the town drunk catches on and offers to teach him martial arts, the bullying gets worse. But together, they teach each other and the town...

Who is the girl?A young girl lies huddled in a cardboard box, shrinking away from the social workers who have come to rescue her from a homeless camp. She doesn't speak and affection seems alien to her as she has no apparent ties to...

When Zoe finds the body of the lunch lady on the hopscotch course the week before the new school year, she is pulled into a mystery that will find her volunteering as soccer mom, classroom mom, and PTA board member. It's funny, it's family,...

"Filled with deep emotion and intense spark, Marcella Bell brings grit, spark and brilliance to western romance! Marcella Bell is one to watch!"--Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling authorThe world watches on as reality TV meets rodeo in this competition like no other. In...

The Unlit Lamp (1924) is a novel by Radclyffe Hall. After publishing several collections of poems, Hall turned to fiction in 1924 with two successful novels. The Unlit Lamp is the story of a young woman with an unhappy home life who falls in...

With the same atmosphere and imagination of The Book of Hidden Wonders, Polly Crosby's new novel, The Women of Pearl Island is set on a lush, secluded island where family secrets bring together an unlikely friendship.On a secluded island off the British coast, an...

A black children's book based on a Great grand-mother's house and the fun her and her four great-grand kids have on Friday's!Author: Vikas Upadhyay, De'auz'janae PickettISBN-10: 8739380882ISBN-13: 9798739380883Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/2021Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.07d

An award-winning Haitian novel about silence, beauty, and the solidarity of tears.Airports are distillations of the world. I like thinking of them that way. The hope of leaving and the desire to come home, existing side by side. Any voyage is possible. My mind...

"Colm Tb匤's beautiful, subtle illumination of Henry James's inner life" (The New York Times) captures the loneliness and hope of a master of psychological subtlety whose forays into intimacy inevitably fail those he tried to love.Beautiful and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story...

Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice' My Weekly 'Heart-warming, emotional and simply wonderful . . . If you think family sagas aren't for you, you've never read Glenda...

Wuthering Heights, novel by Emily Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. This intense, solidly imagined novel is distinguished from other novels of the period by its dramatic and poetic presentation, its abstention from authorial intrusion, and its unusual structure.Author: Emily BronteISBN-10:...

A sunshiny day, Sonja was eager to play softball with her friends. On her journey to the park and search for friends to play with she invites two girls who join up with her as mystically as they appear. Sonja's new friends prove to...

Easy-on-the-eye font, very large print. Can Melina give away her husband's possessions because they've always said that 'what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine'? Will the 'Sleep Doctor' deliver on his promises? How will the young Sicilian duke, Pericle, help his friend...