Fiction - Family Life - General

From one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story from the author of 2017's Do Not Become Alarmed, a beautifully packaged palm-sized gift book."That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign,...

An incredible debut and National Book Award-nominated novel, described as "Memento meets Augie March. Didion meets Hitchcock" by Esquire, from the author of The Volunteer It is August 15, 1953, the day of a boisterous and unwieldy street carnival in Elephant Park, an Italian...

National bestselling author Allison Hobbs delivers a powerful novel about a father and son whose relationship is challenged after the son is suspected of crimes in his new neighborhood. Ten years ago when Malik Copeland was a hopeless addict, he signed away the parental...

Filled with scandalous situations and unexpected twists, this sequel to The Joneses follows the eponymous family as secrets are revealed and drama leads to danger--or maybe even death. The Joneses' world is turned upside down as their family liAuthor: Shelia M. GossISBN-10: 1593096208ISBN-13: 9781593096205Publisher:...

Man Booker Prize nominee Peter Stamm explores in his sixth novel what it means to be in the middle of nowhere, in mind and in body. Happily married with two children and a comfortable home in a Swiss town, Thomas and Astrid enjoy a...

An extraordinary debut novel that challenges the definition of family and explores the intricate ties that bind us togetherIda grew up with Jackson and James--where there was "I" there was a "J." She can't recall a time when she didn't have them around, whether...

Growing up in a small upper Midwestern town in the late 1930s, young Tommy MacAllister is scarcely aware of the Depression, much less the rumblings of war in Europe. For his parents and their set, life seems to revolve around dinners and dancing at...

A New York Review Books Original Separated from her mother--the famed author of Suite Française--during World War II, Irène Némirovsky's daughter offers a "nuanced, eloquent portrait of a complicated woman" in a series of memoirs that reimagine her mother's life (The Washington Post)Élisabeth Gille...

The Scarlet Letter: Large Print By Nathaniel HawthorneAuthor: Nathaniel HawthorneISBN-10: 1545592942ISBN-13: 9781545592946Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2017Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.40dLarge Print

Single father, Weston Parker is set in his ways, and raising his daughter is his top priority. But his ten-year-old feisty little girl is growing up faster than he ever realized. Her go-getter attitude is one he's seen before--mainly on himself. When she starts...

This is a must read for anyone touched by dementia. This first person account of end stage dementia will leave you speechless. Join Stephen and Lauren as they try to navigate their ever changing landscape. Delve into a deteriorating mind where you too will...

From bestselling author Camille Pag n comes a hilarious and hopeful story about a woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, she's also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable fears:...

Gigi is a spunky Grandma that takes Rowen on many adventures. Rowen notices throughout the year that Gigi is always wearing hats & is becoming extremely tired. Despite her battle with cancer she still manages to make amazing memories with Rowen & her family....

A father comes to terms with his mortality and secrets in a heartrending novel of family and forgiveness from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred-Foot Journey.It is a time of reckoning for Jos Mar a lvarez, an aristocratic Spanish banker living...

A page-turning novel of suspense about the perfect family, and the perfect lies, by the bestselling author of When I'm Gone and The Waiting Room.Adopted by her controlling foster mother at the age of eight, twenty-year-old Tara has seen little of the outside world....

What is it about the coast that attracts people running from their past?When Olivia moves to Port Townsend, her marriage is floundering, and her life is in pieces. She doesn't know if things with her husband Mark are truly over, or quite why the...

They all lived through that terrible Christmas. The problem is, they remember it differently...Sisters Penny and Victoria seem to have nothing in common--except perhaps envy. Penny seems blessed with a perfect work-life balance, though only she knows how underpaid and underappreciated she is, while...

O'Gallaghers has been a long-lasting establishment in San Diego, known for its Irish brews and fare. When the next generation of O'Gallaghers took over, it became known for a little bit more...Conor O'Gallagher.Thirty-two, six-foot, and all muscle. Flashes of dimples behind his black beard,...

The Rainbow is a novel by the British author DH Lawrence, written in 1915. It tells the story of 3 generations of the Brangwen family, farmers in the hinterland of England, their relationships and passions, as well as unveiling the female soul And issues...

Jill Emerson, whose first three works were gentle explorations of the lesbian experience, took a sharp turn toward candor in THIRTY, her first book for Berkley. As I've explained in the book description for that novel, around the time Berkley came calling (via my...

After she decides to sell her beach house, a widow must decide whether to risk trusting a romantic new man in her life with deep, dark secrets -- and possibly her heart. It's been two years since the mysterious accident took Sandra Winslow's politician...

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky shares a cautionary tale of romance, revenge, family relationships and power in this powerful novel. Nothing can prepare writer Hillary Cox for seeing her lover of 27 years, mining magnate John St. George, announce on television that...

Perfect for fans of Rick Moody, Lauren Groff, and Celeste Ng, a propulsive literary breakout about three suburban families whose lives spiral dangerously out of control after tragedy strikes. Who suffers when the privileged fall? One frigid winter night, Mia and Michael Slate's comfortable...

Philip Edward Thomas was born on 3rd March, 1878 at 14 Lansdowne Gardens in Stockwell, Lambeth, which was then a part of Surrey. His family had a rich Welsh heritage.Thomas was educated at Battersea Grammar School before proceeding to St Paul's School in London...

The novel follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing on relations and sexual dynamics of the characters. The Rainbow represents Lawrence's frank treatment of sexual desire and the power it plays within relationships as a natural and even spiritual force...

Lazy and indifferent, shaking space easily from his wings, knowing his way, the heron passes over the church beneath the sky. White and distant, absorbed in itself, endlessly the sky covers and uncovers, moves and remains. A lake? Blot the shores of it out...

The heat is oppressive and storms are brewing in Brighton in the summer of 1982. Little Gold, a boyish girl on the brink of adolescence, is struggling with the reality of her broken family and a home descending into chaos. Her only refuge is...

'An unforgettable page-turner that will leave you heartbroken... captivating and flawless... will leave you sobbing... grabbed my attention from the start and I could not put it down!' Goodreads reviewer If you could wish one thing for your daughter, what would it be? Jenny...

Three strangers. Three broken hearts. Three shots at happiness. Life is good for nurse Kat. That is until the man she intended to marry legs it, she's unexpectedly promoted to a position with too much responsibility, and Susan arrives on her ward under strange...

Love. Desire. Vengeance. A deadly alchemy. When Rebecca Palmer's new husband opens a pharmacy in Victorian Edinburgh, she expects to live the life of a well-heeled gentlewoman. But her ideal turns to ashes when she discovers her husband is not what he seems. As...

From the Academy award winning screenplay writer of Burnt by the Sun, Solar Plexus is a compelling saga of family and friendship, love and betrayal, set against the backdrop of Azerbaijan's rapidly-changing capital, Baku, as the country struggles with the transition into a post-Soviet...

This classic from Jack London is the story of a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It has served as inspiration for a generation of struggling writers.Author: Jack LondonISBN-10: 1781393451ISBN-13: 9781781393451Publisher: Benediction ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/13/2012Pages: 470Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

Dew in the Morning was written when the author, Shimmer Chinodya, was eighteen. The intensity of childhood memory is sharp and immediate. Godi, the young boy whose life we experience as he grows up, perceives more than he understands. The ambivalence or instability of...

The Summer Resort is a place where people go to relax and unwind. Some families pass through once and move on. Others make it a regular holiday on their family calendar. Whether you're a family that has been coming to The Resort for over...

As Hitler's Third Reich crumbles and Stalin's army advances, German civilians in the Eastern territories are forced to flee for their lives. Leaving her dying mother, Liesel and her four young children hope they can make it from their home in Poland across the...

Winner of the 2016 Grand Prix littï 1/2raire Archambault Written with gritty humour in the form of a confession, Mama's Boy recounts the family drama of a young man who sets out in search of his mother after a childhood spent shuffling from one...

At times funny, at other times sad, and more than often a mixture of the two, Giving Up by Mike Steeves is a deeply felt account of what goes on in the inner sanctum of the modern couple's apartment. In grappling with the line...

In the midst of the feuds and famine of Tipperary, Ireland in 1846, Jim Donnelly and Johannah McGee fall passionately in love. She is the beautiful daughter of an affluent estate manager, he the rebellious son of dispossessed peasants. With her father's men in...

Winner of the 2020 International Book Award for Multicultural Fiction; Winner of the 2020 Ippy Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction.It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to...

Based on a true unsolved crime from 1877, Laurie Glenn Norris's debut novel tells the story of two small towns linked by the disappearance of a teenage girl. Mary Harney is a dreamy teenager in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, whose ambitions are stifled by...

When Miss Truelove discovers hatboxes full of papers after her mother's death, mysteries of her past begin to resolve. She is compelled to tell the story of her eccentric father, Charles Truelove, and the scandals surrounding his name. The Choir of Gravediggers takes us...

It was always expected that Lachie Sinclair and his brothers would one day take over the family property, Kamilaroi. But when tragedy strikes, Lachie blames his father and angrily renounces any future for him at Kamilaroi. Moving to the city, Lachie joins the police...

2020 Book Excellence Award Winner, Multicultural Fiction Category2019 Gold Winner Dan Poytner's Global Ebook Award, Multicultural Literature Fiction Category2019 Bronze Medal Winner Readers' Favorite International Award, Cultural Fiction CategoryIn 1933, after Hitler's rise to power, the paramilitary HitlerJugend, or Hitler Youth, became the only...

Zosia, a faithless Catholic and grieving widow, has sacrificed herself to save her dying son from the Gestapo. She takes his place as a prisoner and is sent to work as a slave on a farm in Germany, where the only things keeping her...

There are no isolated incidences. Everything that happens in our lives is connected and becomes the ingredients of who we are. Sometimes we embrace the truth when it's convenient. Other times we run from it, hoping that it will change before it eventually catches...

A collection of poems between a mother and her USMC recruit. This book is written from the perspective of a mother who is dealing with her son (or daughter) going through the rigors of Marine Corps Boot Camp at Parris Island, South Carolina.Author: Andy...

A troubled woman. A prayer. A murder in a church. An orphaned daughter.When she moved back to Cottonwood Springs after a divorce and the publishing company she was working for went bankrupt, Brigid never thought she'd have a ready-made teen-age daughter, a huge Newfoundland...

'THE IMPERFECT LIVES' is a collection of short stories that depict the lives of people who are less than perfect in their attributes. The gradations of grey in the monochromatic zone withhold the unspoken truth about the human lives that lie hidden beneath the...

Flynn Hawkins is a graduate assistant at a prestigious university, on his way to greatness and wisdom. But in the aftermath of 9/11, Flynn leaves his unhappy marriage and beloved children, resigns his teaching position and heads west, only to get lost in his...

What does it mean to have a family?Singer and Lisa Thurman did everything right for their entire childhood. Their mother wanted a perfect life, and they knew how to fit that vision.Then they grew up. Singer came out of the closet and Lisa joined...