Fiction - Family Life - General

The woman in the picture was so young she looked like a child. Her hair was loose, eyes wide, blue T-shirt stark against the pale lines of arching collarbones. I felt the air leave me in a quiet rush. Not because of the way...

#1 International Bestseller "In this surging epic, a veritable decathlon of the spirit, Kennedy incisively dramatizes the enigma of chance, petty cruelty, and catastrophic evil, 'unalloyed grief, ' and the tensile strength concealed beneath our obvious vulnerability." --Booklist (starred review) On the night of...

A sweeping novel that follows a mother and daughter through post-WWII Ireland and London, demonstrating that family bonds can never be broken.Author: Tara HylandISBN-10: 1439165122ISBN-13: 9781439165126Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/09/2011Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.85h x 6.25w x 1.09dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/20/2011Booklist 07/01/2011 pg....

Meet Alma, a mother and wife, who's brutally honest and bitter--disappointment and heartbreak have left the once vital and joyful woman so cynical and self-protecting that she has forgotten how to love anyone, including herself. Alma has become so accustomed to being resentful of...

On a cold January morning Susan leaves her husband alone for a few minutes and returns to find him gone. Suffering from dementia, no longer able to dress or feed or wash himself, he has wandered alone into a frigid landscape with no sense...

"Equal parts wry comedy and touching family drama, it's ultimately a heartbreaker that'll stay with you long after you're done." --Marie Claire "Glass of chilled ros�, check. Comfy chair, check. Box of tissues, check. You Me Everything is everything you need for a moving,...

One of Entertainment Weekly's Must-Read Books for July - People Magazine's Book of the Week - One of Bustle's "Fifteen Books With Chilling Protagonists That Will Keep You Guessing" - One of PopSugar's "25 Must-Read Books That Will Make July Fly By " -...

When recently divorced Katie and her rescue dog, Bark, move in with her grandmother in Florida, Katie is swept up in a reunion of her grandmother�s troupe of underwater performers � finding hope and renewal in unexpected places.Author: Allie LarkinISBN-10: 1432867873ISBN-13: 9781432867874Publisher: Thorndike Press...

All three of the Godmothers novellas together for the very first time Old friends reunite for an adventure unlike any they've faced before in the latest novel by beloved storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. As Sophie De Luca has...

Natalie Coombs is determined to help every young woman who walks into the Pregnancy Center--but one client might prove to be a bigger challenge than Natalie can handle when she brings along with her a terrible secret that threatens to unravel everything. As if...

"Jessica Chamberlain, newly separated and living with her two sons in a small Iowa town, can't believe that a tragedy in another state could have anything to do with her. But when her phone rings one quiet morning, her world is shattered. As she...

From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who gets his big break, with a little help from the most famous woman in America. After years of trying to make it as a writer in 1990s...

New York Times bestselling author Diane Chamberlain delivers a thrilling, mind-bending novel about one mother's journey to save her child.When Carly Sears, a young woman widowed by the Vietnam war, receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is...

When Imogen Naughton vanishes, everyone who knows her is shocked. Her handsome husband treats her like a princess. She's always said how lucky she is. Why has she left? And how will she survive without Vince? What goes on behind closed doors is often...

Mackenzie Cooper does not want to be who she was -- the one who was driving with her eyes on her phone just long enough to cause a deadly accident that cost her everything. In order to survive, she becomes someone new, someone better...

Stay and die, or run and survive. Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to...

Author: Cathy LambISBN-10: 1432842692ISBN-13: 9781432842697Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2018Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.40dLarge Print

Sisters Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy left home as soon as they could to escape their mother's domineering presence. Called home to fulfill the final wishes of their narcissistic mother as she faces death, will the estranged Sunshine sisters discover that blood is thicker than...

Cocoamo (Co-ka-mo) a loving, endearing name given to the innocent, young impressionable boy within this story by his loving grandmother. Cocoamo is the untold story of many. It's a story of love, family, joy and pain. Cocoamo will have its readers experience every emotion...

This collection by Jamaican-born writer, Barbara Paul-Emile, presents stories that focus on the vicissitudes of daily life as experienced by people in small towns and rural districts in the Caribbean islands. These tales deal with personal dilemmas, psychic crossroads, and social issues as shaped...

Returning to their hometown isn't something the Bradshaw brothers ever thought they'd do. But a family tragedy has reunited them in Benevolence, Washington--where second chances, reignited dreams, and real love are never far away . . . Texas rancher Flynn Bradshaw has his work...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels weaves a powerful story of betrayal, courage, and starting over . . . From her silver Mercedes to her designer kitchen, Molly's life is gleaming and beautiful--at least on the surface. But no one in her...

Pushcart Prize nominee Sonya Chung has displayed her stunning talent in her award-winning short fiction and essays. Now, she renders the compelling story of a troubled family straddling cultures, fleeing and searching, in her piercing and profoundly humane first novel. In 1953, on a...

#1 Essence bestselling author Patricia Haley takes sibling rivalry to a shocking new level as one man tries to heal his broken family in this compelling series based on popular biblical stories. Don Mitchell is certain the Lord has a plan for him to...

Ever been lied on?Principal Elaine Robeson has. Now she is afraid those distortions of her character will tarnish her years of selfless service. Her family, friends, and staff know her true spirit, but the allegations and publicity have shrouded her soul with doubt.​Author: Sabin...

Shade's life-altering vow to God leads to mysterious decisions that cause her to forfeit the man she loves.Shade Doe believes her prayers are answered when she meets an older Christian man who offers her marriage and a name for her newborn child. Despite his...

Amazon #1 Bestseller Highly Recommended by Midwest Book Review When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her husband has abused their fifteen-year-old daughter and plans to use her in a sex ring, she takes a golf club to his head. And she doesn't stop...

When Beth Carson flees her controlling husband, a Sydney surgeon, and travels to Florence, Oregon, she is unsure what her future holds. Although her only knowledge of Florence comes from a few postcards found in her late mother's effects, she immediately feels at home...

On her family's austere farm, the Girl learns stories and fables of the world around her - of Miina, their sleeping neighbour; how people get depressed if pine trees grow too close to the house; that you should never turn away a witch at...

They faced up to the challenges of war - but can they deal with the troubles of peace? Canadian, Jim Armstrong, married in haste during the second world war, after a one-night stand. When his wife and their small son join him in Canada...

Two women worlds apart ... one secret that changes everything. Erin and Laura are cousins and best friends who share a love of languages and travel. Erin, a French teacher in Dublin, reaches crisis point and drops everything to move to Australia. In Sydney,...

Psychiatrist Farah Goodwyn is married to a wonderful man she respects greatly, but never really loved - not like she loves her new lover Kane Taylor. Life complicates further when keeping the secret of her mentally ill daughter's adoption is threatened by the return...

Five-year-old Sousanna is often cold and always hungry, but she's happy living in post-WWII Greece with her kind and loving family. Then one day a stranger approaches Sousanna's father with a startling proposition, made bearable only by the assurance that the situation is temporary.But...

Set during the First World War, William Breedlove Martin's IN ANOTHER TIME is the intense drama of the Lansdownes, a big, well-to-do family in a small Southern town. As the brothers Laurence and Victor leave for the front as fighter pilots, their overbearing father,...

Award-Winning Story of friendship From bestselling author Bette Lee Crosby...What Matters Most. A heartwarming story of acceptance and coming to grips with reality. Royal Palm Literary Award Winner. Louise Palmer is a settled-down person. A woman who wants nothing more than to remain in...

In 76 funny and poignant linked vignettes, 13-year-old agnostic protagonist Sandy Drue delivers the story of her personal quest. Her family has moved from New York City to Small Town USA -- not an easy move, especially for Sandy's artist/intellectual mother who feels, the...

Can you trust your own brain? Challenging what we know about our senses, Rapeseed features a synesthetic mom from Kansas with cross-wired colors, smells, and sounds in her letters, her numbers, and her turbulent memories. She's been quietly keeping secrets from and with her...

Blood is thicker than water. I didn't understand that expression when I was a kid. I only knew that I was closer to my brother Seth than to anyone else in the world. He was the calm to my storm, the light to my...

With her sister Abby's encouragement, Rebecca has moved out of their overbearing father's home. When a chance encounter with Chris ends with an invitation, Rebecca says yes. The authentic way Chris lives his life attracts Rebecca and garners her affection. Chris loves Rebecca and...

When a sibling unexpectedly inherits his grandfather's dairy farm, Will O'Shaughnessy turns to selling Fords in rural, pre-World War I southwestern Wisconsin. But over the next two decades, even as his automobile business booms and he raises a family with his true love, Mary,...

Sweet Bird of Prey is the sensitive and surprisingly humorous story of Shannon Bennet, a thirteen year old girl who narrates her junior and senior years of high school. Shannon has a confusing and complex relationship with her brother Phillip, who suffers from undiagnosed...

The Twelfth Child is a novel about trust, love and friendship. Set in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, this story starts in early 1900's and takes readers on a journey of mystery, adventure and discovery as young Abigail Anne Lannigan struggles to unearth the...

A novel both literary and suspenseful, Revere Beach Boulevard tells the story of a family that rallies around an errant son, even as a long-hidden secret that has touched all their lives comes to the surface. Peter Imbesalacqua has bent the rules and battled...

This book chronicles the quest of a man named Pavlos as he is attempting to solve the mystery of the Delphic Epsilon while also coming to terms with his mother's recent death. After twenty years living and working in Paris as a newspaper cartoonist,...

Based on a true story of forgiveness, Kingdom of Simplicity invites readers into the compelling life of sixteen-year old Eli Yoder, a misguided Amish youth in rumspringa faced with forgiving the person who killed his sisters.Author: Holly PayneISBN-10: 0982279779ISBN-13: 9780982279779Publisher: Skywriter BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2009Pages:...

In Larson's Quest, book two in the Sands of Sanibel novella series, Larson pens his life story for his daughter, Larsea. His story covers his life growing up on Sanibel, his love for Catarina, leaving his beloved island and his journeys as he enters...

Andrew Pavel, by all outward appearances, lives a normal life. He has a beautiful wife, Erica, and two great kids, Nathan and Eileen. His brother and sister are his best friends and his parents drive him crazy. But behind closed doors, normal is slipping...

More than sixteen years ago, Dr. Genevieve Moss-Carpenter lived in a downspiraling world of drug addiction and self-destruction. She left that world behind to find completeness in the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. But in leaving that world, she left behind what was most...

Imagine...that you are an average fifteen-year old boy in an American public high school. You study hard, play soccer, and look forward to getting your driver's license next year along with your first job. One typical day, a popular cheerleader approaches you at school...

After her father's death, eleven-year-old Rowan Graham wrestles with depression. Carolina, her mother, looks for a way to ease her daughter's grief and decides to adopt another dog. Rowan chooses a wolfhound-deerhound mix and believes she and the pup, Zephyr, communicate through mind-pictures, a...