Fiction - Family Life - General

"From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literary Prize, Auｺur Ava 祕lafsd穉ttir, comes a dazzling novel about a family of midwives set in the run-up to Christmas in Iceland. In the days leading up to Christmas, D穉mhildur delivers her 1,922nd...

Since the age of twelve, McKenzie Arnold has spent every summer at Albany Beach, Delaware, with her best friends Aurora, Janine, and Lilly. The seaside house teems with thirty years of memories--some wonderful, others painful--and secrets never divulged beyond its walls. This summer may...

Critical praise for Antonio Casella's work Casella's intention is to chart and illuminate undiscovered, diffi-cult country... The characters are entirely, sometimes shockingly, believable, and even if they are unlikeable, there is a point of under-standing and sympathy to which we are drawn. Helen Elliott,...

Amanda Springs has always known that she was adopted. As a young child, her adoptive parents gave her children's books about girls who "were not expected, but were selected." Her adoptive parents always made Amanda feel like an extraordinary daughter.However, finding her birth parents...

All it takes is one lie for the best-laid plans to go awry.After decades of pushing away traumatic memories from childhood, Colette De Luca is ready to start a family of her own. It'll be healthy, a wish come true, with a man she...

The start of the beloved New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling series from author Patrick Taylor, An Irish Country Doctor Barry Laverty, M.D., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek...

One Sunday morning, Nick Blud, a successful Boston physician, is home in bed when he receives a phone call from Ada Kruk, the mother of a boyhood friend. Ada summons Nick back to his old Ukranian-American New Jersey neighborhood, where something unspeakable has just...

It's 1952 and Mabel is feeling the weight of being a mother to three young children and running the bakery. And now that Mark knows he is Matthew's father, she's afraid Luke will discover the truth.In this gripping story about family, fate, and forgiveness,...

For ten long years, Oscar Campbell has done everything from picking up his boss's drycleaning to FedExing her tropical fish. His job as personal assistant to a legendary -- and temperamental -- publisher in New York City has given him more headaches than leg-ups....

They knew each other growing up and they're full-fledged adults in 2013, but their lives are aimed in vastly different directions. Joe is arrested and charged with felony sex offenses, while Cherie is in graduate school, on the path to a promising career. Joe...

Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel.As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise's life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes,...

An endearing novel of friendship, forgiveness, and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart.It was a lifetime ago that recently widowed Maggie Flynn was in Wyndham Beach. Now, on the occasion of her fortieth high school reunion, she returns to her...

A TIME and NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK of the YEAR * New York Times Notable Book and Times Critic's Top Book of 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews *Author: Lisa HallidayISBN-10:...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds, Angel Falls is "a tearjerker . . . about the triumphs of family" (Detroit Free Press).When Mikaela Campbell, beloved wife and mother, falls into a coma, it is up to her husband,...

It's 1952 and Mabel is feeling the weight of being a mother to three young children and running the bakery. And now that Mark knows he is Matthew's father, she's afraid Luke will discover the truth.In this gripping story about family, fate, and forgiveness,...

An American masterpiece and iconic novel of the West by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner--a deeply moving narrative of one family and the traditions of our national past. Lyman Ward is a retired professor of history, recently confined to a...

A Finalist for the 2016 National Book AwardNew York Times Bestseller A SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017A Bustle Fall Roundup pick for 2017The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton "This book, this writer, are magnificent."--Ann...

"A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own." ―Entertainment Weekly Bestselling author of Before the Fall and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX's Fargo) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of...

Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt, the #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick that has sold over three million copies, is finally available in paperback. Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful...

From the Bestselling Author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River!For Sierra Jones, Sullivan's Crossing is meant to be a brief stopover. She's put her troubled past behind her but the path forward isn't yet clear. A visit with her big brother Cal and...

Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt, the #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club pick that has sold over three million copies Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist....

A staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this "timeless and vast" novel filled with the "raw beauty" beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State -- and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall (Janet Maslin, The New York Times).NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Timeless...

"A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own." ―Entertainment Weekly Bestselling author of Before the Fall and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX's Fargo) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of...

The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's beloved series set in America's favorite small town: Mitford. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds, Angel Falls is "a tearjerker . . . about the triumphs of family" (Detroit Free Press).When Mikaela Campbell, beloved wife and mother, falls into a coma, it is up to her husband,...

The triumphant New York Times Bestseller *The Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick* Named one of the Best Books of the Year by People, Vogue, Parade, NPR, and Elle "A gem of a book." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo...

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of...

A little book with a big heart--from the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People. "I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know." --Lisa Genova,...

A dying man brings his oldest friends together for one last beach blowout in this witty, heartfelt novel from the author of Last Couple Standing. "A delightful novel about the meaning of friendship and how we dream of being remembered by those closest to...

All it takes is one lie for the best-laid plans to go awry.After decades of pushing away traumatic memories from childhood, Colette De Luca is ready to start a family of her own. It'll be healthy, a wish come true, with a man she...

From million-copy bestselling author Imogen Clark comes a story of three siblings and a suitcase full of cash. Will the unexpected windfall tear them apart?When their father dies unexpectedly, siblings Max, Ellie and Nathan can't even contemplate emptying his house--not least because he spent...

"A terrifying book, a mixture of poetry and obscenity. . . [the characters] are people who can't be ignored. Mr. Johnson has written a dazzling and savage first novel."--Alice Hoffman, New York Times Book ReviewThe most critically acclaimed, and first, of Denis Johnson's novels,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother, and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. "A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery...

An Irish Country Doctor from bestselling author Patick Taylor is a charming and engrossing tale that will captivate readers from the very first page--and leave them yearning to visit the Irish countryside of days gone by. Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the Northern...

An Amazon Charts bestseller.Humor and heart move the fast-paced journey of an unlikely pair coming together to form a family of their own in this touching story from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband...

One of Shondaland's Best Books of April 2022!A Lilly's Library Book Club Pick! Behind the chic veneer of a wellness clinic lies a dangerous secret, in this compelling women's fiction novel from the author of The White Coat Diaries. Dr. Maya Rao is a...

What does it take to change the world? The "epic adventure" (Booklist) of a band of unlikely heroes on a quest to save one innocent life who may end up saving us all.For decades, Judge Margot Burr-Nadir has worked tirelessly, case by case, to...

Winner of the California Book AwardFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist for the National Book Award"Beautiful and absorbing."--New York Times An Unnecessary Woman is a breathtaking portrait of one reclusive woman's late-life crisis, which garnered a wave of rave reviews and love...

A Sunday Times (London) Top 100 Novel of the Twenty-First Century"No one has written better about what, I suppose, is generally known as female experience . . . All of it is familiar from life but not (thus far) from literature. Everything about Arlington...

Revised and featuring a new foreword by the author, this uncompromising novel returns, more powerful than ever: "A portrait of a country ravaged by vendetta and graft, its public spaces loud with the complaints of religious bigots and its private spaces cradling unspeakable pain."...

An American Masterpiece Clyde Griffiths finds his social-climbing aspirations and love for a rich and beautiful debutante threatened when his lower-class pregnant girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.Author: Theodore DreiserISBN-10: 0451531558ISBN-13: 9780451531551Publisher: Signet BookLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2010Pages: 896Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 6.80h x 4.20w x 1.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

The hilarious new stand-alone romantic comedy perfect for any mom who's tried to have it all. "I don't think I have laughed out loud so much at a book while at the same time - felt so emotionally connected to the characters." -This Book,...

From the author of Homeland Elegies and Pulitzer Prize winner Disgraced, a stirring and explosive novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time....

A grieving widow and a disenchanted writer form an unexpected bond in a novel about second chances and finding the courage to let go of the past.It's been three years since Claire Kite lost her husband, David, an aspiring novelist, in a tragic car...

Growing up, my mother told me stories of her childhood. As a young girl, I understood the narrative, but as I grew older, I realized that what I knew of my mother's past was incomplete, with only bits and pieces that made her life...

"A breezy yet affecting read filled with struggle and hope."--PeopleA Good Day LA Pick Among fake Instagram pages, long-buried family secrets, and the horrors of middle school, one suburban mom searches to find herself. Alice Sullivan feels like she's finally found her groove in...

Benjamin, on the verge of becoming a father, discovers a tragic family secret involving patrimony and determines to get to the root of. Those most immediately involved are all dead, but their three closest confidantes are still alive--Isabel, his grandmother; Haroldo, his grandfather's friend;...

"Extraordinary."--Stephen King"This book is not simply the great American novel; it's the great novel of las Americas. It's the great world novel This is the international story of our times. Masterful."--Sandra CisnerosTambi n de este lado hay sue os. On this side too, there...

*2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Award for Debut Short Story Collection, Finalist.*2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2021, Longlist.*2020 Short Story Prize, Longlist."The richly detailed short fictions in this debut from a Damascus-born scribe form an intricate, breathtaking mosaic of modern Muslim life." --Michelle Hart,...