Fiction - Family Life - General

Claire Barnes is shattered when her husband, Greg, goes on a business trip and never returns. Unwilling to just wait for the police to find him, Claire conducts her own investigation. Her best friend Drew helps her look for answers, but all she finds...

It's the summer of 1994 in suburban Chicago: Forrest Gump is still in theaters, teens are reeling from the recent death of Kurt Cobain, and you can enter a sweepstakes for a spaceship from Jupiter to land in your backyard. Welcome to Margaret Wappler's...

"Suspenseful and moving . . . This author has a talent for telling a story and telling it well." - ABNA Breakthrough Novel Award "Like the nesting dolls of the title, the story moves backward through time, masterfully disclosing the mysteries of three generations...

Booker Prize winner James Kelman's new novel, Dirt Road, tells the story of a teenage boy who travels with his father from Scotland to Alabama to visit with relatives after the death of his mother. In the American South, he becomes swept up into...

"Damn if I didn't actually laugh out loud while reading it--several times, in fact. If you're looking for a funny, well-written novel . . . give this a try!"--AfterEllen.com Just when you thought it was safe to pitch your tent, the Santora family shows...

Dotty, old and maybe crazy, sees The Wizard of Oz on TV, and recognizes it as her own story.Author: Geoff RymanISBN-10: 1931520739ISBN-13: 9781931520737Publisher: Small Beer PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2015Pages: 386Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 78

A.G. Harmon's Some Bore Gifts is an eclectic collection of stories spanning the traditional to the satirical, with a kaleidoscope of viewpoints and characters that includes tree cutters, department store pianists, museum guides, physicians, florists, actresses, bank managers, junk salesmen, personal trainers, and English...

Shortlisted for the 2018 ReLit AwardIn this new novel by ReLit award-winning, Leacock-nominated writer Andrew Kaufman, the narrator eschews the usual avenues of mid-life crisis-sportscars, mistresses-and instead seeks meaning in the least likely of places: small claims court. There, he struggles to understand what's...

When Colin discovers his son is on a murder charge in France, he trails his small boat, The Dragonfly, across the channel to Paris to try and help him. There he meets his grand-daughter - the irrepressible Delphine - for the first time. They...

Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is rescued and nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne, reclusive siblings who seem to have as many secrets as he does. Tom has spent years helping the...

Tragedy brought him home, but love made him stay. When his estranged wife, Jess, has a terrible accident leaving her lying in a coma, Clay Connors returns to his family to care for his two daughters. He has been separated from his family for...

An unforgettable and breathtaking novel of love, loss, and the unexpected routes that life takes from Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale.With her deceased sister's Route 66 bucket list in hand, California girl Joy Evers sets out on a cross-country...

"The Snakes is many things--a parable and an ancient drama where a father's greed devours his children, a police procedural, an avid take on tabloid venality, and a bitter comedy, superbly observed. Sadie Jones writes with pitiless aplomb and corrosive intelligence."--Louise ErdrichA chilling page-turner...

2nd EDITION -- Selah Award Winner, Carol Award Finalist - "Best Historical Fiction" -- Gerard Warner was not only a literary giant but a devoted family man. When he dies he leaves his Charleston estate to his grandson, Michael, an aspiring writer. Michael soon...

Falling For You Former pro-snowboarder Ben Healy has always sensed when to call it quits. He knew when to give up Olympic dreams and settle for lucrative sponsorship deals. He knew when his competition days were ending. And with Colleen Ridge, he knew that...

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble takes her readers on another beach adventure where a young woman discovers the power of family and forgiveness.School teacher Julie Barlow and her two best friends, Beth and Aggie, are looking forward to an adults only beach...

"After spending time with the gang in the seventh Must Love Dogs installment, Hearts and Barks, I'm thrilled to report that I love them even more, and I have the distinct feeling that we'll be continuing our friendship for a long, long time."-Book Perfume...

This book could be called a fairytale. A fairytale is -after all - a story of wonder. But unlike most fairy-tales, it is true, and just like most fairy-tales, it has a happy ending. Even though it is about children, is not a children's...

Young Mikey Quinn, scavenging on the streets of Hull, is thrown into prison for stealing a rabbit from the butcher. His chief accuser, a well-to-do lawyer, has a daughter, Eleanor, whom he badly mistreats. When Mikey is released he finds that his mother has...

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.Work: A Story of Experience, first published in 1873, is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, set in the times before and after the American Civil War. It is one of "several nineteenth-century novels...

You are an artist living in New York City who suddenly faces a series of temptations as your estranged father and older successful siblings re-enter your life, bringing with them old grudges and bringing once-buried secrets to light. Later on, a horrific tragedy occurs...

Atuonuo lives with her widowed mother Visuenuo in Kija, an ancient village of the Angamis. Their lives are hard--regulated by the seasons and by the ceaseless annual labours of hoeing and digging, planting and harvesting. But it is also a life of peace, lived...

When Fanny Price is sent away from her struggling family to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle, life doesn't suddenly transform for her. At least, not for the better. From failed marriage proposals to unavoidable class conflicts, Fanny must learn to fit in...

John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and...

"A gripping look at the way humanity handles crisis." --NewsweekIn the midst of a devastating epidemic, how far will a desperate mother go to keep her loved ones safe? There is a deadly virus spreading around the world. At first it is a distant...

One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfather's farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives with us in our apartment. Once he told stories but now he stays silent. Until one day, in the city market, I find something precious...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...