Fiction - Family Life - General

In A Slice of Life, Another Slice of Life, and The Rest of the Pie, average people face extraordinary circumstances, their own veritable moment of truth. They stand at the proverbial fork in the road faced with choices, whether their own or life's dictates.The...

An Australian Outback Story (Book 4) It's breaking all the rules but when it's two consenting adults, does it even matter? Dr Sara Winters leaves Sydney and her ex-husband behind, swearing off men and romance in general. What she didn't expect in the quiet...

LYRICS EDITION: Features all-new original lyrics and music from the Wynter Wild seriesA bittersweet tune...Three years ago, Xay left Wynter to face the nightmare alone. She's been searching for him ever since-and now he's found her first.Can he pick up the pieces of a...

One man, two centuries, in America's last continental frontier. Adapting to a new language during the early years of the family featured in this novel proved to be more difficult for adults than for their children who had the benefit of formal in-class schooling....

I was inspired to write this book, Poetry of Life, because I looked back at my life and sawall the things that the Lord has brought me through. I realized that I could have helpedsomeone to overcome what they were going through with the...

The emotions unleashed in this tale . . . are painfully universal. Yet you know exactly where in the universe you are. This is the hallmark of great short stories, from Chekhov's portraits of discontented Russians to Joyce's struggling Dubliners.--Radhika Jones, TimeNaja Marie Aidt's...

In her fiction debut, Alice Albinia weaves a multithreaded epic tale that encompasses divine saga and familial discord and introduces an unforgettable heroine. Leela--alluring, taciturn, haunted--is moving from New York back to Delhi. Worldly and accomplished, she has been in self-imposed exile from India...

When four-year-old Bo is orphaned in the car accident that kills his mother, he becomes the focus of a fierce custody struggle and flees into himself -- away from the sea of strangers -- where he inhabits an eerie inner landscape. The world of...

An antiques dealer and an enigmatic heiress embark on a revelatory friendship in a haunting and hopeful novel about family ties, secrets, and belonging by the bestselling author of A Heart Like Home.Cautious Claire Shelton, employee at a Maine antique shop, is surprised when...

Inheriting a seaside cottage comes with strings attached in this touching romance where an introverted remote worker must leave her city apartment and learn to connect with others--and find love--in real life. Mallory Rosen takes her remote tech job seriously. She values routine with...

From the author of the phenomenal internationally bestselling The Keeper of Stories, The Secrets of Flowers is a heartwarming novel about a grieving woman who rediscovers herself by uncovering the lost story of the girl who arranged flowers on the Titanic.The smallest treasures can...

From the author of the phenomenal internationally bestselling The Keeper of Stories, The Secrets of Flowers is a heartwarming novel about a grieving woman who rediscovers herself by uncovering the lost story of the girl who arranged flowers on the Titanic.The smallest treasures can...

She returned to prove her father's innocence, but there's no telling what she'll find... It's been fifteen years since Lucy Sinclair saw her father. Fifteen long years since she sat in a courtroom and watched him sentenced to life in prison. He murdered three...

From the author of the phenomenal internationally bestselling The Keeper of Stories, The Secrets of Flowers is a heartwarming novel about a grieving woman who rediscovers herself by uncovering the lost story of the girl who arranged flowers on the Titanic.The smallest treasures can...

She returned to prove her father's innocence, but there's no telling what she'll find... It's been fifteen years since Lucy Sinclair saw her father. Fifteen long years since she sat in a courtroom and watched him sentenced to life in prison. He murdered three...

An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his...

"Like Lorna Landvik and J. Ryan Stradal, Jan Lefebvre has a wonderful ear for the cadence of Midwestern life, and an appreciation for the small moments between us that are so much bigger. There's heartbreak in this book, but also so much good humor,...

Author: Jonathan MitchellISBN-13: 9798891302952Publisher: Christian Faith PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2025Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

'Remember I Love You will break you heart and put it back together again... this novel will captivate you and leave you feeling uplifted and hopeful' Sinead Moriarty Recently-widowed father of one Luke is desperate for a sign. Since his beloved wife Helen passed,...

The third in Trollope's six-volume Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds boasts an extraordinary heroine in Lizzie Eustace, a lying schemer in the mould of Thackeray's Becky Sharp. A pompous Under-Secretary of State, an exploitative and acquisitive American and her unhappy "niece," a shady radical...

'Remember I Love You will break you heart and put it back together again... this novel will captivate you and leave you feeling uplifted and hopeful' Sinead Moriarty Recently-widowed father of one Luke is desperate for a sign. Since his beloved wife Helen passed,...

An ambitious, panoptic novel about exile as both condition and state of being by a major young Cuban writer The characters in False War are ambivalent castaways living lives of deep estrangement from their home country, stranded in an existential no-man's land. Some of...

Four-year-old Robin Aletta Byrd is furious when she finds out her full name is actually Robin "A Little" Bird. She doesn't even like birds. And she's super annoyed that she can't fly. Then she finds Sparkle, a big-mouthed, half-naked baby cedar waxwing. He whistles...

Author: Sarah C. JohnsISBN-10: 1420521683ISBN-13: 9781420521689Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/09/2025Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Author: J. C. CervantesISBN-10: 1420521268ISBN-13: 9781420521269Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2025Format: Library BindingLarge Print

How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong?This is the question that haunts Flo when her daughter Teddy plans to visit after a long separation. The prospect of seeing Teddy brings back painful memories of Teddy's...

A young girl, anonymous and ignored, sits through a cold, hard, west-country winter, begging for change and searching for a warm place to sleep. Ghosts of Spring explores one girl's desire to transcend the limits of her environment and forge a new life against...

Author: Clare Leslie HallISBN-10: 1668144565ISBN-13: 9781668144565Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2025Format: CD

Author: Emersyn ParkISBN-13: 9798987902257Publisher: Julie FrankLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2025Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Jean GraingerISBN-10: 1915790824ISBN-13: 9781915790828Publisher: Gold Harp Media LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2025Pages: 306Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

#1 bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand teams up with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, to deliver a dishy, page-turning novel following an intertwined cast of characters over the course of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school. It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and...

I wrote this collection of essays, poems and stories, all short reads, to encourage myself and people of all ages to find a way through life's challenges! So sit back and let these words whimsically weave courage, forgiveness, gratitude, caring, kindness and self-love into...

Inspired by Carl Hiaasen and Victor D. LaValle in equal measure, Solon Timothy Woodward mines the nether regions of Florida in search of high drama and raucous comedy. Full of sex, death, and humor, this bawdy, brilliant debut introduces us to three generations of...

Author: Joanne ClagueISBN-10: 1804368008ISBN-13: 9781804368008Publisher: Canelo SagaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.72d

Concerning Pastor Elizabeth and her not-a-mutt, Infinity: Is Riverview ready for a female minister? Is Pastor Liz ready for Riverview? Her adopted dog, Infinity, will win some friends for the pair, but Infinity runs into trouble, leading to a new vocation.The Riverview Animal Shelter...

Melissa Hendrickson is tired of being a good sport, one of the guys. She wants to find love and settle down in Lilac Lake with the man of her dreams. She thinks she's found the man, but he doesn't know she exists. After she...

A passionate and paranormal novel of love and mystery at Christmastime from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author and "magnificent storyteller" (RT Book Reviews) Christine Feehan. Kate Drake, a well-traveled bestselling novelist, is one of seven sisters...who just happen to be witches....

The Jansen family having scattered world wide pursuing their own interests finds that they must come together to save their town after the disastrous effects of the financial crisis of the 2000's. During the fight to save their, town love blossoms for one of...

The BRAND NEW book club pick from bestseller Sian O'Gorman Three generations; Two families; One secret. After another relationship disaster Alice Littleton returns home to spend summer in Dublin's Sandycove with her Mum, Ciara and beloved grandmother Eva at their family deli and grocers....

A BRAND NEW emotional read from Louise Guy I loved him... but I loved my daughters more. I knew what I had to do. I had to protect them. When June Marlow was arrested for the murder of her husband nearly thirty years ago,...

A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won't want to hang up on. "A portrait of love, heartache, and hilarity that transcends its medium."--Elle "Brilliant . . . Melissa Mogollon did not come to play."--Kiley...

The ninth instalment in bestselling author Elaine Everest's Woolworths series.Author: Elaine EverestISBN-10: 1035020602ISBN-13: 9781035020607Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2023Pages: 386Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.86d

An elderly woman recounts her Dutch family's survival during the final years of Nazi occupation, shedding new light on old secrets that rippled through subsequent generations. Eighty-year-old Mieke Geborn's life is one of quiet routine. Widowed for many years, she enjoys the view from...

The Pond, the third book in Jimmy Zeigler's "Back Road Mysteries" series, follows Clifford and Janet, a married couple whose peaceful life in rural Virginia is disrupted by chilling events. Recently married and soon-to-be parents, they face the complexities of parenthood and the quiet...

The BRAND NEW book club pick from bestseller Carmen Reid 'Escapist Summer reading at its best' Jill Mansell Divorced, Re-wedded. Survived.... Lucie Marshal is absolutely furious! How did she go from being a successful wife and mother to divorced, teetering on bankruptcy, and barely...

From the author of the "sharp, smart, and gloriously extra" (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times bestselling author) Good Morning America Book Club Pick The Fortunes of Jaded Women, a stunning family dramedy about estranged siblings competing to inherit their father's Vietnamese sandwich franchise...

""This beautiful page-turner kept me reading all night." --Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost...

An irreverent and deeply-felt debut novel about a family confronting a past that is both keeping them together and preventing them from breaking free.Meet the Valiat family. In Iran, they were somebodies. In America, they're nobodies. First there is Elizabeth, the regal matriarch with...

A Tale of Love, Discovery, and Second Chances... In the bustling world of Dublin's advertising scene, Kitty O'Sullivan, a copywriter, feels an unexplainable void in her life that she can't quite pinpoint. Her five-year relationship with Dave is stagnant, her creative juices have dried...

Chris McKinney's The Queen of Tears is the story of Soong Nan Lee, a former Seoul movie star, exploring her familial struggles and her childhood trek across war-torn Korea. Now entering into mass publication, this book demonstrates McKinney's ability to evoke "Honolulu's lower depths...