Fiction - Family Life - General

"In life I had suffered a thousand deaths, and in the midst of death Iencountered true life. I had looked in all the wrong places, until there, on a hill ofivy, I was found." Driving aimlessly through the stormy suburbs of San Francisco, Casey...

It is December 24, 1944, and as World War II rages on, the Anderson family in East Texas faces a very bleak Christmas. With Mr. Anderson serving in the army half a world away, young Danny Anderson must try to fill his father's absence...

Catherine, an archivist, has spent decades committed to conserving the pasts of others, only to find her own resurfacing on the eve of her retirement. Carefully, she mines the failing memories of her aging mother to revive a mysterious Uncle and relive the tragic...

Shortly after Orthodox Jewish Brooklynite Jacob Fischer puts his young family on a bus to visit relatives, the bus explodes in a stunning act of terrorism. HIs faith shattered, Jacob flees the comforts of his community and disappears. He lands up in a predominantly...

A haunting, luminous debut novel about a man and his relationship with his daughter, his captor, his past, and his future. "Like Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato, All That's Left to Tell celebrates not just the power of storytelling but the deeply human need...

When Jean Sousa's uncle, a high-ranking politician on the fictional Caribbean -island of Baobique, is diagnosed with brain cancer, Jean is forced to reconcile difficult family relationships and her place among them.Author: K. E. SilvaISBN-10: 1933354119ISBN-13: 9781933354118Publisher: Akashic BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2006Pages: 205Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize:...

For the five Reeves women, nothing is more important than keeping their family bond tight and their communication flowing. But honesty isn't so clear cut when it could blow up everything they've fought to build . . . Already reeling from betrayal, middle sister...

With grace, acuity, and wry compassion, in Abundance, Amit Majmudar has written anew the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignant, the tangled ties between generations. When Mala and Ronak learn that their mother has only a few...

Charlotte Hubbard celebrates the joys and challenges of motherhood in this inspirational novel set in the warmth and tradition of an Amish Missouri farm community. As a young girl, Leah Otto was captivated by Jude Shetler's good looks and talent as an auctioneer. So...

Lina and Phil Hunter have shared an uncanny psychic connection since they were teenagers and he saved her life, so when Lina's mother cautions her to be on guard against a new love interest she sees in her astrological chart, it confirms what Lina...

Meet the Donnigans With the eldest Donnigan brothers adjusting to civilian life, their younger sister constantly in trouble, and their little brother clueless about life in general, falling in love is the last thing on anyone's mind... Can this Bossy Badass Marine... The Marine...

Tom, a retired attorney, has exchanged his high-powered, faster-paced Boston life for one of gentle, quiet, and peaceful reflection in Maine. His daily routine and habits, while dull and uninspiring, comfort him And yet, he feels as though his life does not have meaning...

Isaac and Nora haven't seen each other in five years, yet when Nora phones Isaac late one night, he knows who it is before she's spoken a word. Isaac, a photographer, is relinquishing his artistic career, while Nora, a writer, is seeking to rededicate...

Eden Rock Country Club is a grand New England institution, a lush haven of leisure and cocktails, where gossip and intrigue lurk discreetly behind a veil of old-world propriety. But one Fourth of July, a flock of geese descends on the club's manicured lawns;...

Penny Vincenzi, internationally bestselling author of No Angel, has dazzled readers with her intricately crafted novels. Now, she unleashes her signature narrative prowess once more in A Question of Trust. "No one writes smart, turn-paging fiction like Penny Vincenzi." --USA Today In 1950s London,...

Torie O'Shea investigates the tangled roots of an ancient family tree. Torie O'Shea--genealogist and amateur sleuth--is having a killer of a day. The town gossip spreads the word that her sweet wheelchair-bound mother is having an affair--with the sheriff! Then quiet Marie Dijon is...

In this powerful, page-turning debut, Jimin Han deftly shows that revolutions--whether big or small, in the world or of the heart--can have an impact that lasts through time and spans the oceans.On a beautiful Pennsylvania fall morning, a gunman holds college freshman Yoona Lee...

Filled with her trademark wit, poignant themes, and rich characters, the perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with a sensational novel that follows the travels of one couple though a tumultuous summer.Dorothea Benton Frank's magical stories take us deep into the heart of...

A New York Times Editors' Choice "This artful and autumnal novel, published in high summer, is a gift to those who wish to receive it."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Hilarious, heartbreaking . . . A Terrible Country may be one of the best...

New York Times Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller - Publishers Weekly Bestseller People's Book of the WeekAnnual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Nominee for FictionAdriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and...

Charlotte Hubbard celebrates the joys and challenges of motherhood in this inspirational novel set in the warmth and tradition of an Amish Missouri farm community. As a young girl, Leah Otto was captivated by Jude Shetler's good looks and talent as an auctioneer. So...

New York Times Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller - Publishers Weekly Bestseller People's Book of the WeekAnnual Library of Virginia Literary Awards Nominee for FictionAdriana Trigiani, the New York Times bestselling author of the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, returns with her biggest and...

An unopened gift. A broken vow. A tragic fire. Sometimes there are wounds that even time can't heal.Max and Claire Beaumont seem to have the perfect marriage. They live in a beautiful home, have four wonderful children and everything else that success and money...

Told with the storytelling power and emotional fidelity of Wally Lamb, this is a searing drama of a modern American family on the brink of dissolution, one that explores adoption, gay marriage, and love lost and found.For years, Matthew Greene and Daniel Rosen have...

Katherine Lamontagne isn't Celeste Barnes's mother, but ever since Celeste graduated high school and her parents abandoned Hidden Harbor, Maine, she's acted the part. At twenty-two, Celeste worked at Katherine's bakery, and hoped to buy the business once Katherine took early retirement. But when...

The Sunday Times bestseller returns for a fourth book! Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures - this time taking them a long way from home... Alfie and George just can't seem to keep out of trouble. So when they...

From the pages of the national bestselling Dame Frevisse mysteries. While performing in the theatrical and religious festival of Corpus Christi Day in Coventry, Joliffe is summoned by Bishop Beaufort to use his skills as a spy to uncover the mysteries of the town's...

The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox - the master storyteller.Finding a new beginning means taking the hardest road...but the journey is where you find your true courage.Torn away from their beloved home, the journey for the Carter family has just...

A follow-up to her successful debut Charleston and set in the world's most glamorous landscapes, this moving new love story from Margaret Bradham Thornton draws on a metaphor of entanglement theory to ask: when two people collide, are they forever attached no matter where...

A luminous and insightful novel that considers the moral complexities of scientific discovery and the sustaining nature of love. A young researcher at MIT, Jane Weiss is obsessed with finding the genetic marker for Valentine's Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder. Her pursuit is deeply personal--Valentine's...

Saralee Rosenberg's compelling debut novel, told in a warm, wise and endearing voice, is about sisters, mothers and daughters, and loss, sacrifice and love.When Shelby Lazarus returns home to Long Island in the midst of a family crisis, she is forced to face all...

Tina and Maurice Shaw meet in the turbulent days of World War 11. They fall in love and marry before Maury joins the Medical Corps in France. When they return to the States, the couple move to a small town in Pennsylvania with Maury's...

Every street should have a dog like Jack. And every abandoned dog should find a new family like the residents of Christmas Street--a group of people who just might need Jack as much as he needs them . . . All day, he trots...

This "brutal and brave" (Booklist) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation--physical, spiritual, or both. A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student...

Author: Alma RoutsongISBN-10: 1258212900ISBN-13: 9781258212902Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.44d

Testing, Testing, One, Two Teens Meet Lizzie, the exasperated mother of Cassie, Connor and Stepdaughter Maisy. She gets by with good friends, cheap wine and talking to herself. Teenager Cassie, the Facebook-tweeting, selfie-taking, music and mobile phone-obsessed daughter, hates everything about her life. She...

A thousand eyes were watching me. Nobody in the room was talking, and the only sound was a muffled cough from the darkness in the back of the auditorium. Why wasn't everyone whispering to their neighbors? Shouldn't they be playing on their cell phones...

Named an ELLE BEST BOOK OF 2024Named a BEST or MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR by Readers' Digest, Elle Magazine, CondeNast Traveler, Publishers' Weekly, Indigo, ZibbyMag, Goodreads, BookBub & more "A deeply moving, layered portrait of the hopes, dreams and fears a family...

A mysterious, heartwarming tale of small-town intrigue, family secrets, and the possibility of new love from the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Lighthouse Keeper.Emma Laurent has always preferred helping others to asking for help. But now, she's the one in need. Her stepmother...

Let one woman's struggle with Alzheimer's disease, and passing into the freedom of the next life restore faith in God's promise that love and life are everlasting. Faith is restored as little synchronistic coincidences are revealed as more than just that from the perspective...

In A Cosmic Awakening of Relationships beyond Us, love is the goal of each character. Liz and Joe explain their love story and its direct impact on the cosmos. Just when Ruby thinks her negative decisions have distorted love, its power is amplified and...

The truth behind a teenage girl's disappearance becomes something to conceal in a gripping novel about justice, lies, and impossible choices by New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.When nineteen-year-old Jill Moss goes missing near the Utah-Arizona border, everyone has an opinion. Only...

Two families in Seattle, one American and the other Japanese-American, face the upcoming World War II. Both families have sons who are affected by the war and by the prejudice that roiled the Seattle community and sent one family to an internment camp. As...

IT'S ALMOST BUNNY RUE'S BIRTHDAY!In this rhyming picture book, Rue's family helps her think of plans for her special day. After they brainstorm fun activities, Rue discovers what will make her birthday the best. Children of all ages will enjoy this fun and heartwarming...

Follow the story of Aaron, a young boy and the victim of child abuse. Experience through his eyes how the lack of support, proper education, and encouragement warped his life and affected his perspective on reality.Inspired by the author's experiences and interviews, A Boy...

IT'S ALMOST BUNNY RUE'S BIRTHDAY!In this rhyming picture book, Rue's family helps her think of plans for her special day. After they brainstorm fun activities, Rue discovers what will make her birthday the best. Children of all ages will enjoy this fun and heartwarming...

The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, brimming with lush atmosphere, striking characters, and irresistible charm.As the freedom of the Jazz...

From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century and post-World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple...

Willy Cherrymill and his stepdaughter, Lacey, are deeply bruised by a past brimming with unanswered questions. It's been thirty years since May DuBerry, Willy's young wife and Lacey's mother, abandoned them both, leaving Willy to raise Lacey alone.Lacey Cherrymill is smart, stubborn, and focused....

Secrets are like pennies. Everybody's got one, even the poorest among us.For generations, the Jensens have raised their families in the small Montana town of Moose Creek, where gossip spreads faster than the wind. Yet some secrets need to be told.When twenty-one-year-old Bea discovers...