Fiction - Family Life - General

Woodrow McIlmore is leading the perfect life in Paris, Arkansas: married to his high school sweetheart, he has two wonderful children and a warm circle of family and friends. When Wood's daughter announces that she wants to marry a college classmate, Wood is stunned....

Many men aim high; Tom Farrell dares to be average. While his friends accumulate wedding rings, mortgages, and even, alarmingly, babies, Tom still lives alone in his rented apartment with nothing but condiments and alcohol in his refrigerator. He spends Saturday mornings watching cartoons...

"With a dazzling mix of directness and metaphor, Prose captures the centrifugal and isolating force of grief. . . . "[Goldengrove is] a moving meditation on how, out of the painful passing of innocence and youth, sexuality and identity can miraculously emerge." -- Los...

A New York Times Notable Book"A wonderful and wise novel, a story told with unflinching courage and honesty, and with keen insight into the most universal of all conditions, the struggle of the human heart." -- Ken Wells, author of Meely LeBauve"Lyrical and honest....Moynahan...

A New York Times Notable Book"Haunting, disturbing, often radiantly intense, these protean stories change shape as if they are made of fire. They are on the side of things lost, they are pushed by the emergency of our lives-yet in the dazzle of their...

'Cathy's warmth and gentle humour shine through - a really enjoyable read.' Judy Leigh, author of A Grand Old Time 'Funny and feelgood' Good Housekeeping On a trip of a lifetime to India, Bea is given an unexpected fiftieth birthday present - an hour...

'Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' Hello 'Extremely charming' Marian KeyesNot every journey takes you far from home...Mr Doubler is an expert in many things. He can bake the fluffiest lemon drizzle cake, distil divine gin, and grow perfect potatoes. But...

'My name is Alice. And my son is a murderer.' Deborah's son was killed four years ago. Alice's son is in prison for committing that crime.Deborah would give anything to have her boy back, and Alice would do anything to right her son's wrongs.Driven...

'Breezy, funny and winning' Daily Mail 'Packed with humour and warmth' Heat 5* 'A lovely story about family, faith and self-acceptance' Red magazine* * * * * The four Amir sisters - Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae - are the only young Muslims in...

A heart-warming story of friendship and family during the first Christmas of World War Two.Autumn 1939 and London prepares to evacuate its young. In No 5 Jubilee Street, Bermondsey, ten-year-old Connie is determined to show her parents that she's a brave girl and can...

The classic follow-up to A Bit of A Do, about the comedy of Yorkshire life, told through seven more do's. Life is still a social minefield in this small Yorkshire town. From the opening of a vegetarian restaurant to the inauguration of the Outer...

Join a Young Boy in His Fantastical AdventureAndy Buckram has many uses for tin cans: keeping worms, bailing the boat, storing screws and washers and nails and whatnots. He has made a few things out of tin cans as well, such as cowbells and...

This gothic masterpiece is set against the backdrop of scenic Sicily in a hauntingly beautiful castle as young Julia battles to be free from her family's long line of betrayal and secrecy. Follow the misfortunes of the noble House of Mazzini as young Julia...

Every mom has a secret. Will anonymous social media posts expose hidden truths and burn down the internet?Snarky comments and rude behavior. Laura Perry is fed up. She hopes the new anonymous posting feature on her social media page for moms will remind everyone...

Join a Young Boy in His Fantastical AdventureAndy Buckram has many uses for tin cans: keeping worms, bailing the boat, storing screws and washers and nails and whatnots. He has made a few things out of tin cans as well, such as cowbells and...

Hailey undergoes a stressful childhood life and later gets sold off to the wealthiest Alpha. She unknowingly got caught up in the alpha's mysterious dramatic life. She ends ups meeting her real family and discovering she posses magical supernatural powers. Author: DamaraISBN-10: 822324604XISBN-13: 9798223246046Publisher:...

Caroline is seven years old when her family flees Pinochet's regime, leaving Chile for Montreal on Christmas Eve, 1986. She fears Santa won't find them on the plane but wakes to find a new doll at her side, her mother preserving the holiday even...

Set in the late 1500s, this historical gothic novel is a tale of horror and psychological terror from Ann Radcliffe, one of the most influential writers of the genre. Emily St. Aubert suffered the loss of her mother early in life and formed a...

Seventeen-year-old Annika Rose and her father Wes have spent the years since the death of Annika's mother in self-imposed social isolation on their farm on the edge of the woods. When a young woman named Tina moves into a house down the road, the...

The women of Peerbaugh Place are entering a season of the heart.Things are ever-changing at Peerbaugh Place, and once again Evelyn Peerbaugh opens her home to new boarders. This time she gets more than she bargains for: a new tenant whose vanity exceeds all...

Discover the before years.Do you know about your family's before years - their lives before you?Elsie and Willis Masterson have been married 69 years when he passes away. Before he dies Willis encourages Elsie to make sure the family knows about her life. She's...

The small town of Bridgeford is in crisis. Downtown is deserted, businesses are closing, and the idea of civic pride seems old-fashioned to residents rushing through the streets to get somewhere else. Bridgeford seems to have lost its heart. But there is one thing...

The feel-good read of 2024. Perfect for fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O'Leary and Alice Oseman's Heartstopper.Selected as one of the Independent's 19 debut authors set to make their mark in 2023'Gentle, honest and beautifully authentic' Julietta Henderson'Touching and sincere' The Sunday Times'Feel-good, heartwarming...

An Irish Country Girl is another captivating tale by Patrick Taylor, a true Irish storyteller, from the beloved Irish Country series. Mrs. Kinky Kincaid is an unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled doctors in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. She is...

From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Corner comes a tale of love, loss--and one last extraordinary dance.Christmas Eve, 2019. Ninety-four-year-old Molly lies in her hospital bed. A stroke and a fall may have broken her body--but her mind is alive with...

A provocative novel about growing up in Nazi Germany, as seen through the eyes of a child witnessing the spread of intolerance and political unrest in his town. An Ordinary Youth is a novel drawn directly from the author's boyhood in Nazi Germany. Nine-year-old...

Agents of the state murdered his wife and took his son. Now they're coming for Danny Ash.Framed as a terrorist, the mild-mannered stay-at-home dad, desperate to find his child, has to evade both law enforcement and killers in the pay of shadowy vulture capitalist...

Conflict between Boomer parents and Millennial children about how you should lead your life.... When Jenn Adler returns from a year in India, she has a surprise for her parents: a young guru from Bangalore whom she intends to marry. Her father, Paul, is...

Margaret Oliphant's novel 'At His Gates' was originally published in 1872. Helen is married to painter Robert Drummond. Over time she has become somewhat disillusioned, realising that Robert will never be a great painter; but their marriage is otherwise very happy. Before her marriage...

From the author of Marriage: A Duet, comes a gripping novel that explores the intricate relationships of a family as its members grapple with love, loyalty, and their meaning to one another With tenderness and wit, Anne Taylor Fleming returns to the complicated terrain...

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: "a devastating account of a boy's sexual awakening and the loss of his childhood.... Seamless [and] profound ... An...

From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes an emotional, slow burn romance about a woman desperate to hide and the man who sees through her walls, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. I wanted to lose myself in the...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking new novel about three very different adoptive mothers who face the impossible question: What makes a family? Though they look like any other family, they aren't one--not quite. They are...

Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove ... meet Amazing Grace Adams, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink--who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled--the unhappiest age you can...

Welcome to the guesthouse on the Green, where Mammy and her girls will make you feel part of the family. Settle in and enjoy your stay at O'Mara's, where stories abound, romance lurks and laughter sounds.It's short notice, but you're invited to an O'Mara...

In this acclaimed addition to Joan Medlicott's USA TODAY bestselling series, new joys overcome new troubles as the unforgettable Ladies of Covington embrace life in their small North Carolina mountain town. A dark cloud is hovering over the usually cheery farmhouse that Grace, Hannah,...

This sassy, shocking autobiographical novel from the author of Uptown Dreams captures the racial tensions, the hardships, and the bonds that formed between families and neighbors growing up poor in Harlem. You'd be angry, too, if you grew up poorer than poor in Harlem...

"Prepare to be astonished, prepare to be entertained. If you would know about the secrets of the human heart, its tragedies and triumphs, then read this remarkable collection of short stories by two brothers, Fred and Chris Belland. Ranging in locale from the U.S....

Maryanne has already overcome many obstacles in her life that have included living in multiple foster homes and an orphanage. Although she has matured into womanhood, she is still living in a Catholic women's shelter in Philadelphia. Determined to realize independence, she is diligently...

As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever . but will the Cuthberts send her back to to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected-a skinny girl with...

On the windswept Scandinavian land Islands, the festive season is snowy and chilly--yet breathtakingly beautiful.It's time for Alicia to enjoy her first winter back on her beloved islands with her family. But her estranged husband, Liam, springs an unwelcome and devastating surprise and her...

Richard and Michael, recovering alcoholics, struggle to gain custody of Richard's daughter from her grandparents after her mother's death only to discover they-and she-are fundamentalist Christians.Author: Catherine Marshall-SmithISBN-10: 1631521632ISBN-13: 9781631521638Publisher: She Writes PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2017Pages: 360Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d

For readers of J. Courtney Sullivan and Emma Straub, and for fans of Firefly Lane, comes a poignant and sweeping novel about life, love, and the ever-evolving nature of female friendship by the author of Waiting for a Star to Fall. The bottom of...

Finally Abby is thirteen. A real teenager who only wants to pierce her ears, have a boyfriend, and run her own life. But when her mother suffers a nervous breakdown, Abby faces a life far different from what she hoped for. Set in the...

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,...

AmyBy: Wendy LuftWhen little Amy Miller is born, her parents could not be happier. Both estranged from their own families, they are thrilled to finally be making one of their own. But when tragedy strikes, life as Amy knows it will be thrown upside...

Thomas Cole and his younger brother, Andy, attempt to revive their broken relationship in the aftermath of their father's untimely death.When Cole travels back to his childhood home for the funeral Andy seizes on his older brother's return and proposes a weekend trip to...

New York Times Bestseller A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick "I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find our way home...You...

Salem is seven years old when his sister Maryam is murdered in his native Yemen. The honor killing comes after an innocent and joyful love blossom beneath a palm tree with a member of a hostile tribe. False rumors that Maryam is pregnant incite...

Amina: The Silent One is the story of a musical prodigy born in the slums of Mumbai and her journey into hell. Born to Jaffer and his wife, Amina is their third female child, and they want to get rid of her. But sage...