Fiction - Family Life - General

Dolores Miller was living the American dream. She and her husband Lawrence lived in a small Southern California town with their two children. She was an elementary school teacher and Lawrence was a charismatic high school music teacher, but their idyllic life is suddenly...

An extended family in small town East Tennessee navigates the troubled waters of growing up, religion, abuse, and social justice issues in "Little River." Caleb Salt is fifteen. The youngest of four boys whose father is dead and whose mother is unwell, Caleb finds...

Every so often a book comes along that pokes a stick in the eye of your conscience. This stick is sure to remind you that social change is dawdling, uneven, and wistful. This novel begs you to remember that when reviewed, the collective habits...

This book is book three in a series of books about Becky and Dan Jeffries and their extended family. Life gets better' discusses: Little Grady Flannigan goes missing and his police sergeant mother is frantic - will he be found? Baby Vicki's parents learn...

The reunion of fraternity pledge brothers results in much more than the reminiscent men could have imagined. Anticipated conclusions to situations in this feel-good, pay-it-forward drama turn out not to be obvious. Heartwrenching and heart warming situations the old men find themselves faced with...

This is a good yarn about how we can produce a little pocket of paradise on this planet.Author: Ron RundleISBN-10: 1514370336ISBN-13: 9781514370339Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2015Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Matilda Kanfer is a champion sportswoman, determined to realise her potential on the global stage. She is also the daughter of a convicted child killer. While her dysfunctional family is intent on destroying themselves around her, Matilda makes her mark on tennis courts around...

Fruitfulness (1899) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Published as the first installment of his Les Quatre Évangiles, a series of four novels inspired by the New Testament gospels and aimed at investigating prominent social issues, Fruitfulness was written while Zola was...

While remodeling his new home, a man and his children move into a country cottage where he must adjust to the new sights and sounds. This is a detailed look at how he manages his disparate children in a foreign environment. A sudden move...

A Dateless Bargain (1887) is a novel by Catherine Louis Pirkis. Known for her contribution of Victorian detective fiction, Pirkis wrote over a dozen novels and countless stories throughout her brief career as a professional writer. Among them, A Dateless Bargain is an undervalued...

While on patrol one foggy March evening, Bowditch receives a call for help. A woman has reportedly struck a deer on a lonely coast road. When the game warden arrives on the scene, he finds blood in the road - but both the driver...

In his three novellas, "In Short Measures," "Strong Conspirators," and "Sally Forth," Michael Ruhlman delves deeply into the nuanced complexity of romantic and sexual love--and the inevitable evolution of the heart over the span of years and decades. Each novella asks questions about the...

Tookie, now fifteen-years-old, shares her memories as a survivor of unspeakable atrocities and heinous crimes committed by the very system in charge of her protection in this dark-fiction novella. Based, in part, on a true story. Emotional triggers, not recommended for those under age...

Noor is a young man living in Pakistan who longs to do something meaningful with his life. Yielding to strict family expectations for his future, he puts his dreams of an education on hold as he marries and welcomes a child into his life....

The path from a place of isolation, loneliness, and sadness to a place of happiness, self-fulfillment, confidence, and self-love wasnt an easy one for Sarah Woods. In this captivating autobiographical fiction, we read of the self-discoveries Sarah made to recover from borderline personality disorder...

Author: Desley PolmearISBN-10: 1503505456ISBN-13: 9781503505452Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2015Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

CAUTION: She's not a sweet thing, and she doesn't sugarcoat her words. Come on y'all join the party where money grows on trees at PLANTATION HILL. Experience an exclusive location on a citrus farm in southern Florida and uncover the shocking truth about the...

Hannalee comes of age in a well-guarded orphanage. A photo album her father made introduces her to her mother, and she dreams of their meeting one day. But the harsh reality of being unwanted strips away the façade of her imaginings. Through caring for...

Terry Woods has no direction in life. Not only is he a college dropout at twenty-two, but he's also living at home and constantly between jobs. Stuck working at the Quality Sausage Company is definitely not how he envisions his future. Despite his mother's...

Twenty-seven-year-old Alexandra "ZeeZee" Hayward and her older brother, Mitchell, live in their childhood home, drifting aimlessly through existence. Mitchell works in a furniture warehouse, while ZeeZee is an assistant manager at the Gingerbread Cottage day care-a job with few challenges or demands. Theirs is...

"Mommyhood gets hilariously tricky in this novel from the author of The Descendents" (Cosmopolitan). How to Party With an Infant follows a quirky single mom who finds friendship and love in this "smart, funny send-up of modern motherhood, San Francisco-style" (San Francisco Chronicle).When Mele...

From her hospital bed, Vern Alexander's mother reveals a long-held family secret which shakes Vern's world. He and his wife, Marla, begin a quest which takes them from Fenwick Island, Delaware to Las Vegas, on to the Chesapeake Bay, and finally back to the...

Have you ever wanted to be alone, to drop out of your day, to shout, "Leave me alone!" and disappear into the wilderness? Have you ever wanted to get away from the hurtful people around you for a while? Maybe even make a lifestyle...

Anna Fisher lives in the exciting City of Atlanta, Georgia, where darkness not only brings out those who prey on others but the young, fearless, adventurous residents and visitors from all walks of society who party all night. Anna's life exists in a very...

Clare LaFrace is a successful talent agent and mother of three daughters. Austin is the love of Clare's life and the mostly-absent father of her daughters. Clare had Gabriella when she was only sixteen, and this family's story has only grown more complicated with...

"If you were someday required to give an account of your life, could you?" The Apostle Paul declared that we would, and Nicole Lynstrum is convinced that he is right. Choosing a career early in life would not guarantee success or happiness. In fact,...

The world of this novel moves back in time as the layers are peeled away to reveal the truth about a long-ago family tragedy that impacts the characters' lives for years after. Beginning with a young college student haunted by her own choices and...

Many place self-interest above personal relationships, but Shawn Butler's priorities differ. He seeks to elevate people, not defeat them. When solving problems, Shawn collaborates rather than compete. In dealing with matters such as a fist fight or a Marine hitch, he strives to maintain...

How do you learn to love again when part of your heart still belongs to the past?Eight years after losing his twin brother, Christian is still searching for solid ground. A failed marriage has left him adrift, unsure of who he is or where...

Richard heaved a sigh of relief. Liz would get help, and he wouldn't have to witness any more scenes like the one he had walked in on this afternoon. Maybe it was going to work out all right. When do a family's secrets become...

Another family reunion at her aunt and uncle's ranch has Megan Walker in a dither. She loves the ranch but her cousin Crystal taunts her constantly about not having a boyfriend and bringing him with her to the yearly event. Desperateto enjoy herself this...

A Very Kate Christmas is a collection of ten stories designed as an introduction to a three-volume series, The Kate Chronicles, which follows the life of a baby girl found in a deserted line shack in the Texas Panhandle just before Christmas in 1880....

An Australian Gem From her birth of mixed race Tahni inherits the centuries old gift of spiritual healing from her Tribal Ancestors . She professionally blends this with the modern world of Medical Science to which she has been introduced by her good friend...

Author: Rosa Olivia Sanchez SalazarISBN-10: 1493164619ISBN-13: 9781493164615Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2014Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

Thirteen-year-old Dexter loves to run. Whether along the roads or on the forest trails, he loves to push his speed to the limit. To him, running provides the freedom to dream. Already the fastest kid in his school, he has his sights set higher....

Jenny Longworth's recent marriage to widower David Perry is tested on multiple fronts. Despite her efforts to adapt to living in Europe, she experiences increasing bouts of homesickness. Beyond the continuing challenge of adjusting to a new country and a new language, Jenny must...

Unexpected is a novel about a woman's hopes and dreams for her and her daughter. Yet she has to deal with reality. Moving from Ohio to California is such a big culture change, it shakes her to her very roots. Can she deal with...

On the eve of World War II, a Dutch farmer concerned with developing events in Germany sends his twenty-year-old son to live with friends in America. As Johan crisscrosses the United States and eventually travels to Australia with his new bride, Emma, war finally...

The past haunts you and the future terrifies you. What do you do, seek redemption, sink into madness, or eat? These stories follow the lives of women trying to find emotional peace through food, fantasy, or virtue. The urge for liberation from pain drives...

Jesse Baker, 16, fights for control of his life and his sanity in Jesse's Escape. The first in a series of two young adult novels. Beaten and abused by his alcoholic, drug crazed father, Jesse first turns to alcohol and pot to cope. As...

Rogan Orlando, a boxer from an old, wealthy Texas family, is juggling the competing demands of Olympic competition, college and just living his life. It's a stressful life, one filled with expectations, pain, and responsibility, one from which even a competitor at his level...

Mike Jones has been a bachelor for a long time, and he barely remembers what it feels like to have someone else depend on him. He works as a freelance photographer at the Weekly Post, but he's not necessarily impassioned by his job. He...

Shane Stenlund has always resented life on the family farm located a few miles west of Twin Pines and a few miles east of the North Dakota border. With his parents and older sister, Danni, Shane lives on a six-hundred-acre farm in Minnesota's Red...

This is a children's book intended for parents to instruct their children to gather all the facts before jumping into conclusions.Author: Mia E. LindseyISBN-10: 1490734678ISBN-13: 9781490734675Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2014Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.05d

This book drives the reader in a deliberately contorted maze of freethinking. Much like the tunnel of miracles, it is full of unexpected stories, ideas, colors, and free speech, turning the political correctness principle in political directness delivery. The secret aim is to make...

Delamore's Dreams is about the power of hope and forgiveness, the strength of family and the enduring bonds of friendship. The heart of the story is a wayward son and his estranged father striving for respect, reconciliation and the strength to prevail. The book...

Summer 1945, Wolf Creek, Iowa: Eleven year old Jen has a dream to play a trumpet but times are hard. It is wartime. Everyone is doing something for the war, everyone except her. Trying to understand a war a world away yet holding to...

Anna knows that her mother is dying of cancer. On her thirteenth birthday her mother gives her the greatest gift of all, a box of letters filled with advice, guidance and love. "Dear Anna," is the story of Anna's life and the letters that...

Now a Netflix series adaptation starring Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, and Marco GonzálezOne of the twentieth century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career.The...

The Diary of a Nobody is an English comic novel written by George Grossmith and his brother Weedon Grossmith. The book first appeared in Punch magazine in 1888 - 89, and was first printed in book form in 1892. It is considered a classic...