Fiction - Family Life - General

Alistair Dodley, an English emigrant, dies in a mining disaster outside Kellogg, Idaho, in 1924, leaving his wife with four mouths to feed, including their twin boys and four-year-old daughter, Doreen. Doreen, who endures the withering criticism of her mother, grows up shy but...

11 year old Grace Gillian overhears the landlord evicting her mother from their mobile home in Little Rock, Arkansas. She fears her mother will relapse into alcohol abuse and she will again have to care for herself and her 5 year old brother Henry...

Lei Lei Conquers the Monsters is a story about a girl who views her family members as so-called "monsters." She is frightened by them because they are often mean and angry. Because of her fear, she spends much of her time hidden in her...

Chocolate Covered Cherries is a historical novelette reflecting the lives of one family and the home front of America during World War II. The author paints a memorable picture of the suffering and hardships endured by the men and women who suddenly became the...

Maine, like much of the United States, is in the midst of an opioid crisis. It arrives in northern Maine around the same time as the MacPhees, and is verging on disaster by their second year of residence. After a brush with oxycodone, forty-two-year-old...

Even though Rita knows that life has its ups and downs, she still wishes she could change her circumstances. So far, Fate has left her to live with her grandparents full-time with occasional visits from her mother, Coral, that are never quite enough to...

When Conner Carter is banished from New York City for cheating on his socialite wife, he flies across country to Sonoma, California, to stay with his brother Cody and Cody's ridiculously wealthy husband, Rhett, and their two adopted Cambodian children. Jealous since childhood of...

People used to say that Uncle Martin was born too late in life, that he should have been born at least a hundred years earlier. They said he was pigheaded and old fashioned and chose to do everything the hardest way possible. But Jack...

Ashburg, California; the city that's split into rich and not rich, the upper class and the middle class, the snobs and the down-to-earth...that's how the teenagers perceived it, anyway. And it all stemmed from two schools' rivalries. The rivalry has grown now that there...

When Summer and her best friend Danielle discover a magic crystal in the woods near their homes, Summer discovers her mother's secret magic powers and her magical past. Once the dark forces come after the crystal and use their own powers, it is up...

I bind myself up in regrets, someone else's chains and I let them hold me and attack me to no end... Astor had a great life. A professor at a University in Paris, a published author, a family with children...the question was what was...

No More Tears tells the story of a young girl's aspiration to be a movie star, and what her life becomes in the years after she first leaves her home in New Jersey to travel to Hollywood. Candace Donato lives in many places; Perth...

Mentoc is an Indian Adventure novel that is based on actual places and events. I lived on this farm from the age of 4 until the age of 18 and spent many hours in these woods just as I describe. The piles of stone...

The love of a good story that deals with the feelings of people that we have shared stories with has always intrigued me. This is a tale of one man and his family and a few close friends. His life and career are nearly...

"It is so easy to pass judgment on others, but before you do, climb aboard and travel the bumpy road from birth to adulthood with Kimberly DeShawn, from the sheltered foothills of rural Tennessee. Most of you will remember when your emotions began to...

A person was born in a country, where his parents migrated during their childhood from another country under British Empire. When he was born in this country, though his look resembled his parents, for all practical purpose he considered himself son of the soil...

Rigid Fields: Family, Wealth, Passion, PainAs a young man in small-town Minnesota, Earl Bovey's whole life stretches before him, and to anyone else, it looks like a promising life. Earl is married to a beautiful woman, and they are raising two sons and mentoring...

Barely 17 is dedicated to the children born by chance, deserted by adults and left to sustain life on their own. This story traces the life of a young Mother, often the sole provider, through the birth of 5 children under l7 years. Through...

"Do something, Lila. Make the child be reasonable." "Time to settle," she always says to Mother. "Chirruns need time to settle their feelins." In the racist South of the 1940s, a white child, Sally, dreams of having a happy family. Sparked by her desire...

She was young, pregnant and unwanted. Sent away by her mother to live up north in Chicago with her aunts, Jonetta Miller was faced with two tough choices: to become an in-house prostitute or become homeless. With those dark secrets behind her and literally...

In this "intriguing and moving" (Examiner.com) first novel, a recently separated woman rises to the challenge and experiences the exhilaration of independence with the unlikely help of her brother with Asperger's. Seven months after her husband leaves her, Lana is still reeling. Being single...

Every child, boy or girl, wants a strong daddy that will be there to protect, teach and nurture them...alongside their mommy. These are the adventures of one little boy and his dad.Author: R. B. Jr. BaileyISBN-10: 1475237928ISBN-13: 9781475237924Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/08/2012Pages:...

"When David Was Surprised" is the sequel to the best-selling "How David Met Sarah." Both books feature a young man with Down Syndrome who is trying to balance his own need for independence -- and love -- with his family's instinct to protect and...

Step into Paris as you have never seen it before. . . SHORTLISTED FOR THE HAYES & JARVIS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE, 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 'An engaging debut that throws light on a hidden side of Paris' Woman and...

This is volume II of John R. Wise's 1859 novel "The Cousins' Courtship". His first novel, this charming, classic tale of traditional English life will appeal to all true lovers of the English language, and it would make for a worthy addition to any...

This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Sylvia of the Letters' is a short story by this author of fiction and essays. Jerome Klapka...

Love Story A young woman from the country is swept off her feet by charismatic Paul who begins wooing her and then envelops her in his world. After an initial attempt to steer her own destiny, Shelly finds herself overwhelmed by a consuming passion...

David is a young man who works in a mailroom and lives with his parents. When a young woman named Sarah moves to his neighborhood and begins to attend his church, David believes she's the girl of his dreams. First, however, he has to...

Shortlisted for the EU Literary Award 2008, THE MONKEY ON THE MOUNTAIN is about a lonely boy who is unsure of his mother's love, afraid of his father, and bullied by his older brother. The youngest in his low-income, suburban family, he has to...

Layla is a young girl who does not feel special in her family and all she wants in the world is for her mother to nurture her. Even though Layla has four siblings she still feels alone and unloved. All she can think about...

Peter Nugent, manager of a theatre company in Wellington and former actor, has just been diagnosed with cancer when he receives devastating news that his beloved 17 year-old granddaughter, Melanie, has committed suicide. The tragedy saps his will to go on living. He learns...

Readers' Favorite Christian Winner When Bobby's world came crashing down on his thirteenth birthday, he knew his life would never be the same again. After losing most of his family before ever becoming a teenager, Bobby was determined not to lose the only person...

Matt Riggs was a journalist with seemingly everything going for him. Then everything was taken from him. Follow his path as he weaves his way through the trials of a Traumatic Brain Injury. Using humor, hatred and heart, Riggs battles through the mess that...

A mischievous little girl waits each night for her parents to fall asleep so she can brave the way to their room and sneak into bed between them.Author: Peggy Mozley,Rachel D. MickelsonISBN-10: 1461077818ISBN-13: 9781461077817Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2011Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.50h...

Why do bad things happen to good people? A question many ask, when something bad happens. But have you ever considered the other side of the coin? Why not... What makes one person so special that this has happened to them. And who's future...

A young couple meets during a Carnival celebration in their beloved city of Lisbon, beginning a passionate and challenging journey together that will span two countries and two political revolutions. Told through Tiago and Marta's eyes, Cycles explores how lives, families and careers changed,...

HOME- a series of short stories encouraging us to connect with what home means to us. It offers vignettes through a cast of characters in a variety of challenging, humorous, heart opening, fun situations. The poem in each story creates a rhythm through rhyme,...

Anna Royer and her daughter Elizabeth are haunted by the raw Wyoming landscape they left behind years before. Their memories of the immensity of sky, the breadth of distance, the demons of weather and spirits of the "Old Ones" conspire to draw them back...

Brothers Lucas and Joey have been rivals for their mother's affection since they were infants. Even as a child, Lucas' mindset and behaviour is disturbing, and Joey finds his brother unnerving and fears him. When an evil turn of events transpires, their father sends...

When is doing the right thing the wrong thing to do?Life for young Molly and her parents in a sleepy rural town is idyllic-until Nell begins working for them as a farmhand. The fifteen year old brings with her a troubled home life that...

The Little Sect is the story of Michelle and her close-knit extended family in Montreal. Though not without their troubles, they're mostly happy, until the arrival of her brother's second child creates the need for a live-in nanny, Lita. Lita's arrival warps their family...

The Gatehouse: A compelling family saga begins with tragedy and loss leading to new beginnings. From his childhood home of Henley Hall in Kent, England, Kenneth Henley and his four children struggle with the death of his wife and their mother after a long...

Days after graduation, a drunk driver changes the life of Kaylee Taylor forever. Each day consumed with wanting her old life back and for her scars to heal. Her journey in recovery shows her emotional growth as well as the challenges her family endures...

(See trailer on Author's page). A World War II romance, a rocky marriage, the births of a son and daughter, and a move to rural Idaho. Betty then recounts Mitch's gradual spiral from being a man who could build or fix anything into the...

IN AN ERA WHEN BLACK FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE ECONOMICALLYAND OVERCOME HARSH RACIAL BARRIERS, THE HAWKINS AND EDWARDS CLANS WERE WITNESSING THEIR OWN IDENTITY CRISIS...'COLORED, ' 'NEGRO, ' 'BLACK'? BUT ALVINA EDWARDS' PERSONAL DILEMMA WAS MORE DRAMATIC. SHROUDED WITH A SELF-IMPOSED RELIGIOUS PIOUSNESS...

Have you ever wondered if the stories from your family's past were really true? When Mark Stephens takes a week long trip to visit his elderly grandmother, Emily Goodman, he is confronted by the reality of his family's secret past. She reveals how her...

An extended family in crisis following the death of their matriarch must cope with this new environment. The year is 1987. The terms of an unusual will left by their parents bring four grown children, spouses, and other family members, back to the Missouri...

Vivian Ellerton-Staunton is back!In the second book of this three book series, Vivian is dealing with being a good wife, mother, daughter, and woman in a family that seems to not appreciate or want her around. Thinking life would be better after the birth...

Stories from childhood often expose the person that arises from the events in time. These stories are about a young boy growing up in Texas after World War II. These sories tell of familty values and how nature and nurture guide a life.Author: Bear...

Marcella Lewis, "Cella" is the only child of Madge and Sammy Lewis, granddaughter of Gil and Lana Ballard, niece and cousin to many. Growing up in a sea of relatives, Cella feels that no one listens to her and struggles to be noticed. At...