Fiction - Family Life - General

A tender story, humorous and heartbreaking, of Emma Block and her husband, farmers from northwestern Illinois and childhood sweethearts married for forty-three years, who vanish on their way to spend Thanksgiving at their younger daughter's Chicago condominium. What transpires is an adventure that takes...

The story begins in the north eastern part of the united states. Where sengees meets an African American male. To whom she became close to. And cared about so much. But being as though she was from asmara, a place in Africa.She was faced...

Just months prior to the birth of his first child, Marcus Mastin was laid off from his job when the paper mill he worked at closed its doors forever. With no other mill jobs available, and no other prospects on the horizon, Marcus and...

Blossomy Cottage is a novel written by Montanye Perry and first published in 1916. The book tells the story of a young woman named Ruth who inherits a small cottage in the countryside from her grandmother. Ruth, who has grown tired of her city...

Bullied at school, friendless and misunderstood, Broadie Bennett learns to trust the loving, sincere people who come into his life. When January, a girl his age, moves in next door, a fragile friendship grows, and through the sting of a first crush he is...

Through The Eye Of The Needle is a novel written by William Dean Howells, first published in 1907. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young woman named Marcia Gaylord, who is forced to make a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

""Openings In The Old Trail"" is a collection of short stories written by Bret Harte, an American author and poet who is best known for his stories set in the American West. The book was first published in 1899 and contains ten stories that...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Deephaven is a collection of short stories written by Sarah Orne Jewett, first published in 1877. The book is set in the fictional town of Deephaven, located on the coast of Maine, and follows the lives of its inhabitants. The stories are narrated by...

Castle Nowhere is a novel written by Constance Fenimore Woolson, an American writer known for her regionalist fiction. The story is set in the late 1800s in the northern Michigan wilderness, where a group of characters from various backgrounds come together at a remote...

A Lady of Quality is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published in 1896. The story is set in the 17th century and revolves around the life of Clorinda Wildairs, a young woman who is determined to rise above her humble beginnings...

The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of the beloved classic, The Secret Garden. The book tells the story of two young women, Victoria and Elizabeth, who come from very different backgrounds but share a deep...

The Awkward Age is a novel written by Henry James and published in 1899. The story revolves around the lives of two families, the Ververs and the Ashers, who become intertwined through the marriage of the Ververs' daughter, Maisie, to the Ashers' son, Percy....

From Liane Moriarty, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes an unforgettable novel defined by her signature sharp wit, page-turning storyline, and lovable and eccentric characters.A family secret explodes. A first kiss betrays. A mystery...

Who gets to choose? When a young woman emerges from a lengthy coma-like state she must face the decisions that were made about her body--without her consent--in this powerful novel of reclamation and hope. Twenty-one-year-old Mallie Williams--scrappy, headstrong, and wise beyond her years--has just...

"True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life" by Sarah E. Farro offers a captivating glimpse into the intricacies of love, relationships, and marriage within the sphere of English family life. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a classic work of domestic fiction,...

Doctor Pascal is the final volume in Zola's monumental Rougon-Macquart series of novels. It is, in Zola's own words, both a summary and a conclusion of all his work.Shortly after the fall of the Second Empire in the town of Plassans in torrid, stormy...

Patrick, his sister, and his mother have come to Paradise Valley, Arizona, in the bitter aftermath of his father's suicide. As his mother turns to alcohol for solace and his sister finds companionship in the town's wild crowd, Patrick spends lonely days in school...

In the aftermath of WW II, the Hartwell family struggles to remain whole as a season of change descends upon the South. Old loyalties and familiar ties are abandoned as their sleepy community lashes out with hate when Burke Hartwell, Sr. chooses to defend...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times When peace breaks out, it surprises and unsettles familiar wartime routines, and the residents of Barsetshire seem as disconcerted as they...

Author: Kevin Wane PierceISBN-13: 9798295810480Publisher: Kevin Wane PierceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/14/2026Pages: 310Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Author: Ngozichukwu O. KempISBN-13: 9798295795251Publisher: Jinnx Book PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/11/2026Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d

Author: Erick SetiawanISBN-10: 0755348559ISBN-13: 9780755348558Publisher: Tinder PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/24/2009Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.27d

Author: Lucinda RileyISBN-10: 1529014964ISBN-13: 9781529014969Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2026Pages: 656Format: Paperback

The Music Room traces a pivotal year in the life of a fifty-two-year-old woman. Cath Breslin was only twenty when her mother died. In her grief, she buried her dream of becoming a writer, thinking it too frivolous, and became a nurse instead. Now,...

When advertising executive Marcus Chen steps out of a parking garage meeting with his biggest client, he has no idea that Sam Prescott-president of HomeBase and the account that built Marcus's career-is already a dead man.Within hours, Marcus is sitting across from two San...

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, PEOPLE, AND TIME, AND HARPER'S BAZAAR"I can hardly remember the last time I read anything that brought me such pure joy."-- Ann Patchett"American Fantasy is such a fun, delicious, big-hearted book." -Taylor...

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair, a novel set in Gilded Age New York about a desperate mother and headstrong daughter navigating a world built on men's appetites and women's silence At the dawn of the twentieth century, widow...

An inviting new novel from Danielle Steel, whose countless #1 New York Times bestselling novels have made her one of America's favorite storytellers.Author: Danielle SteelISBN-13: 9798217411719Publisher: Random House Large Print PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2026Pages: 410Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsLarge Print

Jack Grady hates what he once loved.Stuck in the grueling routine of dairy farming in rural Maine, Jack longs for something different... something else... anything that isn't dairy farming. Inheriting the farm at seventeen he set his focus on keeping it going and in...

Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades.It's 1977 and an air of restlessness...

The truth always comes at a cost. For Lily Morgan, that cost might be her family.Ten years after escaping Project Chrysalis's shadow, Lily Morgan faces her greatest challenge yet: confronting the genetic secrets that made her who she is. When children across Maplewood begin...

In THE MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART, a year has passed since Dan and Sarah lost their four-year-old son in a car accident-one Sarah caused. Dan spends each dawn running through the streets of Missoula, pounding the pavement in an effort to outrun the grief, guilt,...

From AWARD-WINNING author Liz Harris comes the first unforgettable novel in the sweeping Linford Family Sagas - a story of love, loyalty, and courage in the aftermath of the Great War. Oxfordshire, 1919The war is over, but its shadows linger. When spirited Lily Brown...

Liz's world collapses when she learns the police have arrested her son and his partner.Forced to make a quick decision, she takes in their three-year-old daughter, Freya - a grandchild she never knew she had.As Liz learns to ease the child's heartache, social workers...

Author: Lavanya LakshmiISBN-13: 9798217349272Publisher: Random House Large Print PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2026Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.03dLarge Print

Adulthood isn't quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was fourteen years old. Though she's got her beautiful daughter Lottie, her trusty cat Stella and life-long best friends in Magda and Nadine, her love life is non-existent and she feels like...

When a middle-aged widowed loses her job at the butcher shop, she's at a loss as to how to provide for her family--until she's offered a position that puts her carving skills to new uses in this darkly humorous bestselling Korean thriller.Mrs. Shim needs...

New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde returns to the enchanting Hobby Island with a poignant story about two estranged sisters who come together after the passing of their mother, featuring family, love, and one unforgettable summer-- perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis and...

'Once you unravel these stories you will not be able to forget them.'Peter Tye is a world-weary professional investigator of family history - he has spent a lifetime as a genealogist carefully unearthing secrets and scandals, bringing the past into he present, making order...

'A stylish and engaging tragi-comedy of manners . . . Keshava Guha is an astute and insightful observer of contemporary India' Amitav Ghosh, author of THE IBIS TRILOGY'A waspishly witty eye cast on the war between sisters and brothers in polluted, high-achieving Delhi' Francis...

Author: Natalie SouthworthISBN-10: 1773901869ISBN-13: 9781773901862Publisher: Linda Leith PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2026Pages: 170Format: Paperback

Daphne is a military child living in Alaska who is determined to find adventure. Daphne discovers throughout this book the many positives of living life in Alaska. Daphne embraces change and seeks adventure only to fall in love with the beauty around her. She...

From Mukherji to Malhotra is a narrative that goes beyond the lifestyles of Bengalis and Punjabis; it is in essence a story about two strong women who nurtured entire generations of youngsters who grew up to become sensible and responsible citizens of a nation...

After beloved matriarch Lulu Findley passes away unexpectedly, Aura Hazelton - her single and independent granddaughter - reunites with her cousin Villie Quade and the rest of the family at the Findley homestead.Tucked inside Lulu's treasured button box, Aura and Villie discover a decades-old...

A Washington Post and Ms. Magazine Best Book of December "This book is a gift." ―Megan McDowell From the award-winning author of How to Order the Universe, María José Ferrada beautifully details the life and lessons of an unconventional man and the boy who...

At forty, Cal Shaw has seen better days, that's for sure, but it wasn't always like this. He grew up with his brother, Alvin, and his sister Julia, in the small Maine town of Baxter, confident in his own capabilities, especially regarding music. He...