Fiction - Family Life - General

Cyrus Jackson spent a life focused on his own wants, needs and desires and he didn't care who he had to hurt to get what he wanted. He is a Washington, D.C. local gangster, hoodlum and at one time, drug king-pin, known to put...

Bartley Alexander is slowly being buried alive, unable to bridge the gap between his successful life and the freedom he thought success would bring. An important career, a caring wife, a lovely home--these just aren't enough for Bartley. Torn between duty and desire, he...

Katz' Cat is the first book of my new cozy mystery series. Here's what it's about: Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the...

One of the best examples of Woolf's modernist innovation, the story starts in Jacob's childhood and follows him through college at Cambridge, and then into adulthood. The narrative is told mainly through the perspectives of the women in Jacob's life, including the repressed Clara...

A testament to the healing power of unconditional love. Widely acclaimed for her emotionally powerful stories that capture the real lives of women, Heather A. Clark, bestselling author of Chai Tea Sunday, tackles the subject of childhood mental illness and the impact it has...

Jonah is curious about where his dad works. His dad leaves and returns every day, but won't let Jonah come see what he does! Jonah tries multiple tricks to get his dad to take him to his job. Will any of his attempts work?...

April and Hugh commit to each other and agree to wait a year since both will be away. April goes on a farm competition which includes interning on four farms. Upon her return home, things radically change.Author: P. CostaISBN-10: 1663251436ISBN-13: 9781663251435Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/29/2023Pages:...

Seventeen-year-old Evie Marie Edwards is at a major crossroad in her life with the power to affect her entire future. Unfortunately she is harboring a dream that her parents have no desire to support. Evie's parents want her to follow in their footsteps and...

The Muller's were excited to move their family from Europe to America so many years ago. They enjoyed the successes of hard work and tenacity while raising their daughters to enjoy the fruits of their dedicated and responsibly lived lives. Little did they know...

"A well-crafted and resonant novel about an overburdened teenage girl's journey toward self-realization."- Kirkus ReviewsSeventeen-year-old Lauren is a closet poet trying to keep her messy family together. She juggles responsibility for her two younger sisters and her bipolar mother. When her allegedly now sober...

How can Magi move on with her life now that her husband is suddenly removed from it? How can she convince her children that the strength she draws from God will not diminish though they have an uncertain future? Magi has many decisions to...

The Chain tells with insight and humor the story of marital and other vicissitudes of an English Catholic family in a period marked by WWII and its aftermath. This is the setting for the unfolding of the great theme of the conflict between Original...

Bernie Keating has been a world-wide traveler through several careers: naval officer, engineer, and executive. He brings this broad perspective into how to write and publish a book. He has written over a dozen books during a fifty-year career as executive of a multi-national...

After cutting the birth mother out of the girls lives, the father develops a relationship with a woman who falls in love with the two little girls. She has a special place in her heart for the one with special needs. Behaviors lead Veronica...

Adrianne, the 47 year old wife of Robert, a successful advertising executive, Natasha, the 37 year old wife of Jael, an abusive drug dealer, and Jane, the 57 year old wife of Rick, a compassionate missionary, don't appear to have much in common -...

Corey Gary is nothing but a low class street runner for a local drug dealer until the day he gets caught in a drug bust. While serving five years in South Carolina's Department of Corrections, the woman he love the most- and mother of...

Jill Kreshky has not had an easy life, and the latest incident is no exception. She has been separated from her Ukrainian husband, Joseph, for six months when she is involved in a horrific car accident that leaves her seriously injured and lying in...

For Steve Grey growing up, abuse and uncertainty was all he ever knew. Pulled out of a difficult family upbringing when he was only a child, Steve jumped from children's home to children's home, rarely ever escaping the after-effects of the trauma that defined...

An incident that happened when she was nine severed Hope from loving relatives on her mother's side of the family. The mystery of this abandonment, which sentenced her and her parents to life in a shabby Detroit neighborhood, colored her growing-up years.When a call...

Jimmy Watson dreamt of retiring to a small farm in the country. After a lifetime of building a successful business, his dream becomes a reality. He has traded in the stress of deadlines for the calm grazing cows in a summer field.But when Jimmy...

The Farmer Family Album is a wedding of fiction and non-fiction that will bring you into the world of the Donkey Dan radio show that spanned four years of Sunday morning broadcasts. The Farmer family is a family of mixed cartoon animals who blend...

Life is a journey that does not end at death. When Pam's life ends in a suspicious accident at age twenty-six, she finds herself in a Heaven completely different from what she had ever imagined. It takes time for Pam to accept her death,...

During a robbery, Jace Sullivan's wife, Cari, was murdered. If that wasn't bad enough, she was seven months pregnant when it happened. Though medics were able to save the child, the unfavorable circumstances behind the premature delivery has left baby Colton with severe health...

Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf is a novel written by Susan Bogert Warner and first published in 1866. The story revolves around Ellen Montgomery, a young girl who is an avid reader and has a love for books. She is constantly seeking new books to read...

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...

Elinor Wyllys is a novel written by Susan Fenimore Cooper and is the first volume of a two-part series. The story revolves around the lives of two women, Elinor Wyllys and Jane Benson, who are close friends and share a deep bond. Elinor is...

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 is the story of a mother and a son, and their unhealthy relationship full of resentment and guilt once they reunited years later. It begins with Daniel murdering his mother. As a ghost, she justifies herself for having left him and blames his...

Four tales take place in the colonial Province House, Massachusetts, where Britain's last governors and governesses exchange tales as the Empire crumbles.Author: Nathaniel HawthorneISBN-10: 1387571354ISBN-13: 9781387571352Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2022Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d

John Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga, Complete" offers a sweeping portrait of an upper-class English family in the early 20th century. This compelling family saga unfolds against a backdrop of social change, exploring the intricate relationships and generational conflicts within a powerful dynasty. As a...

You were born to dominate and rule over this Earth. You already have everything that is required to make you successful as you pursue your life's purpose. But do you know it? The Bible reminds us that it is for a lack of knowledge...

The knock on the door came early in the morning, the way most bad news did. Jane Reynold's ex-husband was dying and had one final wish--to spend his remaining days with his 12 year old son. On their way over to see him, and...

Born into a two-parent household consisting of a Caucasian, Indian, and Creole mother and a successful black father, Sandy is a young girl whose childhood is almost stripped from her at an early age. On top of having to deal with her mother's bipolar...

Mastering the art of co-parenting can appear impossible and feel hopeless. Many of us embark on this path without the proper tools to man the challenges that lie ahead. This book offers an honest look into those challenges while revealing helpful solutions broken down...

One of these things is not like the other. That's how Cheri Matzner felt growing up in her adoptive family, and it's what continues to define her as she tries to start a family of her own. Funny and fierce, desperate for connection yet...

The story begins in the early 1900s, in the small village of San't Arsenio, Italy, when a mother of two dies of a broken heart, leaving her two daughters orphans. One of the daughters catches the eye of a young village man, who sweeps...

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-10: 059397333XISBN-13: 9780593973332Publisher: Delacorte PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2026Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.72d

Recommended by The US Review of Books! "The stories still lived but not in the walls - he carried them." "An exquisite book of soul-searching and reminiscing..." The US Review of Books.You can go home again-just not without meeting what time left behind.In Echoes...

Heart & Soul is a powerful coming-of-age sports drama about survival, legacy, and the steep cost of chasing a dream in a world built to see you fail.Raised in the concrete shadows of the projects, Andre Washington learns early that talent alone isn't enough....

In the quiet hills of Appalachia, a woman opens an old memory book and begins tracing the powerful story of her ancestors. Through the life of her great-grandfather, Uncle Billy, she uncovers a past shaped by hardship, faith, and the enduring spirit of the...

THE ROAD HOME AND OTHER STORIES - A chance encounter catapults an unlikely young mother into the whirlwind life of a fashion model and onto the pages of Vogue Magazine. - An elderly Jewish widower's faith in life is restored through a remarkable friendship...

THE ROAD HOME AND OTHER STORIES- A chance encounter catapults an unlikely young mother into the whirlwind life of a fashion model and onto the pages of Vogue Magazine.- An elderly Jewish widower's faith in life is restored through a remarkable friendship with his...

They say every school has that girl-the one everyone watches but no one really sees. For us, that's Frankie.Except I've always seen her. Seen and wanted.Smart, untouchable, already writing her next chapter while the rest of us are stuck flipping the same worn-out page.I've...

Author: Laura AshwoodISBN-10: 1963483464ISBN-13: 9781963483468Publisher: Harpeth Road PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2026Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d

In The Glory of The Morning, Books Three and Four, continues the saga of the Sojourn family. The passing of William and Josie Sojourn leaves their children to find their way ontheir own. They are grown now, but still they are left with nothing...

Voyagers: Homeland to Heartland is a sweeping, multi-generational saga inspired by true family history, tracing a Norwegian immigrant family's journey from the rugged valleys of Norway to the windswept prairies of Nebraska. Rooted in the author's own heritage, the story follows Kittil and Marte...

A celebrity chef that can't cook. A scarred cowboy who hates cameras. And the little girl who could bring them both together.Madeline Reese has a successful cooking show, a best-selling line of cookbooks and is considered one of the top celebrity chefs in Hollywood.One...

Marlowe Glass and Clark Hudson grew up together, side-by-side, neighbors and best friends in the same small town. Now, both single parents, they are each other's main support. They carpool together, kid sit for one another, and share pretty much everything except a home....

In a narrow townhouse in Kyoto, there is a cat café with no menu, no loyalty cards, and one rule that matters above all the others: the cats live here. You are visiting.Neko no Ma is not the kind of place you find easily....

Seven Stars is a story about a horse born under the worst of conditions.Her mother dies during her birth. Unwanted, she is given away to a family with two little girls who love her and convince her that she is a beautiful racehorse.When the...