Fiction - Family Life - General

Harold Frederic's "Gloria Mundi" delves into the intricate world of British nobility, exploring the weight of inheritance and the complexities of social class in England. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers to immerse themselves in a story rich with family secrets and subtle political...

Margaret Oliphant's "Brownlows" delves into the complexities of inheritance and the intricate web of family life in 19th-century England. A compelling family saga exploring the impact of social class and the weighty expectations of succession, "Brownlows" offers a glimpse into a world governed by...

Harold Frederic's "Gloria Mundi" delves into the intricate world of British nobility, exploring the weight of inheritance and the complexities of social class in England. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers to immerse themselves in a story rich with family secrets and subtle political...

Ada Cambridge's "Materfamilias" explores the complexities of motherhood and family life in a compelling domestic narrative. A significant work of Australian literature, the novel delves into the experiences of women and the intricate dynamics within the family unit. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers...

"Children of the Soil" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a sweeping family saga that immerses readers in the heart of rural life. As a work of historical fiction and Polish literature, it offers a compelling glimpse into a bygone era. This meticulously prepared print edition...

"Children of the Soil" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a sweeping family saga that immerses readers in the heart of rural life. As a work of historical fiction and Polish literature, it offers a compelling glimpse into a bygone era. This meticulously prepared print edition...

Dive into the world of "The Caxtons, Complete," a sweeping 19th-century family saga by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. This literary classic offers a compelling glimpse into domestic life in England, exploring the intricate relationships and enduring bonds that define a family. As a meticulously prepared print...

E.M. Forster's "Howards End" explores the intricate tapestry of social class and family relationships in Edwardian England. This classic work of literary fiction delves into the complexities of marriage and remarriage, offering a poignant commentary on the intellectual landscape of the era. Through compelling...

James Stephens' "Mary, Mary" offers a delightful exploration of mothers and daughters, and the intricate dance of family dynamics. Set against the backdrop of Irish society, this work of literary fiction uses humor and satire to paint a vivid picture of familial relationships. Dive...

Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters" paints a vivid portrait of Victorian society, exploring the intricate dynamics of family, marriage, and social class. This meticulously reproduced edition allows readers to immerse themselves in a world where romance blossoms amidst the rigid structures of the era....

"The Misses Mallett, By E. H. Young: The Bridge Dividing" explores the complex landscape of domestic life and the enduring bonds of sisterhood in early 20th-century England. This meticulously republished edition allows readers to delve into a world shaped by social expectations and the...

Considered one of Honoré de Balzac's most compelling works, 'The Two Brothers' is a gripping tale of sibling rivalry, greed and betrayal. Set in rural France, the novel explores the complex relationship between two very different brothers, each vying for power and control over...

Emanuel or Children of the Soil is a novel by Henrik Pontoppidan that depicts life in rural Denmark at the end of the 19th century. The novel is written in a naturalist style and follows a young boy named Emanuel as he grows up...

For decades, The Floods have experienced untold happiness and prosperity. Flood Industries has become the largest privately-owned conglomerate in the world. Three generations later, the entire family has come home to the farm to celebrate Scooter and Frankie's fiftieth wedding anniversary. But when the...

As Sarah experiences life's many emotional ups and downs, during her early teen years, she is faced with many of life's challenges. In a time of what was to have been progress, there has also been what felt like a lifetime of struggles and...

Don't take for granted how much one negative sentence can effect someone's mental stability.Author: Anna Fong,Roshinaie Johnson,Roshinaie Rondelle JohnsonISBN-10: 0998987336ISBN-13: 9780998987330Publisher: Roshinaie JohnsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2019Pages: 234Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

A hapless child is beset upon by the grim specters of friendship and fulfillment, as entirely told and mostly illustrated by none other than herself, through the prose and pictures of this canonical complement to the original graphic novel "Li'l Lynn: The Joy of...

ABOUT THE BOOKNICK'S HEART (Book 2 of the In Your Arms series) is a story of inspiration: Nick Costas, having coped with and overcome his rough upbringing in abusive foster homes and on the streets of L.A., having undergone a spiritual transformation, and having...

Bertha Snider, a farm girl living in southern Indiana in the early 20th century, becomes enamored with her neighbor Frank, the only son in the mysterious Kelly family. Their hasty marriage produces a single child, the bright and beautiful Katherine, who becomes the light...

When nine year old Aaron Reed has an accident at a local playground it seems like a routine emergency room visit. The visit becomes more than routine when signs of child abuse are discovered. The young boy and his family find themselves embroiled in...

Amazon #1 Bestseller Highly Recommended by Midwest Book Review When high-powered attorney Helen Thompson discovers that her husband has abused their fifteen-year-old daughter and plans to use her in a sex ring, she takes a golf club to his head.And she doesn't stop there....

When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven is accused of insider trading, will he be able to prove his innocence and expose those who are guilty? Greg and his boyhood pal dreamed of big success in professional football...

JENNIFER ROBERTS has a full life: a corporate executive husband, two young daughters and a teaching career she enjoys. When she discovers her mother is struggling to care for her dying father, she returns to the MacAulay household to help. She sees her mother...

Seven-year-old David Phelan watched the drama unfold through the wide window of Windsor's Mulvaney's Tavern and feared for his mother, Lulu Pearl. Wallace Phelan had broken his Temperance Oath and promise to quit The Loyal Orange Lodge and leave Ireland's religious "Troubles" behind them."Sure,...

Sunshine and Some Drizzle is a brief overview of living life: there are some good and pleasant days thus sunshine; and there are some days when we get wet from crying our own tears of hurt, disappointment and/or growing pain. The short narratives are...

Kitty Haskell needs help. After recklessly killing her lying, cheating, no-good husband, Kitty turns to her sister, Rose, and her good friend, Stacia Tate Curran to help her cover up her crime. Together, the women concoct a plan to make it appear that Seth...

Pennsylvania and South Carolina are now intertwined and bonded forever through the lives of this family who struggle to learn why the past was so daunting on their future. Grace Elizabeth loses the battle of right versus wrong when her greedy and ill-hearted mother...

Lucela Jessup is an African-American domestic in the 1950's. Despite her philandering husband's shortcomings, Lucela is a pillar of the community. She is a quiet woman, who uses her culinary skills to create a bond between two familes that is strengthened through tragedy, death,...

Mary cannot wait to leave her childhood home where her drunken and abusive father vents his rage on his family. When Mary marries Tommy she knows her dreams have come true and she feels safe and happy for the first time in her life....

Graduating in 1970 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Danielle Wheelock lands a plum job at Mannheim Construction, Inc., in San Francisco. She moves into a group house on Haight Street, ground zero for the Summer of Love from 1967, and begins her career...

Falling in love with Lenny should have been the end to all of Anita's troubles. For her, it's only the beginning, when family secrets start unravelling. His ex-wife, Natasha, is succumbing to a mysterious disease. How can Anita compete with her shadow? How can...

For the Bridges family, September's legacy is one of change. This year is no exception. As Brenda embraces the hard life of a poor farmer's wife, Amberley's storybook romance is threatened by recurring illness-and her intended's seeming ambivalence about setting a wedding date. Sam,...

Do the events in our lives have any influence on the type of person we become? For Daniel Vesta, a self-described bully who terrorizes his classmates, they do. Daniel delights in torturing and exploiting people that he sees as being weaker than himself-even those...

Eleven-year-old Alex Peterson may be the least-athletic boy at his school, yet he dreams of accomplishing something "not a whole lot of other people in the world have ever done" a 200-mile, single-day bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. Alex discovers that if he's...

Itchy Donner doesn't have much going for him. A rashy eleven-year-old growing up fatherless in a dying backwoods Idaho timber town, Itchy is obsessed with the past-specifically, his family's past. Itchy's the great-great-great grandson of Tamsen Donner, the Donner Party's famous matriarch, and Itchy...

Midwest Book Awards FinalistAwesome Indies Seal of Approval Could the woman who struggles to read be the only one who can save the town's books?Antigone Brown has enough on her plate. Between managing a quirky deer farm in Mercy, North Carolina, and dealing with...

Andy's nightmare begins when his parents separate. Pursuing their own agenda they ignore the needs of their 8 year old son. Court and Welfare Workers try to sort the mess out. The indomitable Auntie Mary and terrorists are all involved. A fast paced, exciting,...

* Eight Amazing Stories ALL in one Book. * A more modern version of "Aesop's Fables". * You will find, like so many other's have found, this collection will become THE favorite at bedtime. Visit plantingseedstoday.com to view overview of each story. Plant Seeds...

The sudden death of her husband, David, was painful enough to drive Bethany Clearwater into the depths of bitterness, resentment, callousness and into the arms of multiple men. A brilliant and unrelenting business woman, Bethany allowed her pain to be the driving force behind...

Fourteen-year-old, Sylvia White, is a pioneer girl who lives with her father, Bernhard, in the late 1800's. Sylvia's mother, Sophia, died in childbirth, forcing Bernhard to raise his daughter alone. But, is it a normal, loving home?Emma Kimball, the school teacher, befriends Sylvia and...

Natural and man-made disasters uproot and claim the lives of millions during the 1980's: famine, earthquakes, cyclones, toxic leaks and a nuclear meltdown in Russia. In the United States, homelessness raises its ugly face and people finally wake up to the devastating plague of...

Life is a journey. George Bailey knows it well standing in the queue to purchase a bus ticket from New York to Los Angeles. But this tiring three day travel is not what troubles him, it is the journey of life that has left...

Teresa is a single mother of four, who became pregnant with her first child while in high school. Then there are more children, with more baby-daddies. She works as a housekeeper at a military base. Teresa loves to party with her friends and co-workers,...

When the prodigal returns, what happens to the one that stayed? Three generations of Koopmans live-uneasily-under the same roof of a farm house twenty miles from the center of Holy Cross, Iowa. Thirty-year-old William Koopman needs to move out. But Dad wanted him on...

This is a story of a young man who is striving to reach his dreams in life. Early in his childhood he knows that something is wrong with him, but he did not know what to do. As a result, internally, he carried a...

The bull on the front cover is not Soul. Soul is my guardian angel. However, this bull plays a major role in changing Soul's life, and mine forever. Because of his poor behavior, and a brutal attack on us he forced Soul and me...

After Penny Sue's parents whisk her away from her home and the grandparents she loves, she spends years blaming herself for disrupting the lives of all the adults she knows. Her self-loathing only gets worse when her alcoholic mother lashes out at anyone who...

Watermelon Seeds of Daddy, is a story about 13-year-old Jeremiah dealing with the tragic loss of his father; due to a fatal car accident. Before Jeremiah can get dress for the funeral, two visitors pay him a little visit.Author: Andre L. SimmonsISBN-10: 0692420517ISBN-13: 9780692420515Publisher:...

Daniel Francis is the product of middle class America and has come to define his place in the world around this identity. When he comes to terms with who and what he isn't, his whole life becomes one big and deeply etched question mark....

The Mikkelsons and their kids spread to the four winds in the 1990's, reflecting a newly global culture. Paul returns to teaching in order to help his family, but the Minnesota cabin is decaying and there is little money for upkeep. Marie brightens his...