Fiction - Family Life - General

A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost--a year of books, one for every month--launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel. Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her...

**Shortlisted for the Not The Booker Award** At twenty-one, Tallulah Park lives alone in a grimy bedsit. There s a sink in her bedroom and a strange damp smell that means she wakes up wheezing. Then she gets the call that her father has...

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life. Howards End is considered...

In the early 1970s, during a time when their families lived in separate cities, Cary and John kept in touch with each other through letters that were kept secret from their wives and daughters. Forty years later, those daughters, Gloria and Cathy, still the...

When college sophomore Tessa Wilde visits her Alzheimer's-stricken grandmother Esther, a shocking secret slips out, one that threatens Tessa's identity and raises old feelings of betrayal and rejection. The only way to pursue the truth, though, is to explore those unreliable memories.But can she...

From the award-winning author of Denial comes a novel about a New Age writer whose life is irrevocably changed when a devastating climate disaster forces him to confront his belief in the existence of God.What if God spoke to you? Would you hear Him?...

From award-winning author Corinne Demas comes a moving story about the sometimes volatile but ultimately unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.When Meredith flies home to New England, daughter Eloise in tow, she leaves her husband and a life back in LA. A heartbreaking loss...

No Safeguards, the first in a trilogy, follows Jay and his brother Paul from childhood to young adulthood. We witness the destructive impact of fundamentalist Christian beliefs on their mother and father, opposition to those beliefs by the boys' grandmother and each boy's very...

An irresistible modern fairy tale about a British princess who must decide between her duty to her family--or to her own heart It's New Year's Day in Tasmania and the life Lexi Villiers has carefully built is working out nicely: she's in the second...

Margaret Oliphant's novel 'The House on the Moor' was first published in 1861. Susan and her brother Horace live a lonely life on Lanmoth Moor in Cumbria. Their mother died long ago, and their father is a bitter, controlling recluse who shows them little...

Looking for a heartwarming and engaging read? Look no further than Book #3 in the Flyover County Series!In this delightful novel, readers follow the last three months of Fred Weber's Navy career as he navigates the uncertain waters of post-military life. With no wife,...

Lisa and Matt can't believe their luck. They have a dream house and a dream marriage, and very soon they'll have a dream family too. But life is rarely that simple. When their beautiful life is rocked by tragedy, they are forced to make...

The twistiest murder mystery you are ever likely to read? A story about a family that does the unthinkable?Both? Or something else altogether?You think it will never happen to you.The doorbell. The policeman. The words that turn your world inside out: I'm afraid there's...

"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband;...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! "A riveting exploration of midlife yearning." --PeopleThe Last Thing He Told Me meets Fleishman Is in Trouble in this page-turning story of a couple who flee winter in the Midwest for Palm Springs, where they find their relationship at a crossroads....

'One of the greatest twists I've ever read' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD 'An addictive, immersive, incredibly poignant page-turner - I flew through it' ANDREA MARAIt's every parent's worst nightmare. But there's no waking up from this . . .On board a cruise ship in the...

"The Able McLaughlins" by Margaret Wilson offers a sweeping family saga set against the backdrop of early 20th century rural America. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a timeless story of Scottish American heritage. Exploring themes of family life and cultural identity, this...

Win Brady and his fiance Ginger witness a violent drug bust that almost kills Win's best friend Bray. In the middle of concerns about Bray's life and the pressures of their upcoming wedding, Win and Ginger each find themselves playing major roles in the...

In a neighborhood on Chicago's outskirts, Fabio and Lucia Comingo have built a new American life--and struggle to comprehend the influences that distract and change their restless young sons. Through this masterful evocation of a time and place, Tony Romano, the acclaimed author of...

Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Apple TV+ show, The Last Thing He Told Me. Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter,...

"Southern bestselling sensation" (Katie Couric Media) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a "heartfelt and dramatic" (Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author) novel about mother-daughter relationships, small-town drama, and the unexpected strength that comes from leaning on a community of women when life gets...

What if your family's future depended on a choice you never expected to make?Brendan O'Shay has built his life around certainty. As a high-performing Wall Street trader at the peak of his career during the 2008 financial crisis, he's no stranger to high-stakes decisions....

Ireland, 1920. 'Please. Don't take her from me. Have some mercy, Sister. Just a moment longer.' She clutched the bundle to her chest even tighter. But she couldn't stop them. Hearing her baby's cries echo in the hallway, she swore that one day they...

Something deadly this way comes . . . 1999, Arkansas. High school senior Raven is attending her mother's funeral when a mysterious stranger called Orion appears. He hands a feather to Raven's grandmother, then disappears. Raven discovers that Orion is the leader of a...

Allan Isaac's world teeters on the edge of chaos. Haunted by a family legacy of addiction and mental illness, he stubbornly clings to the hope of a normal life. But when his most inspired effort to attain that ideal turns sideways, Allan finds himself...

About the AuthorFrank Arjune was born in Guyana, South America on November, 1949. When was eighteen years old, his father was murdered in 1967. He became the sole breadwinner for his mother and five younger siblings. Despite the hardships, he enrolled for night classes...

We seem like perfect families. But our secrets must never come out... I trust my best friend Lydia with my life. We share everything, even the things we can't tell our husbands. So when we go on a beach holiday together, it's a dream...

## Preorder a BRAND NEW utterly heartbreaking read from Sheila Norton **You'd know if something was wrong... wouldn't you? But danger doesn't always wear a mask - it can hide in plain sight.** After a difficult break-up, my six-year-old Daisy is finally settling into...

NAMED ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024 ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S "BEST BOOKS WE'VE READ IN 2024" ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024 ONE OF KIRKUS'S "BEST BOOK CLUB FICTION OF 2024" ONE OF REAL SIMPLE'S BEST BOOKS...

Recovering Maurice follows rumpled sixtyish professor Maurice, who believes he has a good life-wife, home, job-until a chance encounter with a mysterious woman reading a book about trauma. From that moment, Maurice begins to examine the trauma that has shaped his life-his brother Emil's...

Step into the luminous, aching territory of transformation in this exquisite novel about buried longings cracking through the careful surfaces of a life lived too quietly. Evelyn Winters is suspended in the aftermath of her mother's death, her marriage to Charlene Foster dissolving into...

A BRAND NEW historical read from Lindsey Hutchinson A legacy of lies, a promise of love... Orphaned at a young age, Rose Hamilton can barely remember a mother's warmth or a father's protection. Instead, she has endured the cold, loveless rule of her embittered...

A BRAND NEW historical read from Lindsey Hutchinson A legacy of lies, a promise of love... Orphaned at a young age, Rose Hamilton can barely remember a mother's warmth or a father's protection. Instead, she has endured the cold, loveless rule of her embittered...

Four houses. A dozen people. All behind one ostentatious façade.The inhabitants of Hollywood Parade range in age from an infant to a pair of nonagenarians, and from the wealthy to welfare recipients. The actions of each affect the others as they try to navigate...

From the author of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, an atmospheric novel about family, friends, and falling in love, as a young man tries to find purpose on a struggling Icelandic cattle farm Growing up on his family's cattle farm in western Iceland, young...

"The Year of the Blue Snow, that's when the Phillies will win." Blue snow covered the fields of National League ballparks throughout the Summer of 1964. The Philles led the National League by six-and-a-half games with twelve games to play. On the last night...

Hard times mean tough choices. But the ladies of Eagle River have always been up to the challenge. These strong-willed women sheltered secrets, forged friendships, and made heartrending decisions to leave or to stay. One by one, they step forward from the past to...

In a heart-pounding moment of chaos, Sydney finds himself gasping for breath, trapped in a nightmare after a devastating accident. His father's frantic calls pierce the air as they search for his brother, LaMar, who lies gravely injured beneath a wrecked wagon. As LaMar...

In the vibrant landscape of 1990s New York, Broken Time weaves a poignant second chance narrative of midlife romance and family dynamics. In 1993, Lili and Reid lock eyes across the room at a Jeff Buckley show at Sin-é in New York's East Village,...

The Harmony of Circumstance is a beautifully crafted, emotionally resonant novel that reveals the quiet depth of human experience through a constellation of voices.From a boy navigating sensory overload to a mother confronting her past in an old farmhouse, from a young man scarred...

Winner of the Città di Lugnano Debut Novel Prize and a finalist for the Bancarella and Rapallo BPER Bank Prize A luminous debut about the search for belonging, the tension between departure and return, and the legacy of migration, Tangerinn is a novel of...

From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories and The Secrets of Flowers comes a gorgeous, heartwarming story about secrets, second chances, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.Her new chapter starts now ...Jo Sorsby knows she's hiding from her past when...

What if the thing that delayed you... was the very thing that saved you?Malik Moore isn't perfect. A construction boss with a past soaked in sacrifice, he's a man who's learned how to build everything except the one thing he wants most: a peaceful...

From award-winning author Corinne Demas comes a moving story about the sometimes volatile but ultimately unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.When Meredith flies home to New England, daughter Eloise in tow, she leaves her husband and a life back in LA. A heartbreaking loss...

Author: Colleen OakleyISBN-10: 0593200802ISBN-13: 9780593200803Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2023Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.36w x 1.20dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 96Publishers Weekly 01/09/2023Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 21Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2023Shelf Awareness 03/24/2023

Just before Christmas, Jane Sperling is headed from Montana to Texas, to the hometown she once abandoned, in a car she doesn't fully trust, for a job that's a leap of faith and the only line she has on a better life for herself...

Love kindles when a fake engagement brings best friends together. World Champion snowboarder, Wyatt Fernandez, should be hitting the slopes in the Andes and spending his days teaching as the new ski instructor. But an emergency means he's heading off the family's tree farm...

Sometimes a match that's all wrong, turns out to be just right. While waiting to audition for a rare tubist seat opening, Avery Williams intends to cheer up her cancer ridden neighbor. She plans a throwback Christmas party in the barn where the sick...

After the circus she works for goes bankrupt, Jillian Powell takes advantage of a dubious family connection. The little farm in Pennsylvania that belongs to her "cousin" is a safe haven for Jillian, and she's sure no one will ever uncover the incriminating truth...

A British Billionaire + A free-spirited American girl + An orphaned baby = A sweet romance with all of the feels.After losing his brother and sister-in-law, Billionaire Benjamin flies over from England to Los Angeles to pick up the pieces. Including Maggie, his baby...