Fiction - Family Life - General

Past and present collide in this heartfelt novel of love and loss from the National Book Award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time. After the tragic death of her son and the seeming collapse of her marriage, Charlotte Napier flees to Portugal in the...

A poignant and evocative novel of self-discovery that follows a young man in America and abroad, on a journey into adulthood during the turbulent 1960sIt is 1964, and Peter Levi, a young student and bird watcher, has come to Paris to study at the...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literatureOver the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and...

"Therese Anne Fowler has taken the ingredients of racism, justice, and conservative religion and has concocted a feast of a read: compelling, heartbreaking, and inevitable. I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it's that good." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times...

A Harvard reunion prompts a Boston Brahmin's search for meaning in this comedy of manners by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Point of No Return. In preparation for the twenty-fifth reunion of his class at Harvard, Harry Pulham is asked to collect...

An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him:...

This tale of a family in Little Italy is "a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life" (Newsweek). On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New...

A debut novel sparkling with wit and insight about a young woman whose reluctant return to her Jersey Shore hometown gives her the second chance she didn't know she needed. Caroline Kline isn't ready to strike out. In New York City, newly single Caroline...

"Beautifully written and vividly drawn . . . [a] dazzling and sexy, dangerous and inspiring journey through the speakeasies of the jazz age to the glamour and darkness of Hollywood." --Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools The discovery of a...

Julie Mercer donated her eggs to help her brother and sister-in-law conceive via in-vitro fertilization, never expecting a few years later, she would have to take full responsibility for those children after they lose their parents in a car accident. Julie never wanted kids...

A family struggles for redemption after a funeral brings dark secrets to the surface in this novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea. For the first time in years, Edmund Narraway has returned to his childhood home--for the funeral of...

A family's deepest secrets are exposed in this "haunting domestic drama" from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Publishers Weekly). When her teenage granddaughter comes to her with a troubling question, Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she's long kept hidden....

Are there really second chances? It is the 1970s and Mady Glazer is trying to hold herself and her three children together after the shocking death of her charismatic husband, David, in a plane crash. When they finally go on vacation to Racer's Cove...

Pregnant with her first child, Diny Branson is haunted by her mother's death years ago in the Hudson River. Was it suicide or accident? Slowly, Diny weaves the many threads of Lise's tragic life--from a fairyland youth to a happy marriage, then through the...

A young girl befriends an elderly woman during the First World War in this remarkable novel by one of Britain's best-loved authors Sibyl Jardine, the former best friend of Rebecca Landon's grandmother, has recently returned to the Priory, her home at the top of...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize: From the creator of Luther comes a gripping tale of the deep bonds between father and son Always the Sun finds one man pushed past his limit, walking a wobbly line between safeguarding and carnage. While mourning the...

The award-winning author of Minor Characters writes with delicious transparency about a love that cannot be harnessed and a woman who refuses to be deceived In the great wave of husband-leaving ushered in by the Sexual Revolution, Molly Held frees herself from her cold,...

From New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge comes a poignant new novel that asks the question, "What would you do if you were told you had only six months to live?" For one professional matchmaker the answer is heart-wrenching: She must find her...

"I couldn't put this down . . . Loved this! This is a really gripping story . . . I was addicted from the start." --Amazon reviewer, five stars A mother is gripped by fear as her daughter approaches adulthood, in this novel of...

"Wow . . . one of the best books I have read!" --Goodreads reviewer, five stars A widower lets a new woman into his heart and his home--but she has her own agenda, in this thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl I...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of the story collection, Black...

In this engrossing novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a top Hollywood executive seeks a new beginning when his career takes an unplanned turn.As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable...

"Well-written tension and forbidden longing. The angst in this was incredible! Loved every second!" --Penelope Douglas, New York Times bestselling author of Credence When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He'd been my closest...

When two students are found dead in their small Florida hometown, an aging brother and sister are forced to confront their own dark past while on the hunt for a murdererAs a successful news photographer, Francis Brimm has lived a life of adventure, traveling...

Natalie Hope takes over the reins of the Sugar and Spice bakery and café with the intention of injecting some Christmas spirit. Something her regulars badly need.Newly dumped Rebecca is stuck in a job with no prospects, has lost her home and is struggling...

The New York Times-bestselling author of the Americana series asks if love can truly overcome any hardship--"Dailey remains the best!" (Affaire de Coeur). Stacy and Cord Harris had the perfect marriage. Their love, they thought, would see them through any troubles that came along....

The Birthday Picture and Other Stories is a collection of genre-bending short fiction written by Alaskan author Caitlin M.S. BuxbaumA publication of Red Sweater PressThese stories are the results of an imagination at work over a span of 10 years, from 2010 to 2020....

Do you love to talk as much as Karsyn? In this story you'll meet a fun, energetic, spunky five year old who loves to talk. Girls and boys will be drawn to the illustrations and the fun repetitive words throughout the story. This fun...

Jeff Lockler is a happily married banker, with an incredibly bright sound future. When one night tragedy strikes and Jeff's future, faith and life is put to an incredible test. Almost giving up something amazing happens and Jeff is tested with something he will...

Hermann Stehr (1864-1940) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller aus der Grafschaft Glatz. Das Erscheinen seines Bestsellers "Der Heiligenhof" 1918 befreite ihn aus seinen finanziellen N ten, und er stieg zu einem gefeierten Dichter auf. Aus dem Buch: "Das westf lische M nsterland wirft gegen den...

When a husband convinces his wife to join him in a tryst with another woman, there are unintended consequences in this sharply observed erotic tale about the challenges of modern marriage As a divorce lawyer for Manhattan's elite, David Greenfield is privy to the...

Generation X cult classics Our Noise and Geniuses of Crack chronicled a group of friends just out of college who lived in a small town, cared more about their record collections than their careers, and never imagined they'd have to grow up. Losing Our...

Two sisters fall for the same man in this New York Times-bestselling novel of WWII-era England by an "immensely readable" author (Elizabeth Jane Howard). Rickie Masters is married to Madeleine, who is sitting out the war in the country with their children. Their domestic...

Dennis McFarland's acclaimed debut novel, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "a rare pleasure . . . Remarkable from its beginning to its surprising, satisfying end"Musician Marty Lambert's life is already falling apart when he receives the phone call that changes...

Given only weeks to live, Kenny Drummond finds a mystery worth dying to solve In this gripping psychological thriller from the creator of Luther, Kenny Drummond has been diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer and is writing a list--a list of all the people he...

A London woman taking her grandson to the park finds her lonely life disrupted by murder in this award-winning author's "gripping thriller" (Reginald Hill). Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be her life at age fifty: divorced, living alone, and stuck caring for a...

New York Times Bestseller: Two Texan half sisters battle over their father's fortune, risking their relationships with the men who love them.Standing over her father's coffin, Abbie Lawson wonders if he ever actually loved her. Yes, he'd given her wealth, a place in the...

A stirring story of love and passion on the Trail of Tears from New York Times-bestselling author Janet Dailey, America's first lady of romance.Temple Gordon's family is one of the oldest, and proudest, to call Cherokee country home. Although their house may look like...

The Neighborhoods is a genealogy starting with an emigration from Ireland to the Michigan upper peninsula and the tough individuals meeting the challenges of the first half of the twentieth century. Nineteen young men from a small neighborhood were closely bonded and went off...

The first novel by Newbery Award-winning author Nancy Willard: A stunning story of magic and miracles, and a testament to the enduring power of faith and love Ben and Willie Harkissian are twin brothers (think Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau) growing up in...

From the author of 365 Days comes a poignant, personally inspired tale of a rookie doctor fighting for the life of a desperately ill young girl--a story that grows ever more relevant in this world of increasingly sophisticated and technical medical careIn this riveting...

A novel about learning to live in a world stranger than any tabloid headlineThough she's written dispatches from across the globe--covering the Loch Ness monster, live dinosaurs, and the ever-enigmatic yeti--Vera Perl never leaves the offices of This Week, a supermarket tabloid covering the...

"I am thirty-four years old, married, a professor of neurobiology; I have two sons, aged nine and seven. I grew up in Brownsville and I left it behind, and I was diagnosed as having cancer in January. I know that these facts are connected;...

"Maybe we live our lives constantly becoming and rebecoming. Maybe we're always in the process of metamorphosing into something new."In her journal, writer Piper George notes the change of seasons. Each entry marks the passage of time since she became a teen mother and...

A New York Times BestsellerA #1 Indie Next PickA National Book Award-winning AuthorRunning into a long-ago friend sets memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything -- until it wasn�t. For August...

'Totally addictive . . . a WOW read that will have the readers hooked. Absolutely brilliant, will blow your mind!" --Booklover Bev, five stars A routine family meal turns into a nightmare in this terrifying psychological thriller by the author of Shh . ....

The bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel "illuminates with great compassion how love can so easily go off the rails" (Daily Mail). In the shadow of Heathrow airport, a girl grows up in a family of four with her unaffectionate, absent mother,...

A daughter visits the island of Guernsey to unearth horrifying family truths and solve a decades-old mystery surrounding her mother, in this historical page-turner. 1958. Esme, a novelist, finds a potential new literary project. A housemaid named Clara was convicted of murder, perhaps unjustly,...

"Brilliant . . . made me laugh out loud . . . I loved it." --Amazon reviewer, five stars A rollicking tale of a bride, a groom, and two out-of-control Mumzillas from an author with "a brilliant writing style" (Donna's Book Blog). Tessa and...

"Absolutely brilliant . . . had me hooked . . . heart-wrenching." --Goodreads reviewer, five stars Can she discover the truth about her long-lost mother before becoming a mother herself? A tale of fear and family secrets by the author of The Missing Husband....