Fiction - Family Life - General

As a school psychologist, Daniel Hectorman has lost all faith and confidence that meddling therapists like himself really help anyone at all. That's too bad, because Hectorman could use some counseling of his own. His marriage is starved. His job is imperiled. His parents...

The adored adopted child of a stoic immigrant couple, corporate lawyer, Natalie (Nata) Dreyer, is beautiful, ambitious, talented and successful. She has achieved all that her father drove her to strive for, and when she marries the rich and charming Karl Albrecht, it appears...

A NOVEL ABOUT THE POWER OF LOVEFlorin was born in Iasi, Romania. As a young boy, he lived through rationing and the harsh conditions of the Ceaucescu regime, but always with the love of family and friends to balance out the hardships and mask...

The book is about the relationships between ten siblings who were born and brought up in Dublin by a selfish, greedy and manipulative mother. The eldest girl was eighteen when her youngest sibling was born. The book opens in late spring in 1969. Sheila...

It's February 1992 and Joy thinks she's in love. Tom is seemingly perfect and has their future - with marriage and kids - all mapped out.But Tom doesn't know Joy as well as he thought.All she wants is a quiet life as an artist...

Grace Nobel, at age thirteen, had known little else but frustration and hurdles to jump in her short life. Still, her passion for calling horse races never faltered. It kept her grounded. Throughout the years of missing her father while he was fighting in...

A powerful story of immigration, desire and the conflicting ties of family and faith. In 1900 the Aeolian island of Salina is a small paradise of fruit trees, vines and fishing boats. When the life of their new-born baby is saved, Angelina and Fortunato...

The Bennet's move to a tranquil, peaceful country town in North-East Victoria is to be the start of country living. A carefree lifestyle isimportant to them as they raise their young family. The prospects and opportunities are endless, they think.But the events of one...

Where's your mother?Not well today. Said carefully and neutrally, as if pretending things were normal would make them so. Transform life into a manageable thing. As if ten year olds everywhere were the ladies of the house, the caretakers of the family.I see.Mrs Blakehurst,...

During the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon Leila and her infant son Elias lose their entire family to a cruel death of starvation. To avoid a life of destitution, she marries her second husband, Nadeem who never accepts Elias as his own and subjects...

Dessa is set between 1908-1936 in England, Assam and South Africa, and its story includes little known aspects of submarine warfare in World War One. Dessa is a girl from a large working class family out to better herself. She exploits Neil's weak character,...

1968. After her father gambles away the family home, seven-year-old Kate and her mother, Nora Wallace, move to Chidley House, a quaint boarding house in Fremantle, where Nora is employed. Alice Chidley occasionally allows Kate to watch the newly acquired TV, presenting an illusory...

The highs and lows of family life in South London as remembered by an aging Eleanor. This journey explores family life through the first and second World Wars, challenging events, tragedies and an unexpected fortune that changed Eleanor's life. Eleanor transports us for a...

Mabel Daley's unwavering belief in her son Billy's perfection, led to his rebellion and defiance as he approached manhood.Meanwhile, Mabel's fixation on Joe's role as protector of his older brother smothered Joe in layers of blame and guilt, threatening to destroy his future. As...

Women's experiences are unique. Our connections, our trauma and our strength all deserve a voice.Rosie Lane has endured enough tragedy and loss for one lifetime. And yet her plans to live peacefully in the splendour of farm life and write her first novel are...

Who is the real Sabine? Is she the young lawyer destined to follow in her father's footsteps or is she something more?And what about Max, the young barrister who has befriended her? Intelligent, good looking - really good looking - and keen to spend...

Primary school teacher Annie Yates has a great job and friends she can count on, but her love life has never worked out the way she wanted. If it wasn't bad enough that, years ago, she fell madly in love with Jack Delaney before...

From the nationally bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, comes a funny and moving novel in which a former college swimmer falls off a cruise ship and must keep treading water as memories and regrets wash over him--perfect for fans of Where'd...

In the vein of Pineapple Street and Such a Fun Age, a smart, heartfelt debut novel about two expecting mothers navigating motherhood, family life, and female friendship, whose bond is threatened by a shocking revelation. Victoria and Liz barely breathe the same air, but...

A heartbreaking, life-affirming new novel by Ethan Joella--author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope--about a young woman searching for answers about her brother's last days. June 1975. Maggie Bishop has just graduated high school, the future hers to embrace--but she's...

A story about fathers and sons, faith and sexuality.Author: Evan FallenbergISBN-10: 1569475369ISBN-13: 9781569475362Publisher: Soho PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2009Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d

A woman adrift finds a unique path forward in a charming and heartfelt novel about memories, identity, and the wonderful mysteries of life by the author of Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time.Grace Whittaker's life is coming apart.In the wake of her mother's...

'A pacy, witty, engaging thriller, entertaining and delightfully authentic, but hard-hitting and thought-provoking too. I can't wait for you all to read it' - Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope series Your child has been kidnapped.You're live on television. Going live...

An ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. A frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship, from the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street ("Laugh-out-loud-good." --Harper's Bazaar) When...

Some summers never leave you. In this moving debut novel, set over the course of one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss, and the choices she must make to move forward. At seventeen,...

Winner of the 2024 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, selected by Lauren GroffA debut collection about the wild and hidden places in nature and the heart From Seattle to Istanbul, Lake Effect, the debut short story collection by Hillary Behrman, takes you to...

From bestselling author Amanda Prowse comes a spellbinding story about two sisters, one choice--and a lifetime of consequences...For identical twins Remy and Ashleigh, everything changes with one childhood decision. A simple act of love that unwittingly alters the paths they will both walk--an act...

Author: Niall WilliamsISBN-10: 1420531298ISBN-13: 9781420531299Publisher: Large Print PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/07/2026Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Author: Kimberly Carlson AesaraISBN-13: 9798218693183Publisher: First Snow Publishing HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/20/2025Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.47d

Author: Racheli Sarah DovesISBN-10: 1038347572ISBN-13: 9781038347572Publisher: FriesenPressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2025Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: Danielle SteelISBN-10: 0593498720ISBN-13: 9780593498729Publisher: DellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2026Pages: 304Format: Paperback

Author: Stephanie SoileauISBN-10: 0385551789ISBN-13: 9780385551786Publisher: Doubleday BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2026Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.84d

Author: Lisa JensenISBN-13: 9798998894909Publisher: Wild Ground PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2025Pages: 392Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Author: Leah DawkinsISBN-13: 9798901199725Publisher: Whisperwood Holdings, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2025Pages: 422Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d

Author: Devon DelaneyISBN-10: 196632233XISBN-13: 9781966322337Publisher: Beyond the Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2025Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Author: Michelle VernalISBN-10: 1805500090ISBN-13: 9781805500094Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2025Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.63d

Author: Julie BrooksISBN-10: 1035414872ISBN-13: 9781035414871Publisher: HeadlineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2026Pages: 400Format: Paperback

Author: Emma KnightISBN-10: 0593830474ISBN-13: 9780593830475Publisher: Penguin BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2026Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.44h x 5.50w x 0.78d

Jasmine and T have a lot to learn about love, loss, and the importance of family.When Jasmine's best friend, Leslie, is diagnosed with cancer, there's no other place to run but straight into the chaos. She doesn't hesitate-fiercely holding Leslie's hand through doctor's appointments,...

Dr. John Rayburn is a man of conviction-a healer, a father, and a believer in the unshakable values of God, Family, and Country. When three of his sons go off to fight in World War II, they return changed-hardened by combat, humbled by loss,...

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse (1927) is a landmark of modernist literature, renowned for its lyrical style and stream-of-consciousness technique. Through the shifting inner voices of the Ramsay family and their guests, the novel meditates on time, memory, and the fleeting nature of human...

Don't miss the start of a BRAND NEW emotional, heartwarming, life-affirming series from Jo Bartlett, the BESTSELLING author of The Cornish Midwife and The Cornish Country Hospital Sometimes the only way forward is to go back. When Rowan Bellamy s marriage collapses in spectacular...

The ocean remembers. Its waves carry the weight of history, memory, and human experience. After the tsunami, silence settled like sediment over the shorelines of life, and with it came a quiet persistence: stories waiting to be told.Tides of Silence, Shores of Renewal is...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Danielle Steel delivers an exciting and moving historical novel about a courageous wife and mother hiding in occupied France. In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she...

Puppy Love Jenkins falls hard, sings soft, and loves louder than most.In the heart of South Bend, Indiana, this scrawny, stuttering, dog-loving romantic gets knocked down by heartbreak more times than he can count, but he always gets back up. What carries him forward...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE "Seascraper shimmers, salt-flecked and rippling. It swells with tense, memorable moments...Poignant, authentic, and hopeful." --The Spectator "In two words: Short. Brilliant." --The Times (London)Twenty-year-old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England,...

WHEN THE HOWELL FAMILY MOVES INTO A HOUSE on Heckler Lane, it causes quite a stir around the small town of Sunny Cove, Pennsylvania. Elise Howell, a well-known cardio surgeon, has returned home after fifteen years to fill her recently deceased mother's position at...

Set against the serene backdrop of Prince Edward Island in the mid-1800s, A Time for Remembrance is a heartwarming love story seen through the eyes of a modern-day woman uncovering her family's past.As Alex and Joanna McIntyre celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, their daughter,...

A bookstore murder baffles and haunts the lead detective, the circumstances of the case forcing him to face suppressed demons. Theft and infidelity disrupt the smooth tranquility of a bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. As the staff adjusts to the upheavals, they are rocked again...

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, March 1995: When twenty-three year old postman Andy Cooper and his dad Ron return home from watching their beloved Notts County win at Wembley, they discover to their horror that Andy's mum Marie has died. Unable to process the death of his...