Fiction - Family Life - General

Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life--a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world....

Four Sisters Solve a Mystery is about family, grief, love, and uncovering family secrets. Follow along as Morgan, Stevie, Tammy Jo, and Rhonda reconnect over tragedy and loss. The story will take you into four very different lives that are connected more closely than...

"Some stories aren't just told-they're passed down." Hazel thinks her grandfather is magic. He knows just when to offer a story, a cookie, or a soft place to land after a hard day. But as Big Papa grows frailer, Hazel and her mother Briann...

What begins as one man's escape from heartbreak becomes a journey into rediscovery, resilience, and the healing power of human connection.After the collapse of his marriage and financial security, Tanner Dalton leaves behind the familiar landscapes of Massachusetts and heads west to California, where...

From the internationally bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels comes a charming and poignant story set at a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a...

Spanning four decades and three continents, Bitter Honey is a story about a mother and daughter divided by long buried secrets, struggling to understand each other as they forge their own paths, from the internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black.1978: A...

Mac the Pup isn't so sure about Halloween.With giant skeletons popping up in the front yard and a banjo-playing bony band on the porch, things are getting a little too spooky for Mac's liking!Luckily, his best friend Gary is by his side-and together, they...

Mac the Pup is back-and this time, there's a new face in the backyard.With glowing eyes, a fluffy tail, and quiet paws, the mysterious creature has Mac both curious and excited. But when he rushes to say hello, the new visitor scampers away!Mac learns...

In the grip of the Great Depression, George Taylor is out of options. His farm is failing, debts are piling up, and hope is running thin. When his wife sacrifices her most treasured possession to buy them time, George receives an unexpected letter from...

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author Maggie O'Farrell, a deeply moving novel about the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, and the years leading up to the production of his great play. Soon to be a major motion picture from Chloé Zhao, Oscar award-winning...

A family is in tatters. Still, God is in control.While his two daughters Rachel and Amy struggle for freedom from the expectations of a pastor's family, Arthur Grill is forced to step down from his position as senior pastor at Hope Is Here Church....

The Alchemy of Awakening: From Silence to SovereigntyBook Two in The Adventures of a 21st Century Bootlegger SeriesWhat happens after you break the machine that built you?In The Alchemy of Awakening, the excavation of Book One gives way to the relentless, transformative work of...

A lyrical coming-of-age tale where love, loss, and a whispered promise from beyond shape one girl's unforgettable journey toward healing and belief.StarSong is a luminous coming-of-age novella that traces the extraordinary bond between a brilliant pediatric surgeon, her precocious ten-year-old daughter Georgia, and the...

On special assignment, young journalist Annie is sent to interview Jack Cohen, a 107-year-old man living in a seniors' care home, Jack eagerly shares his life story-one that stretches across a century of history, from the Great Depression and World War II to the...

The holiday season has arrived, and Richmond is bustling with activity. But for the Reids, this Christmas marks the first anniversary of the accident that changed their lives forever. Sixteen-year-old Scott Reid is working Christmas weekend when he meets an elderly man dressed in...

Tuscany, 1950. A chance encounter between two young people on the street marks the beginning of a whirlwind romance. Yolanda and Clemente Gallorini are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime as they begin to build a life together. No one ever...

This is the journey of five young adults who meet in a mental hospital and form a deep bond through their shared experiences with mental health struggles. Each of them has a different diagnosis-OCD, severe depression, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder-representing key aspects...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades.It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents...

Set against the rugged beauty of the northern woods, the heartwarming first novel by columnist Carrie Classon explores how chosen family can sweeten bitterness into surprising joy.Alone in the Northwoods, Norry Last settles in for another springtime lull at the remote resort she inherited...

There was a Secret Tight tension and twisted family secrets are what binds the Jackson-Peterson family. Mary Jackson and her baby sister Peaches Peterson have a secret. Their den of lies has helped build walls of quilt, regret, and marital indiscretions. Both sisters were...

When Echo Farren boarded the plane bound for her wedding in her hometown of Lake George, NY she was filled with excitement and joy. That was until she got a text message from her fiancée just as her flight reached cursing altitude that he...

Isla Merrick swore she'd never return to Windhaven, the sleepy coastal town where her happiest memories intertwined with the deepest scars of her heart. But when she inherits The Tidesong Inn-a weathered, salt-kissed relic perched on the cliffs-she's forced to confront the ghosts of...

Entertaining, atmospheric, and action-filled--yet difficult to obtain until now--the eight short stories in Jack ondon's A Son of the Sun center on the thrilling exploits of Captain David Grief in the dangerous and exotic South Seas.Author: Jack LondonISBN-10: 9389804388ISBN-13: 9789389804386Publisher: Insight PublicaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2020Pages:...

In a world where the bonds of family are tested and the journey of youth is fraught with challenges, ""The Day of His Youth"" by Alice Brown emerges as a timeless exploration of father-son dynamics and the intricate tapestry of family relationships. This captivating...

"The Son of His Father" is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant first published in 1886. Mrs. Oliphant (real name Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828-1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural"....

Everyone has a guardian angel. For those who hear their voice clearly, the world can be an amazing and dangerous place - for there are misguided men who fear the voice and label those who can hear their angel to be witches.Stan worked for...

ACFW Ohio Authors: Kim Garee, Penny Frost McGinnis, Lynda Page, Annika Klanderud, Heidi Glick, Gina Bishop, Bettie Boswell Students authors: Moriah Mulligan, Sarah Choi, Owen Ferdig, Lily Hubbard There's just something about an old house ... Whether it inspires memories, fond or sad, or...

Sonia has always been a traveller-but only in her mind. While she spends her days working at a hospital and her weekends caring for children at a developmental center, she remains emotionally adrift, estranged from her husband, daughter, and family.When COVID-19 sweeps across the...

After a four-month estrangement from her family, thirty-two-year-old Emma Michaels visits The Harbor View Assisted Living Home to tell her grandmother, Gussie, that she has made a decision: she's going to sell the family property--her inheritance. Sitting on the dock of Poquatuck Village, Connecticut,...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every single, good Calabrian boy is looking for a single, good Calabrian girl to marry so they can cook, wash and clean for him!It's the late eighties and twenty-three-year-old Ree is trying to get out of yet...

Strong Stuff is the story of Ruby, a young carer who finds her world turned upside down when her mother dies. She is forced to live with her estranged father on the wrong side of the tracks, where her life as a teenager really...

Mr Richard Whitestone is English and a successful businessman based for many years in Oporto. Despite his many years' residence in Portugal, he remains resolutely English in his tastes and in his accent. His favourite reading is Tristram Shandy, which he reads and re-reads...

'You can hear the ice cracking' is a love story, a family tragedy and - in a medical and social setting - a dissection of the ideas of a welfare state... Does it work? If not, why not? Phoebe Finch, an idealistic medical student,...

The Carnival Chemist offers a powerful collection of stories taken from everyday life and features people who could be your family and friends-or you. Strong, but troubled characters face a range of life and death challenges as they struggle to clarify their beliefs and...

"Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand" An innocent young man is betrayed by a close friend and wrongly accused of stealing Church money. Exiled from his religious community, with his life shattered, his trust in God lost and his heart broken, an...

A married woman of 18 years feels conflicted with respect to her inner self, as well as her significant other. She finds herself wondering whether or not she should leave, after having invested so much time into her marriage. Her husband's hidden bonus of...

The Heavenly Father series is the story of a family trying to come to terms with its past on a number of levels. This includes the parents coming to terms with their own parents' mistakes in raising them and how they have adapted in...

Nathan, a professor at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, is a happily married father of two. He has a wide range of interests, including Western classical music, foreign languages, water sports and he is a connoisseur of wines....

Tender Years is the touching story of a boy named Eumu, who was born to a Korean family in Osaka, Japan, during World War II. When his mother dies of TB when he is less than three years old, his grandmother abducts him, taking...

Set on the shores of idyllic Flathead Lake in Somers, Montana, during the Great Depression era, Towers of Somers: Flawed Majesty is about Sam Sanders-a unusually smart, bold young Montanan who wants nothing more than to go to college, even if that means leaving...

Darwin's theory of evolution conspires with the philosophy of the aphorism 'Aham Brahmasmi' with mind itself as an entity. Egos hurt before strengthening the bonds of relationship. Suffocation of the unwanted relationship, one tricking the other, but people in love sacrificing the essence of...

After the highs and lows of the 1950s, Natalia now finds herself at a crossroads. With the death of Tobias French in Vietnam, she believes that the past is behind her. When Trent Goodacres enters her life, she believes that she can start over...

5 out of 5 stars Great Read"This is one of those books it is impossible to put down without feeling deprived and needing to go back as soon as possible because that next page just has to be turned."As the MacGrough clan prepares to...

In a high-stakes game of fake it... Will they make it? Wyatt Larrabee thought adopting twin boys and moving back home to Legacy Canyon, Texas, would be tough. Turns out, fending off unwanted attention from women after a TV interview about his adorable new...

He came to fix her home Never knowing she'd fix his heart Harper Michaels's new contractor can't be world-renowned dancer Nathan Goldman! The MIA superstar was Harper's inspiration for becoming a ballerina, and she harbored a secret crush. Now he's claiming to be Nathan...

The best things in life Come in threes Taking in his orphaned baby nephews was an easy decision for rancher Nash Dawson. Letting himself love them was even easier. But being hounded by journalists hungry for the story of the aftermath of his famous...

Henry Bordeaux's "The Will to Live (Les Roquevillard): A Novel" delves into the intricate dynamics of family life in early 20th century France. This meticulously prepared edition of a classic work of French literature explores the psychological landscape of domesticity, revealing the often-unspoken tensions...

Rediscover the heartwarming charm of 19th-century domestic life in Grace Livingston Hill's "Aunt Crete's Emancipation," a beloved work of Christian fiction that explores themes of family and romance. This meticulously reproduced edition brings to life a classic tale rooted in faith and the enduring...

Rediscover the timeless charm of Grace Livingston Hill's "The Enchanted Barn," a beloved novel exploring themes of family, romance, and enduring love. This classic work of Christian fiction delves into the complexities of relationships and the joys of marriage, set against the backdrop of...

Experience the enduring charm of Elizabeth Wetherell's "The Wide, Wide World," a classic of 19th-century domestic fiction. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a timeless story exploring themes of family, faith, and morality. A beloved example of religious fiction, the novel delves into...