Fiction - Family Life - General

In Senegal, three modest families share a courtyard. This common space is a small paradise where they meet to cook, dine, talk, evoke memories, and grow together. At one Sunday family gathering, the usual post-meal conversation turns tense when Sada's adolescent son, Die?y, asks...

It's hard to leave the past behindRecently widowed Ava has moved to Philadelphia, determined to start over. With her children and blossoming career as a dressmaker taking up all her time, she's not ready for charming, persistent Max Byrne, even if he is a...

From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his teenage son, our narrator receives a letter...

A charming, feel-good beach read about new beginnings, old secrets, and how home is where the heart is for readers of Jill Shalvis and Brenda Novak! All that Meghan Gray has left of her beloved pappy is his cottage on the edge of the...

"Christmas with Grandma Elsie" is a part of the "Elsie Dinsmore" series written by Martha Finley. This beloved and enduring series of books, which were first published in the 19th century, focuses on the life, moral development, and adventures of Elsie Dinsmore and her...

1884 - When Betsan Morgan's mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in,...

Colin and Vivian Tripp buy a 'bargain' cement boat called Moonlighting with only the vaguest notion of boating. They envisage plain sailing, easy living and plenty of it. What they get is a bucket load of troubles, a myriad of mishaps - plus some...

All it takes is a second to change everything.Mathieu Delacroix wanted a big family. Orphaned at the age of six and raised by his grandparents, he always felt something was missing. But he and his wife Lori-Anne were only able to have one child....

"Humans are easy to control. Soon we cats may domesticate them." Another funny, heart-warming and insightful novel written in both cats' point of view following their journey in the Catland series. Bella, a ginger, therapy cat and Oliver, a handsome, Siamese show cat are...

Return to the quintessential American small town, Lily Hollow. Learn more about our favorite complicated and lively locals, and about everyone's favorite bookstore, The Bookshop Hotel. In the first book, A. K. Klemm made us fall in love with the colorful and surprising folks...

A lushly imagined novel that asks, "When do we ever really know ourselves?" When Rebecca Laurelson is forced to leave her post as a trauma surgeon in an east African field hospital, she arrives at her aunt's house on the Indian Ocean and is...

This book, UNTETHERED HEART, is about human tragedy and misery. It is about failing, getting back up and struggle. It is about the conflict between good and evil. It is about choices and the heartache brought to some by those choices of ease over...

First published in three volumes in 1860, The Mill on the Floss tells the tale of Maggie Tulliver and the four men she loves. How they destroy her, how she destroys them, and how they all end up irredemptively miserable. Or dead. It is...

This is a book that both young readers and adults will enjoy.(ages 11-99) and is based on a true story of an autistic girl and her cleft palate puppy. From the back cover: "Houston, we have a problem." That's what Mama said when the...

"This book is a 5 star book for sure The Lobby is captivating from the first page until the last..did not want it to end and WOW did not expect the ending A MUST READ " Amazon Reviewer Eric has battled his demons his...

Danesbury House is a novel written by Mrs. Henry Wood and published in 1860. The story is set in England and revolves around the lives of two families - the Danesburys and the Thornes. The Danesburys are a wealthy family who live in a...

"Roseflower Creek is a compelling, fast-paced narrative that captivates from the first page to the last. It is beautifully written and sensitively told. Don't miss it!" --Haywood Smith, author of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch and The Red Hat Club"The morning I died it...

In one of her most delicate and suspenseful novels to date, Anita Brookner brings us an exquisite story of friendship and duty. Rachel Kennedy and Oscar Livingston were not precisely friends or family. Rachel had been acquanted with Oscar for some time, first as...

Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native ("with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in"),...

A woman has no choice left but to enjoy the adventure of life--and its surprises--in a funny and emotionally moving comedy of errors about the gifts of growing older.Olivia Strauss is turning thirty-nine. No major milestone. She still considers herself young. At least young...

From the bestselling author of In an Instant comes the moving story of a family grappling with grief and a woman with the power to help them through it--or stand in their way.After a tragic accident claims the life of one of her children,...

The women of Peerbaugh Place are entering a season of the heart.Things are ever-changing at Peerbaugh Place, and once again Evelyn Peerbaugh opens her home to new boarders. This time she gets more than she bargains for: a new tenant whose vanity exceeds all...

Set against the sparkling backdrop of the theater world, this propulsive debut follows the relationship between an actress who refuses to abandon her career and the daughter she chooses to abandon instead. Sadie Jones, a larger-than-life actress and controversial feminist, never wanted to be...

A profound debut novel that explores complicated love, secrets, and familial misunderstandings from the celebrated octogenarian author of the "trail-blazing" (Oprah Daily) collection Cat BrushingIt's the week of Dr. Agnes Stacey's only daughter's wedding, and each of the eleven attendees of the small family...

"A family secret, a DNA test, a journey as rich and colorful as the early-day circus itself. Through Cecily Larson's hidden life, Ellen Baker tenderly examines personal determination, lost love, family ties, and our innate need to discover our own truth." -- Lisa Wingate,...

In the spirit of Heather Morris, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff, an enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters in Ireland whose lives diverge for decades, until fate--and faith--reunite them in the twilight of their lives.Orphaned...

Mersey Square, Stockport, 1964. Can she love another woman's child? Jane Wilson has just got engaged to her childhood sweetheart Eddie. Although they had a rocky start and Jane is haunted by Eddie's previous relationship, she couldn't be happier that they're back together. But...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a warmhearted and empowering new novel about love, family, friendship, secrets, and a life-changing journey. Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a...

Our readers and customers asked for informative and entertaining fiction for teens and young adults about their lives, and we've listened! We're pleased to publish Lucky Dogs, Lost Hats, and Dating Don'ts, a collection of over a dozen hi-lo (high interest-low reading level) short...

A kid walks into your bookstore and... Guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! And a huge surprise it is. It's a huge surprise to his adoptive mother,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A stirring novel about the legacies families inherit, create, and carry on, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family's haute couture...

A heartwarming Christian fantasy that will have the reader laughing, crying with joy, and mesmerized in the land of Santa Claus and his helpers. The second book in The Santa Claus Trilogy is an inspirational story that puts a significant emphasis on the true...

"A beautiful, haunting story of one family, spanning generations and continents, as they face life's inevitable losses, struggle with grief and reach for redemption."--Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden SonPerfect for readers of Jhumpa Lahiri and...

The Art of Becoming Another Person Entirely is a quirky but touching novel about family expectations, redemption, and why it's never a good idea to fall in love with your husband's brother."On the surface, Brenda Arnold's The Art of Becoming Another Person Entirely seems...

The life you lived. The life you loved. The life you left...For fans of Jojo Moyes and Cecelia Ahern. It started out like any other day for Sarah Lawler; getting the kids ready for school, making the pack lunches and juggling baby Ella's feeds....

Where the Light Is Brighter is the touching, bittersweet story of life in a long-term care facility, told mostly through the sharp eyes of 98-year-old Edith, who has an opinion on everything-and everyone-and a lifetime of memories that are slowly slipping away. She enters...

On New Year's Eve of 1961, while visiting family in England, sisters Sophie and Olivia's lives are forever changed with the ill-fated discovery of a sapphire and diamond bracelet gifted to their mother, Elizabeth Grace Bennett Bannister.Their mother, a Baron's daughter within the English...

With every New York Times bestseller, Luanne Rice illuminates yet another of the secret wonders of the heart. Her unforgettable evocations of family, friendship, and loves lost and won in such novels as The Edge of Winter, Sandcastles, and Summer of Roses give voice...

In this searing debut novel, for readers of Katie Kitamura and Rachel Cusk, the tragic aftermath of a youthful relationship years after its end brings the life of a mourning woman in New York--and the pursuit of art--into stark relief. Told in short passages...

It all appears innocent enough: a handsome couple in their thirties - she an actress, he a successful graphic designer - revisiting Sestri Levante on the Italian Riviera where they once spent their honeymoon. But it is not at all innocent. The couple have...

A classic novel of family, isolation and a blighted Ireland from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea depicts the end of innocence for a boy and his country. Once the big house on an Irish estate, Birchwood has turned into a dilapidated family...

She's an architect on top of her game, owns her own home and has a partner that equally matches her status. Bella Frederic is living the ideal success story... or is she really? When her partner Pierre Jackson finds out about her dark secret,...

The start of a gripping WWII series by bestselling author Fenella J. MillerAs war rages, Barbara Sinclair is desperate to escape her unhappy home life. And with the threat of German bombs ever present, Barbara reluctantly agrees to marry John, her childhood friend, who...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A comedy writer thinks she's sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions--a "smart, sophisticated, and fun" (Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and...

A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with...

After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook perfection-but they couldn't be more wrong. The four Jacobson children were raised to respect the value of a dollar. Their mother reused tea...

Somewhere in the midst of a beautiful and serene mountain valley resides a community of ranchers and farmers. Generation after generation, families support and rely on one another as troubling times whistle through the mountainsides. The Kammer family is no exception-though, there are always...

She's an architect on top of her game, owns her own home and has a partner that equally matches her status. Bella Frederic is living the ideal success story... or is she really? When her partner Pierre Jackson finds out about her dark secret,...

Lose yourself in this opposites-attract romance set on a sunny Malibu hillside Ivy Bauer is a young, bright soil scientist and inventor of a game changing organic irrigation system. She's on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking...

In Lionel Shriver's entertaining send-up of today's cult of exercise--which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life--an aging husband's sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable. After an ignominious early...