Fiction - Family Life - General

For Josephine Evans, home was on the stages of the world where she spent thirty years establishing herself as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Josephine was the toast of Europe, and her fabulous apartment in Amsterdam's theater district was a popular...

A winning debut novel about a 1920s New England family and the secrets revealed when they reunite over one long summer. Spending the summer of 1928 in a big house on the Maine coast with his 10 older cousins and a gaggle of aunts...

On a midsummer's night Paula Hook lies awake; Mike, her husband of twenty-five years, asleep beside her; her teenage twins, Nick and Kate, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will redefine all of their lives. Recalling the years before and after...

"There was something to be said for ignoring a facet of life until the moment you most desperately needed it."A young woman reflects on the moment her father deserted her as a child at a baseball game, and the reason she still goes back...

Author: Karen AyersISBN-10: 1625168977ISBN-13: 9781625168979Publisher: Strategic Book PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2013Pages: 332Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d

When Anna hears her father's plans to marry her off to an old widower, she is determined to escape. Gathering together everything they own, Anna and her childhood sweetheart Jan board a boat from Holland to England. Heading for Colchester, the hub of the...

Shocking family secrets have the power to destroy--or unite--an estranged mother and daughter in an emotional and gripping novel by the author of A Gracious Neighbor.Mayree and Paula are a mother and daughter drifting apart, separated by grief and more, after the death of...

The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric "The Entertainer," an engaging and entertaining crime caper that is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities struggling to get by during the Depression and World War II.Babe is...

The final book in The Sabela Series brings two of the author's worlds together in a fabulous finale ending. Dwayne and Tammy from The Tammy Mellows Trilogy meet Slater and Sabela from the Sabela Series. Encouraged by one of their best friends, Claire, to...

From Lola Akinmade Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black, comes the highly anticipated second novel, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most egalitarian societies, Sweden.Can a career...

Coming Home may be the biggest battle he has faced...Fourteen years ago, Jake Burrows enlisted in the military after the sudden death of his wife, leaving an infant son behind. When he is injured overseas, he decides to recuperate in the small town where...

The Secrets of the Past are Buried at Wingate WineryWhen Kate Tyler learns that her brother may need a kidney transplant, she has no choice but to unravel the mystery of her biological parent's health history. Given only her birth mother's name to start...

"Smart writing, clever plotting, and an original, finely drawn, and relatable protagonist. Charming."--Graeme Simsion, bestselling author of The Rosie Project"A charming and original love story full of depth and characters you'll be rooting for."--Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next...

Dance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood's addictive new novel set in the hyper cutthroat world of ballet girls and their mothers as they compete for a prestigious prize... AN INDIE NEXT PICK "The Still Point is a must-read...

Everything Happens for a Reason... Seventeen-year-old Alyson Butler is living a dream life in Los Angeles, California, and she's hoping for the perfect summer before her senior year. The daughter of two successful Hollywood professionals, she enjoys a life of privilege, wealth, parties, and...

An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel--perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian...

The #1 bestselling international phenomenon that asks, If you won the lottery, would you trade your life for the life of your dreams? Jocelyne lives in a small town in France where she runs a fabric shop, has been married to the same man...

FATHER'S TROUBLES - CARTER TAYLOR SEATON LAWRENCE BURGHER suffers deprivation and ridicule as a child, marking him for life. Determined to make the world respect him, he sees wealth and power as the means to that end. Under the tutelage of EDWARD KEELEY, his...

Shopping can be dangerous.Elizabeth Darcy is kidnapped and Darcy must save her. Eight years after their happily ever after, Darcy knows that he is a most fortunate man. He has everything: a wife he adores, children, and a successful estate - until a villain...

Cooper Sterling is a bright-eyed nine-year-old boy whose mother was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. In order to be the brave son he wants to be, he must help his hard-working father take care of his mother in any way he can. This includes...

Michael Vargas is living the life of a celebrity architect when his world collapses. He walks away from the glamorous career of the star architect and begins a quest that will take him twenty-three years back in time. The challenge his mentor presented at...

Beautiful, wealthy Victoria Southworth always gets what she wants--the luxuriously lifestyle of the rich, the gorgeous face that makes everyone stop and stare, the financially successful husband, and the career of her dreams. Yet when Victoria makes one life-changing decision, she learns that always...

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." Take a ride down the train tracks in the small town of Verities, and you'll see one young man's quests for meaning in his troubled life. Follow Sam's journey as he grows up facing...

Lauded by critics as one of the most nuanced accounts of adolescence and young adulthood to have been penned in the nineteenth century, Cousin Phillis also offers a glimpse into the lives of working-class English farmers and the deeply intertwined extended family relationships that...

Mickey seems to see and hear everything, revealing as he does, Michael Rumaker's amazing abilities as a novelist. Rumaker has a wonderful eye for realistic detail and an exceptional ear for dialogue. His ability to create realistic American characters living in 20th century America...

In Thank You, Goodnight, hailed by Billboard as "High Fidelity and About a Boy with a dose of Music & Lyrics thrown in," the lead singer of a one-hit wonder 90s band tries for one more swing at the fence. Teddy Tremble is nearing...

She had all she expected to achieve. But a surprise hidden in her head was about to change everything...Ashley Martin has it all. With a high-paying job, a devoted husband, and impeccable children, the ambitious woman is living the dream life she envisioned for...

Set in northern Argentina, the gorgeous and gruesome story of two brothers following in their criminal father's footsteps in a bloody battle to save their family from drug lords, perfect for fans of Don Winslow and Narcos. Tom疽 Cruz swore he would never be...

England, 1926. Lady Isobel Farrar, an ageing widow with a colorful past, has returned home after years of living abroad. As she moves back into Halcyon Hill, her beloved country house, she finds herself dwelling on a long-buried secret. In the wake of a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter...

A gorgeously uplifting story about memories, storytelling, love and friendship, about the journeys we take and the people we meet, what we remember and how there are some things we can never forget.Alex would like to believe she's a woman who has it all....

Two parents conduct an increasingly desperate search for their missing daughter in "a clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving" (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying) "Imran Mahmood is the only author writing about a missing person...

Her husband's cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn't going to take it anymore. She's moving back north, to the city of her dreams--with her best friend, Evie, in tow. Think a screwball comedy featuring a sophisticated Thelma and...

It was only supposed to be a small wedding. Intimate and perfect. But my blood turns to ice when I see someone I know wasn't invited. My first husband - who I thought was dead.My world shattered when Declan disappeared five years ago. My...

In 1995, tragedy struck when Maurice Wilson returned home from the grocery store and was killed by a stray bullet, leaving his wife, Juanita, a widowed single mother of two. Having no life insurance and barely any savings, Juanita is forced to sell what...

In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, teenagers are confronted with an array of challenges that impact their mental health and well-being. This book, "Navigating Adolescence," aims to shed light on the pressing mental health issues faced by teenagers and offers practical guidance and support...

'Touching and uplifting' MILLY JOHNSON'A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery' HEIDI SWAIN'Heart-wrenching and compelling' SARAH MORGAN'This book tore my heart into tiny pieces, then put it back together and made it fly.' JANE LINFOOT'A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery.' HEIDI...

A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow."The true mystery Lapid seeks to unveil is one of the most burning questions of our time: What does it mean to be a woman in today's...

A raw and rampaging debut novel from the author of the "inventive, unsparing, irreverent and consistently entertaining" (NYTBR) memoir Eat the Apple-examining the war after the war for US veterans: returning home. What was it like? It's the only thing anyone wants to know...

It is near dark and pouring rain when Abbie Ellis visits her mother's grave for the first time.Not to mourn or cry, for the last thing she wants is to forgive.That night is the tenth anniversary of when her mother, the famous writer Gabrielle...

One summer can change everything. Brooklyn-based Hannah is a bestselling author struggling to write her second book after personal losses. Her older sister, Sara, still lives in Chatham, Cape Cod, where they grew up, and is married with four children. Once a dedicated librarian,...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - MEET THE MILANIS. FAST-FOOD HEIRESSES, L.A. ROYALTY, AND YOUR NEWEST REALITY TV OBSESSION "Delightfully twisted and heartfelt...Khakpour is a satirist extraordinaire...The antics and agonies of the Milani family had me googling pet psychics and turning the pages gleefully--at turns...

Life has not been easy for Marta and her daughter, Jannah. On the brink of losing her home and suffering from a broken heart, Marta has lost all hope. James has never gotten over the fact that he wasn't able to be a father...

Sometimes dads find it difficult to Express their feelings and the love they have for their little girls. This book creates an image with each line that expresses their love in a fun rhyming manner. It builds confidence to be anything you want and...

Athena Brkovich believes in true love.Young, successful, beautiful and wild, Mason and Athena Armada are a romance for the ages. They appear to have everything anyone could want.As money pours in, their lives become more reckless. Passionate and dangerous, blind devotion leads Athena to...

An emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that's been in her Texas family for...

Ellie Browne has found happiness running the Dog & Duck pub in the idyllic village of Little Leyton.Her blossoming romance with handsome property developer Max Golding is going swimmingly, and with her new best friend, Digby the black Labrador, at her side, life couldn't...

Just when he thinks he's clear of the meth business, Lyle Villines gets busted cold cooking for a friend. After his arrest, he's approached by a DEA agent who wants him to work as an informant - and take down someone high up in...

When Sissie Stevenson reluctantly begins her fifth grade year at Slippery Branch Elementary School, she has lots of questions that need answers. How can she stop the class bully from picking on her cousin and best friend Spud McKenna? Why do some of the...

"This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a love song to the timeless craft of glassmaking. Chevalier probes the fierce rivalries and enduring loyalties of Murano's glass dynasties, capturing the roar of the furnace, the...