Fiction - Family Life - General

Oscar Wilde's infamous wit, taste for scandal, and gift for revealing the hypocrisies of fashionable society are on display here in this collection of his finest plays. A genius both of and ahead of his time, he built his craft on the eternal questions...

If you loved Nancy Drew, you don't want to miss the debut novel in the Holly Lewis series by two-time USA Today Bestselling Author, Dianne Harman.Family secrets. A murdered mother. An estranged aunt. A diary. A vandalized high school.Holly knows nothing about her biological...

In Jack, A.M. Homes, author of the forthcoming novel The Unfolding, gives us a teenager who wants nothing more than to be normal--even if being normal means having divorced parents and a rather strange best friend. But when Jack's father takes him out in...

They were the perfect couple...Until they weren't.Maybe true love can bring them back together.This Hometown Wedding is For Better...or Maybe Worse.Farmer Colton McCray's couldn't believe his luck when he proposed to Sophie Johnston and she said yes. What more could a man who loves...

Author: Susan May WarrenISBN-10: 1982588357ISBN-13: 9781982588359Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2016Format: CDWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 6.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Danielle Steel tells the uplifting story of an ordinary woman embracing an extraordinary adventure, and the daring choice that transforms her world. Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college, moving to New York City, and pursuing a career...

A serial killer has some loose ends to tie up in this riveting psychological thriller--a follow-up to the international bestseller, 34 Days. How much can one family take? Jenny Carbrook murdered three people to make it look as though there was a serial killer...

"Hey, Mike, what're we gonna do today?" It's 1960, and Mike is ten again, at least in his mind. Looking back on his final year of elementary school, he reflects on the many challenges that confronted him then. Junior high and the opposite sex...

On the verge of Mt. St. Helens' historic eruption, three women must face the mountain: two to search for their missing husbands; the third, to rediscover her life...After a local mountain becomes a deadly and imminent threat, three strikingly different women become linked in...

Family Trust is Ann Miller Hopkins's second novel set in Alabama and Florida. A large family bands together, pooling resources to elevate their golden years and live a far greater lifestyle together than any of the sisters and cousins could experience individually. An attorney...

The third book of the Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters series, Bitter Winds continues the saga of Chinese couple Benfu and Calli, and the abandoned young women in their care.Since the night her sister was almost burned alive in a fire and they were...

The McKay family gathers for a week-long holiday at a rambling old house to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Robert and Mary. In recent years only funerals and sudden, severe illnesses have been able to draw them together and as they gather in...

There would be tunnels of roses, beds of strawberries, fountains of overflowing herbs. And there might even be love. . . . In the heart of bustling modern Dublin is a littered, overgrown garden of tangled weeds and a stagnant, hidden pond. Belonging to...

The Cricket On The Hearth is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1845. The story takes place during the Christmas season and follows the lives of John Peerybingle, a carrier, his wife Dot, their baby, and their servant Tilly Slowboy. The household...

From the author of The Intangible comes a powerful story of double lives, hidden truths, and the desire to have the perfect life, no matter the price.When contract killer Cooper Franklin makes a deathbed confession, his revelations upend the lives of two strangers, setting...

Marion Miller needs a fresh start.Her childhood in Northern Ireland wasn't easy, with a father who passed away when she was young and a mother who got lost in grief. Now grown-up and with family relations as tense as ever, Marion heads to England,...

To find true love, first you have to truly love yourself...Fleur French does not have the best of luck when it comes to life and love, and her current boyfriend Jasper is yet another person who only seems to like Fleur when she moulds...

Inspired by 2022's overturn of Roe v. Wade, this story shows what happens when people don't receive the reproductive care they need, the reality of those who do, and everything in between. it hurts to breathe narrates a tale about generational trauma in the...

READ WITH JENNA'S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK - A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and...

In this heartwarming novel, Elizabeth Goudge tells the story of a family who takes over an old coaching inn in the English countryside, turning it into a haven for travelers seeking refuge from the stresses of modern life. Filled with charming characters, lyrical descriptions...

New beginnings don't always mean painful endings . . .A fabulous, timeless story of friendship set in Devon from bestselling author Jennifer Bohnet.As time ebbs and flows over the summer both Katie Teague and her godmother Mattie Cranford discover their lives are at a...

To look to the future, you first have to face your past...With Christmas just around the corner, Molly Bliss has almost hit rock bottom.After the heart-breaking loss of her parents, an escape to Iceland to spend the holidays with her sister Claudia is a...

To look to the future, you first have to face your past...With Christmas just around the corner, Molly Bliss has almost hit rock bottom.After the heart-breaking loss of her parents, an escape to Iceland to spend the holidays with her sister Claudia is a...

To the world beyond, Philippe Duval, eminent surgeon, husband to Julia, father to Pippa, appears to have a settled life other men would envy. What could possibly upend it?Could it be his lingering interest in a beautiful woman who should now be out of...

All the passengers plus the copilot had zipped off the delayed plane, with their luggage bouncing behind them, when Kylie, the flight attendant, and Landon, the pilot, heard a whimpering cry that drew them to seat 21D, where a tiny, blue-eyed, golden-curled girl huddled,...

Author: Viola ShipmanISBN-10: 1638089477ISBN-13: 9781638089476Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2023Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 8.58h x 5.82w x 0.99dLarge Print

ERIC BRASHER HATED ME AND I WAS CLUELESS AS TO THE REASON WHY. I think he would have invented a reason to beat me up if I had not accidentally given him one. I did not hate him, even though he constantly made me...

Praised as "Australia's answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen" (The Sun Herald, Australia), Monica McInerney, internationally bestselling author of The Alphabet Sisters, returns with a poignant novel of love, loss, and the enduring strength of family ties. Nestled in a picturesque corner...

In a small, dusty town in India, Sripathi Rao struggles as a copywriter to keep his family afloat in their crumbling ancestral home. But his mother berates him for not becoming a lawyer, his son prefers social protest to work, his unmarried sister seethes...

Lucy Silchester keeps receiving this strange appointment card and sweeping its gold embossed envelope under the rug. Literally. She busies herself with a job she doesn't like, helping out friends, fixing her car, feeding her cat, and devoting her time to her family's dramas....

In David Vann's searing novel Goat Mountain, an 11-year-old boy at his family's annual deer hunt is eager to make his first kill. His father discovers a poacher on the land, a 640-acre ranch in Northern California, and shows him to the boy through...

Take him. Please forgive me. Cate grips the note with trembling hands, looking down at the delicate bundle on her doorstep. As she reaches down to the baby, she knows she has finally got everything she's ever wished for. But is he hers to...

I didn't know what to expect when the time came for me to go on stage. An attendant with a clipboard and wearing headphones came out to get us one by one in the waiting room as if we were awaiting a Golden Ticket...

It's the most wonderful time of the year on Castle Street, and there's a paw-some new business opening....It had always been Tabby's dream to work with cats and an inheritance from her beloved nanna has finally made that a reality. Idyllic Castle Street in...

A chilling and unforgettable story of a close-knit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a...

Sixteen years after Cecelia Ahern's bestselling phenomenon PS, I Love You captured the hearts of millions, the long-awaited sequel follows Holly as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones. Seven years after her husband's death -- six since she read...

"A resigned yet hopeful examination of grief with a side of human absurdity . . . warm and modestly knowing, with a wisecracking slacker hero."--Kirkus Reviews Doug Parker is a widower at age twenty-nine, and in his quiet town, that makes him the object...

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...

An acclaimed storyteller returns with "a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery" that explores "family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream" (Jean Kwok). The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content...

The island of Key West located on the Southernmost Point of the United States has always been a place known for its uniqueness and mystery. Many people that don't know the island, perhaps, believe it is a place to just have fun, relax, and...

A historically malevolent haunted house threatens to end a line of paranormal guardians. Will the family's latest addition tip the scales in their favor or hurtle them toward their demise?Garrett Mueller proposes to his girlfriend, Marie Renault. She rejects him, distressing him until he...

Nine-year-old Leah's invisible friend seems harmless enough. . .until she begins to paint the future. Suddenly, the townspeople are divided between those who see her as a prophet and those who fear the danger she represents. Caught in the middle is Leah's agnostic father,...

A man is dead. And only I know why.As we sit drinking wine by the river and I gaze into his dark brown eyes, I know I have finally met the man of my dreams. I have been hurt before, but this time will...

This story is about Jabber Jabber, a playful, noisy, energetic monkey. He is the pet of Luke and Lilly who live at the edge of the jungle with their mother and father. One day, Jabber Jabber ran into the jungle, followed by Luke and...

The author wrote Charlie's Crossing: The Journey Begins in 2010 for his daughters so they could live life by the grace God has bestowed upon His children. It was after finishing the book that the author realized it could be an example to all...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chicken Sisters comes a delightfully entertaining story about a ruse that goes awry and a chaotic homecoming that proves that confronting your past can sometimes set you free. Filling these boots is harder than it...

Read the audiobook of Nineteen Steps, narrated in full by Millie Bobby Brown Millie Bobby Brown's dazzling debut novel is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II.Love blooms in the...

Some may claim that they've had moments of déjà vu, or the uncanny ability to see what is about to happen, like determining the end of a movie, or feeling like you have been somewhere before, based on nothing but intuition. However, what if...

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Tidelands--the "searing portrait of a woman that resonates across the ages" (People)--returns with an evocative historical novel tracking the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive...

Montauk, Long Island, 1938. Beatrice Bordeaux was looking forward to a summer of reigniting the passion between her and her husband, Harry. Instead, she learns she�ll be spending twelve weeks with the high society wives at The Montauk Manor while Harry pursues other interests...