Fiction - Family Life - General

In the heat of the glowing July afternoon, the room, with blinds carefully closed, was full of a great calm. From the three windows, through the cracks of the old wooden shutters, came only a few scattered sunbeams which, in the midst of the...

"There, I've done every bit I can do I'm going to see what o'clock it is." "I heard it strike eleven just now." "Sylvia, you'll tip up What a tremendous stretch " "Wha-ooh Oh dear We sha'n't get one moment before dinner Oh, horrible...

Voted Most Likely to Succeed, Melanie Bartlett ended up anything but. The down-on-her-luck single mom wants a complete do-over--is that too much to ask? With her family long gone from River Bend, strong, independent Mel is as surprised as anyone to end up in...

From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he's a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife,...

An Amazon Charts bestseller.Dawn Conners's parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for losing things--her job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a mud-slinging expos , Dawn's late great-grandfather is assumed guilty of stealing silver from a...

Two childhood best friends wake up the morning after their twentieth high school reunion to discover that they've switched bodies in this hilarious and heartwarming debut by two childhood best friends. With "a delicious, page-turning premise, and sweet and surprising insights" (New York Times...

"With the charming and very funny Tink, Krueger has created an unforgettable character whose innocent curiosity busts through the societal conventions of early 1960s Canada. This is a masterful depiction of an atmosphere tense with fear and fuelled by grownup transgressions, where adult morality...

The first in an explosive series featuring the Strong family and a legacy of lies that leads to passion, love, murder and heartbreak...Barbados 1818One fateful night, a terrible tragedy occurs at the Strong family sugar plantation on the paradise island of Barbados. The Strong...

A man has what he thinks is the perfect marriage, until one day he comes home to find that he has not secured his personal computer and his wife is surfing his history. Then his fantasies start to become realities or perhaps nightmares.Author: Wanda...

In this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for astrology reluctantly travels home for Thanksgiving to make amends with her estranged family...and possibly manifest her own happily ever after.Romance writer Penelope Banks can write the perfect...

The Strong family has survived against all odds, but their greatest test is still to come.After a seemingly endless labour, Horatia Strong is delighted to announce that she's given her husband, Tom, a much-needed son and heir to the entire Strong fortune. But the...

"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 face of changing fortunes, the Strong family must unite to keep their wealth and status...or risk losing it all.As Cholera sweeps through the streets of Bristol, no one is immune. Blanche and her husband Conrad Heinkel, sugar merchant and master sugar baker,...

Honore de Balzac wrote a book titled "Father Goriot". The story, which takes place in Paris in the early 19th century, explores the concepts of love, wealth, and social status. The protagonist Father Goriot, an old widower who has used his fortune to support...

Jack Leonard's father, Billy, is an alcoholic. Billy isn't a bad guy. Friends would say he's the life of the party; his family might refer to him as harmless. After all, he isn't a mean drunk ... he's a happy drunk.Unfortunately, these things tend...

Two women wrenched apart by a family member's disappearance must find a way back to each other in this haunting page-turner by the author of A Crooked Tree.Nessa Garvey's sister Deena vanished without a trace in Philadelphia in 2004. In all that time, Nessa...

"With tremendous intellect and her irreverent wit, Wiener rescues an intimate story from the family archive, a story that is also the infamous history of our continent. Her prose, sober and forward, is a breath of fresh air; her view allows us to be...

It's your story, but are you the main character of it?Poppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Thought Buzz. But after a series of rejections, she is ready to accept life on the sidelines as a...

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve.Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life...

You loved What Heals the Heart. Now join the gang for more adventure and fun in Sticks and Stones, Book Two in Jen Telger's Pullman Station Series following her bestselling debut novel.Echoes of the past continue to surface for the Maple Street gang as...

Pastor Judah Greeves and his wife, Esther, live a sad, quiet life in Bethel Hollow, PA. The church they have led together for decades is dying. The small farm they built with their own hands has become unmanageable in their old age. Sparrow, their...

In 2021, JD Bauer receives an invitation to his fifty-fifth high school reunion. When he tells his wife Carolyn that he wants to spend time revisiting his old hometown to remember it as it was, she's intrigued. She wants to hear stories, old and...

Two dumped women, a seaside estate, a chance to start over...When Ann Rutherford's husband dumps her for the bimbo in his office, unfairly leaving her without a home or a job, she reluctantly joins forces with Rhonda DelMonte to convert Rhonda's Florida seaside estate...

A troubled, young widow hikes from Yosemite Valley deep into the wilderness on the John Muir Trail to elude her shameful past in this emotionally gripping story from the author of House Broken. With her thirtieth birthday looming, Liz Kroft is heading for the...

Author: Kate HewittISBN-10: 0451475585ISBN-13: 9780451475589Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2015Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 08/01/2015 pg. 35 - ExcellentLibrary Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 83

Celebrate kindness and diversity with The Bayside Bunch Coloring & Activity Book. Learn and engage in fun activities that promote kindness and diversity in various colors, shapes, and forms. Use crayons to create and capture images of children connecting to themselves and the world...

Some people believe there are only six steps of separation between anyone. Just six connections to reach any other person alive today. In some cases? They're even closer than expected.When life takes a turn and isolates Frankie, she feels like everything has fallen apart....

"Rich with sensual detail, making for vivid impressions." -- Publishers WeeklyJustine Hardy is an English journalist, a best-selling author, and a filmmaker who has spent much of the past fifteen years living in India. With her American debut, The Wonder House, Hardy has crafted...

Now I've killed another person. I'm a serial killer. Sure, two people is hardly serial, but it's a good start. I'm still young. Who knows where opportunities might lead me? Opportunity makes the thief, or the murderer, or even the pastry chef. It's well...

Inspired by True EventsOne mother. One daughter. One adventure of a lifetime that will change their relationship forever.When her troubled teenage daughter, Nova, is hell-bent on self-destruction, Tessa Donahue makes a desperate bid to save their future. Together they will leave behind the familiar...

Minnesota, 1956Unknown human remains are discovered deep within the mosaic of rugged forests and interconnected waterways once home to the native Ojibwe people. More than 30 years later, fresh news of the cold case reopens old wounds for an Arizona family, from a time...

A cautionary tale for a world in which social media has shattered the boundaries of intimacy.The first time that Mélanie met Clara, she was stunned by Clara's sense of authority, and for her part, Clara was struck by Mélanie's pink, glittery nails, which shimmered...

The Ramsays spend their summers on the Isle of Skye, where they happily entertain friends and family and make idle plans to visit the nearby lighthouse. Over the course of the book, the lighthouse becomes a silent witness to the ebbs and flows, the...

They both want to make things work, but will their children come between them?Gage has been happy in Blueberry Beach, living above the store on the Main Street, working from home and raising his two girls. Alone.The tightknit community supports each other and his...

From the bestselling author of The Vibrant Years comes an emotional story of three women navigating ugly truths and safe lies with only love to guide them on a journey of motherhood, friendship, and life.Bestselling advice columnist Vandy Guru built her career teaching others...

Darrel the homeless doorman, Jasper the piano junkie, Edith the regretful home seller, country bumpkins Calvin and Bunny, Percy the lifelong inventor, the cruel Mr. Munger, the holdup lady and Troy the fast talker are just some of the characters you will meet in...

An often engaging tale of kinship and finding safe harbor. - Kirkus ReviewsAuthor Kristy McGinnis has crafted a beautifully told story that really focuses deeply on the central characters and the choices they've made in their lives that may or may not define their...

A woman is pulled into a love affair with a radical activist, unknowingly echoing her family's dangerous past and risking the foundations of her future in this electrifying novel. "An exhilarating novel of star-crossed romances and radical politics, with writing so evocative I swear...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Danielle Steel, a powerful story about fighting for a chance at happiness--whatever the cost. Charles Vincent seems to have it all--a beautiful wife, two successful children, and a well-paying career. Yet happiness remains out of reach. He...

THE GOODBYE QUILT by Susan Wiggs Linda Davis is driving her daughter, Molly, across the country to start college. As her only child readies for this big change, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Who will she be when...

Rosie is a Wonder Pup who brings joy to her family....especially herthree boys. In this first installment, we meet Rosie and learn howmischievous she is. This story is great for young readers to readalone or to enjoy with their family. Be on the lookout...

The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of a middle-American landscape from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned author Conrad Richter immense acclaim, ranking him with the greatest of American...

The New York Times bestselling author of 500 Miles from You tells the hilarious and heartwarming story of twin sisters who set out to London in hopes of leaving their mark on the world, in this "gorgeous, glorious, uplifting" novel (Marian Keyes). They may...

Author: Gish JenISBN-10: 1432879960ISBN-13: 9781432879969Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/02/2020Pages: 503Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90dLarge Print

Rabbi Isaac Abrams escaped the Holocaust and wandered in search of mission and meaning. He arrived in a small university town walking the quiet streets at night in vocal argument with . . . whom? One evening he encountered Jack Israel, a professor of...

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. This is the story of Edward and people in his world. It is a tale of flawed and frayed humanity. Edward's religious beliefs now conflict with his...

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. Ironically, Edward contends with reverse discrimination in the workplace. This is the story of Edward and people in his world. It is a tale of flawed and...

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. Ironically, Edward contends with reverse discrimination in the workplace. This is the story of Edward and the people in his world. It is a tale of flawed...

When Spark--the rakish prodigal son--returns unannounced to the dilapidated family home, his arrival launches an unforgettable summer on Monhegan Island. During his absence, his gentle brother and shrewd, fork-tongued father, Pastor Ragnar, have been caring for Spark's son, Hally. A temperamental adolescent emboldened by...

A new moving novel of three men, each searching for something they have lost.For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will...