Fiction - Family Life - Siblings

"Captures the richness and complication of female friendships in a way few writers have done. . . incredibly rich characterizations and a profound sense of place." -- CosmopolitanIn her magnificent classic Outer Banks, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons brilliantly recalls...

"Thorndike Press large print basic"--Copyright page.Author: Tracey LangeISBN-10: 1432893858ISBN-13: 9781432893859Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2022Pages: 469Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20dLarge Print

"Yates weaves surprises and vivid descriptions into this moving tale about strong and nurturing female family bonds."--Booklist on Confessions from the Quilting Circle The Ashwood women don't have much in common...except their ability to keep secrets.When Lark Ashwood's beloved grandmother dies, she and her...

Two half-brothers try to survive the fallout of their traumatic childhood and their abusive, alcoholic father in this tender and beautiful story about the power of forgiveness.On a sprawling Southern estate, Tucker and his younger brother, Mutt, were raised by their housekeeper, Miss Ella...

"This is a big-hearted belly-laugh of a book, told with wit and poignancy. Family secrets, laughter and tears, shocking reveals, and an uplifting ending make this a story to savor--and share."--Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost and Found BookshopAn accomplished...

ONE OF THE "BEST NEW BOOKS" BY BOOKLISTCRIMEREADS' LIST OF THE BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF 2022"40 NEW BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING" BY THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINELA riveting debut novel from an unforgettable new voice that is literary, suspenseful, and a compelling story about identity...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet's sublime new novel--her first since the National Book Award long-listed Sweet Lamb of Heaven--follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion.Contemptuous of their parents, who pass their...

Envy, regret, and all the other "what ifs" come together in this gripping novel of women's fiction, great for your next beach read.Do we ever really know the ones we love? Or do the secrets between us get in the way?Reclusive Clare Collins crafts...

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes "a smart, witty fairy tale for grownups" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR). Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years...

From internationally bestselling author Benedict Wells, a sweeping novel of love and loss, and of the lives we never get to live "[D]azzling storytelling...The End of Loneliness is both affecting and accomplished -- and eternal." --John Irving "An exquisitely wrought and utterly absorbing meditation...

Cursed by her grandmother and trapped in domestic violence in 1960s Britain, Evelyn must find a way to protect her five young daughters. Aware that her firstborn, Kim, is doomed to repeat her own disastrous life choices, Evelyn places her in the care of...

"I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the...

A beach cafe. An event to remember. The summer continues.**From a USA Today Bestselling Author**When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmer's market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a cafe on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina...

Are the ties that bind them about to be ripped apart? The Tempest family and friends are gathering for Cassie's eighteenth birthday party. But as they come together, a series of explosive events will threaten everything they hold dear. Cassie's sister Jess is about...

"An entertaining page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews on Met Her MatchAn inspiring family saga about two headstrong sisters who long to forge their own paths.It's 1972 and times are changing. In the small farming community of Mason, Kansas, Vera and Kelly Exton are known for their...

'Dark. Twisty. Addictive. I couldn't put it down' LISA JEWELLShe loves her family. She'd never let anything happen to them . . . Would she?On the outside, Maddie is a happy young mother with a new baby. But on the inside, she's afraid.Afraid that...

WINNER OF THE CAMPIELLO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDS A 2019 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (Washington Post ・Kirkus Reviews・Dallas Morning News) A pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante's translator. "I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I...

In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They...

From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, a ferociously intimate story of a family facing the ultimate question: how far will we go to save the people we love the most? When Margaret's fianc馥, John, is hospitalized for depression in 1960s London,...

'The queen of high-tension grip lit delivers a twisted tale that won't let you go' Sunday Times Crime Club'With great skill, Jensen slowly unveils the well-hidden aspects of all three characters and propels the book to a moving and convincing conclusion' Daily Mail'A fast...

"A truly lovely book, gentle and humorous, about a couple having to deal with the hard stuff life can throw at you and finding a way through." -Reedsy DiscoveryIn Broken Pieces of God David B. Seaburn returns to the domestic arena to explore the...

"This inventive retelling of Pride and Prejudice charms."--People "A fun, page-turning romp and a thought-provoking look at the class-obsessed strata of Pakistani society."--NPR Alys Binat has sworn never to marry--until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal...

A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick An Instant New York Times BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Month by Goodreads - Lithub - Refinery29 - InStyle - HelloGiggles - Real Simple - Parade - PureWow - Bustle"A richly observed novel, both...

A "wickedly funny" friends-to-lovers romantic comedy. Fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne will swoon their way through this romp from the friend zone to forbidden love.Harlow's an ambitious career woman who always plays by the rules. Bishop's a happy-go-lucky bad boy who will...

Two sisters. One unforgettable summer.While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after fire forces Summer Beach residents from their homes. Even the mayor, Bennett Dylan, who was Ivy's high school crush, moves in. As the summer...

The ultimate book-lovers fantasy, this sparkling debut is a "delight of magic and literature, love and adventure" (Kat Howard) featuring a young scholar with the power to bring literary characters into the world. For his entire life, Charley Sutherland has concealed a magical ability...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!"A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism."--Kirkus From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes a book-about-books story of...

A season of joy. The spirit of family. When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach. From a Gingerbread Bake-off and a...

She needs a fresh start. He's got scars that haven't healed. With the help of some rescue dogs, they'll discover that everyone deserves a chance at happiness. After a year of heartbreak and loss, the only thing keeping Constance afloat is the dog rescue...

A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes....

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a love story of a different sort...a heartfelt tale of friendship between two women who used to be sisters. Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage's mom, Daisy was thrilled to get a...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTLONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD"A brilliant debut novel." --Joyce Carol OatesA brother and sister's paths diverge in the wake of political upheaval: one forced to leave, one left behindOn a small Pacific island, two siblings tune...

Set in high-society Georgetown, an irresistible family drama about two sisters and the public scandal that just may lead them to rewrite the rules..."A stellar novel that celebrates sisterhood and the way women can step out of flawed men's shadows. I delighted in every...

Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradise, as secret lives and new loves emerge under the bright Caribbean sky. A year ago, Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband, father...

In this heart-wrenching, emotionally gripping USA Today bestseller, a woman with a seemingly perfect life finds a mysterious letter that reveals dark secrets from the past that threaten to destroy her family. Lara's life looks perfect on the surface -- gorgeous doting husband, Massimo;...

An enchanting, comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language. From the author compared to Nora Ephron and Nancy Mitford, not to mention Jane Austen, comes a new novel celebrating the beauty, mischief, and occasional treachery of language. The Grammarians are Laurel...

"Engaging, surprising, provocative and moving...a thoroughly intelligent book, an intimate domestic drama that nonetheless deals with big issues touching us all: religion, race, class, politics and, above all else, family." -- Washington PostFrom New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett comes an engrossing story...

When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old another shot is the very place...

The newest novel by Prix Medicis-winner Anne Garréta, In Concrete is a feminist inversion of a domestic drama crossed with Oulipian nursery rhyme.Author: Anne GarrétaISBN-10: 164605055XISBN-13: 9781646050550Publisher: Deep Vellum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2021Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021

From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes a "compelling and heartbreaking" (Jojo Moyes) novel about three strangers who are brought together by the father they never knew. Lydia, Dean, and Robyn don't know one another. Yet. Each is...

"An unbreakable bond is formed among the knitters in this poignant story of real women with real problems becoming real friends." --Booklist A place of welcome and warmth, of friends old and new. Watch three women discover how knitting can change their lives in...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sparkling... A sure hit with women's fiction fans." --Publishers WeeklyTwo best friends jump-start their lives in a summer that will change them forever...Single mom Ellen Fox couldn't be more content--until she overhears her son saying he can't go to...

Already a worldwide success in mass market and trade paperback formats, Susan Mallery's newest hardcover is an emotional, witty, and heartfelt story about a woman who takes a trip to California to figure out her life and get a break from her family...only to...

A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back.Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy...

"In true Susan Mallery fashion, strong female characters, friendship, and family are at the center... You're sure to laugh and cry along the journey and delight in the happy ending."--Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Virgin RiverStep into the vineyard with...

Have you been bad enough?When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her childhood home in Derbyshire. She hadn't seen Elizabeth in years, but the remote farmhouse offers refuge from a bad relationship, and a chance to start again.But going through Elizabeth's belongings unearths...

It's Jill Shalvis meets Susan Mallery in this gorgeous novel by New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde about three sisters, one small town, a wedding, and the summer that changes everything.Welcome to Moonglow Cove, Texas, a place where your neighbors know your name...

It's Pittsburgh, 1910--the golden age of steel in the land of opportunity. Eastern European immigrants Janos and Karina Kovac should be prospering, but their American dream is fading faster than the colors on the sun-drenched flag of their adopted country. Janos is exhausted from...

The high summer season. A long-awaited wedding. Surprises at a historic beach inn.*From a USA Today Bestselling Author*At the historic Seabreeze Inn, a summer beach wedding has sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay busier than ever with wedding plans. New guests arrive, bringing with them...

From the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the first book in a trilogy about love, betrayal, and the secrets families keep.Forced to choose between abortion or adoption, Olivia Carson's younger sister, Lily, runs away from home. Sixteen and pregnant, she...