Fiction - Family Life - General

A decade apart, a painful secret--can two childhood sweethearts find their way back to a love that defies cultures and time? Lia Juma thought she'd buried the dreams of her heart long ago. But when she's forced to return to her family's summer cottage...

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club PickWhen ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard...

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men--all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood--take charge of a toddler following an unexpected lossT?o Erskine, now in his thirties, has moved on from childish things: He has...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the uplifting Skylarks Series from bestseller Helen Rolfe A surprise arrival Working with the Whistlestop River air ambulance is Nadia's whole world. She adores her job and the team - they're family. But when a baby is abandoned on...

In South Carolina, a woman discovers her aunt's profound secrets in an emotional novel spanning decades about trauma, survival, and the bonds of female friendship by a USA Today bestselling author.Since Bailey Rae Rigby's adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina, doesn't have...

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 asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?...

Broadcasting Chaos follows the harrowing journey of James Smith as he navigates the toxic, exploitative, and manipulative world of corporate radio. After dropping out of university, James becomes entangled in the glamorous yet degrading atmosphere of Manic Radio, where he faces personal and professional...

As the world teeters on the brink of war in 1937, two young souls separated by an ocean are about to discover a connection that defies logic and time.Grace Fitzgerald, a fiery-haired dreamer, longs to escape the confines of her windswept Dingle fishing village....

In Teresa Tumminello Brader's follow-up to her New Orleans memoir, Letting In Air and Light, Secret Keepers expands the question of whether we can ever truly know our loved ones. This collection of character-driven short stories delves intimately into romantic and family relationships-- some...

A witty, uplifting, wonderfully honest novel about a decades-spanning friendship that might be something much more, from the acclaimed author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle and Becoming Ted. Full of heart, charm, and queer joy for readers of Steven Rowley, Linda Holmes,...

In a world full of darkness, can love prevail? An emotionally gripping and heartbreaking WW1 novel. May, 1915. Nineteen-year-old Isle Marie Stahl experiences tragedy travelling on board the RMS Lusitania with her parents from New York to a new life in England, when the...

After Attorney Kwame Agyei-Poku wins the heart of a beautiful young British woman, they marry and have a daughter together. With his position in the Ministry of Justice, Kwame and his family live in a large manor with servants-a far cry from his childhood...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NAMED A BEST BOOK BY PEOPLE AND PARADE - The New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had returns with brilliantly observed novel of a woman in midlife on the verge of upending everything when sudden family...

Beneath the sun and sea of South Florida, dark crimes and bone-chilling secrets are lurking. Introducing a brand-new twisty mystery series from award-winning author Elaine Viets. When the body of adult film star Sammie Lant is found buried next to the courtyard pool of...

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...

Socially awkward, anxiety-riddled Beverly Bonnefinche only loves three things in life: her parents, books, and a homeless man named Bill. Without them, the only way Beverly manages to get by each day is with the help of a peculiar coping mechanism that allows her...

Recently widowed Sara Ness moves to Cliffside Bay to hide from her painful past and the scandal that cost her far too much. With a baby daughter to raise alone, the peaceful privacy of small town life, and the comfort of the local grief...

AN NPR AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive...

Seventeen-year-old Ruby arrives home to find that her father has fallen down a flight of stairs. After he dies, Ruby tries to hold the pieces of her life together, while her mother Cristina recalls her marriage and compares it to her mother Lina's. J....

George's life was boring until one day he meets Amy and falls in love. Follow George as his life changes in an instance as one thing goes to another. From running his sweet shop to going to prison, discover how George survives in this...

An epic and powerfully intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family--from the New York Times bestselling author of In Love, White Houses, and Away Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager,...

FINALIST for the WOMEN'S PRIZE for FICTION * One of Vogue's Best Books of the Year Award-winning author Claire Kilroy's "lyrical and incisive" (The New York Times Book Review) novel that reads with the pace of a thriller and is filled with astute and...

It's 1867 and the Munros have lost their entire homestead to a wildfire. The whole family-Moses, Grandma, Pa, Ollie, Judith, and newlyweds Jimmy and Celine-flee north and return to Rupert's Land. Desperate for work, Moses, Jimmy, and Celine gratefully accept the offer to guide...

Winner of the Prix Goncourt A powerful autobiographical novel of loss, the incandescent love that remains, and the small decisions that define the course of fatePaced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud's tense and haunting novel follows one woman's...

Joan thinks her story is over. But what if there is one more chapter...? 'The warmest, most completely charming story to sink into' Jenny Colgan, Sunday Times bestselling author 'A wonderful tale proving change is always possible' Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestselling author ----...

'Loved this clever and funny novel' Anna Mazzola'A heartwarming depiction of female friendship as a bond stronger than any other' The Times'Moving' Daily Mail A funny, addictive and poignant novel about what happens when the lines between friendship, romance, and family begin to blur....

"An Eye for an Eye" by Anthony Trollope is a quintessential work of British literature that delves into the complexities of revenge, justice, and morality within the Victorian era. At its core, the novel explores the intricate dynamics of family, social class, and romantic...

A bracing and darkly comic novel about a disgraced priest who finds himself haunted by his dead and disapproving father, this little-known classic of Swiss literature is impossible to forget. In a small town in Switzerland, a man named Franz--ex-clergyman, ex-husband, current counselor of...

Mary Flynn's stories are an eclectic and imaginative mix of humor, pathos and irony that explore the human experience, usually with a surprising twist. While most will touch the heart or funny bone, there is the occasional wicked tale, yet without a trace of...

Grace is convinced her father is involved in the illegal alcohol trade and fears his activities will lead to his arrest. Should this happen, her grandparents, civic leaders and trusted merchants in town, would be disgraced. And what about her relationship with Jerome? Even...

Ida Solomon led an uneventful life in rural St Lucia until the day she bumped into Playboy Marcel Aubertine II in town. By the end of the week, they are inseparable, but the path of true love is rarely straight.Islander Clem Rochard has set...

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK. One small town. One magical Christmas. Connor Norton returns to his childhood home for the holidays, still grieving after his mother's recent death. Tom, her orange tabby cat, is with him.He runs into...

Matthew Gallagher is a train conductor extraordinaire. He travels about the country, escaping from one life and relocating to another on a daily basis, a status he prefers, with no roots to tie him down. Neddie Anderson is a country girl who has never...

A rape victim raising a biracial baby. A drug addict haunted by a dead girlfriend. A homosexual mourning a dead lover. A teacher having an affair with his student. And a businesswoman sexually harassed by her boss. What do they all have in common?...

Isaiah, Kyle, and Jennifer. As children, the three cousins laughed together, played pranks, and generally caused chaos within the family. Now, as they approach adulthood, each faces a special challenge. Isaiah's father, Chris, has dreams for his first-born son, anticipating that he will travel...

In hypnotic and mesmerizing language, Kirsty Gunn explores the dark world of a young girl who has grown up with a mother dependent on storytelling and the oblivion of addiction to cope with the memory of lost love, the girl's father. Raised on deceptive...

An emotional and poignant novel by the bestselling author of Dancing in the Moonlight, Rita Bradshaw.Author: Rita BradshawISBN-10: 1447271580ISBN-13: 9781447271581Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2015Pages: 498Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d

Author: Abbi WaxmanISBN-10: 1420519204ISBN-13: 9781420519204Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2025Format: PaperbackLarge Print

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls,...

Author: Jessica RedlandISBN-10: 183518300XISBN-13: 9781835183007Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2025Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.92d

"A vibrant and moving debut that takes to heart our deferred dreams and the value of remaining hopeful."--Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first...

Author: Paula Jane HillISBN-10: 1779622651ISBN-13: 9781779622655Publisher: Tellwell TalentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/13/2024Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Lee AllenISBN-10: 1662960263ISBN-13: 9781662960260Publisher: Inspira Books Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/2024Pages: 114Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"This is a tender, deeply perceptive tale of what kin owes kin, and how we might work to mend old wounds together."--ElleIn this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood,...

Up till 1950, Marceline Gillis' life has been anything but joyous. An immigrant mother from Canada and now in her early sixties, she's already survived the Great Depression, a World War, and caring for seven kids while almost being abandoned by her alcoholic husband...

Judge Not... is a family saga about the Crapper family, most specifically focused on Judge Bat Crapper's life and two important cases he has had to deal with in his career. Beginning with his mother, Ophelia, in 1895, the story unfolds with the circumstances...

Max Thompson never expected his Christmas wish to come true-especially not one like this. When he asks Santa for something different this year, he's in for the surprise of his life: an invitation to become Santa's apprentice at the North Pole.But being Santa's helper...

In the darkness of the Great War, can she create a brighter future? Martha Owen has not had an easy start in life. Her abusive father dominates the family and she has lost her only friend after a painful falling-out. Her father's reliance on...

Reina Maruyama has always had sweet memories of her hometown of Kyoto, Japan. But when her father dies and her mother relocates her to Tokyo, life for Reina is turned on its head. Longing for the home she lost, she struggles to adjust, until...

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...