Fiction - Family Life - General

With the unique blend of truth and humor that made her first novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day . . ., a huge bestseller, Pearl Cleage returns with an extraordinary novel that is rich in character, steeped in sisterhood, and bursting...

Author: Kate HewittISBN-10: 1836032404ISBN-13: 9781836032403Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/18/2024Pages: 218Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

There's nothing like being told that in three months you'll be dead to make you think about what you really want in life "A novel about self-discovery, with plenty of surprises and a snappy, Bridget-Jones-gets-a-terminal-diagnosis vibe." -Booklist Jennifer Cole has just been told that...

Tuned to the rhythms of the soap operas that air on Thai television each night and written with the consuming intensity of a fever dream, this novel opens an insightful and truly compelling window into the Thai heart.This is a melodrama about a ship-wrecked...

Author: Atticus BlackwoodISBN-13: 9798991423540Publisher: Cerberust Mysteries PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2024Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.21d

From the acclaimed author of The Kindest Lie, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams during moments of social reckoning--1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago--perfect for readers of Brit Bennett and Tayari Jones.Two women. Two pivotal moments....

At Magnolia Shores, the stakes are high, and secrets hold the power to transform lives.Kate has spent the past few weeks in the Lowcountry, caring for her mother after a stroke. Although she should have returned home by now, the allure of Magnolia Shores...

After a hit-and-run driver tragically kills Lily's daughter and son-in-law, she is left with unspeakable grief, custody of her eight-year-old granddaughter Emma, and an impossible wish: to fulfill her daughter's dream of opening a quilt shop in the old house in their small Western...

Author: Blair UnderwoodISBN-10: 0063316781ISBN-13: 9780063316782Publisher: Amistad PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbs

The BRAND NEW instalment in Sarah Bennett's gorgeous, romantic Juniper Meadows series.When Sadie Bingham's life takes an unexpected turn, her children treat her to a well-earned break at Juniper Meadows, the gorgeous Cotswolds estate owned by the Travers family.The festive season is in full...

Mrs. Plansky is fresh off of winning a thrilling senior tennis championship with her doubles partner, Kev Dinardo, and is gearing up to celebrate with him on his yacht. That is, until the yacht is destroyed in a fire. Kev claims the fire was...

Eric and Abby travel from California to Ukraine to pick up Jillian, born via surrogacy, when Russia attacks and they are forced to flee. It is the middle of the COVID pandemic in the frigid temperatures of winter as they escape the horrors of...

Revenge is a dish best served cold--especially when it comes in the form of one of Grandma's "special" pies. Get the best of family hijinks, girl power, and hilariously justifiable crime in the latest novel from award-winning author HelenKay Dimon.Kasey Nottingham needs a splashy...

"Conversation guide included"--P. [4] of cover.Author: Erika MarksISBN-10: 0451237927ISBN-13: 9780451237927Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2012Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/20/2012 pg. 36Romantic Times 10/01/2012 pg. 46 - Very Good

From Lydia Millet--"the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves" (Chicago Tribune)--comes an inventive new collection of short fiction. Atavists follows a group of families, couples, and loners in their collisions, confessions, and conflicts in a post-pandemic America of...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Extremely powerful...Me and My Baby View the Eclipse is about striving and the secret nobility of people who live in a small-town American South. In these stories--thank heaven--not everything fits: they are loose, they are sometimes awkward, but...

​"Not all stories of adoption are stories of pain and regret. Not even most of them. Why don't we ever get that movie?" India Allwood grew up wanting to be an actor. Armed with a stack of index cards (for research/line memorization/make-shift confetti), she...

Emanuel or Children of the Soil is a novel by Henrik Pontoppidan that depicts life in rural Denmark at the end of the 19th century. The novel is written in a naturalist style and follows a young boy named Emanuel as he grows up...

'The Valley of the Moon' is an autobiographical portrait of Jack and his wife Chairman leaving working on the Oakland docks to live in Sonoma Valley. The story of Saxon and Billy is a love story that starts off with a boom and then...

A hot single dad.A young workaholic.One drunken hook-up at a bar as strangers...UntilHe moves in next door.Thomas will do anything for his daughters. That includes the hard work of rebuilding their lives after his wife's tragic death a year ago. But unrelenting grief and...

Monica didn't have the perfect childhood. Her father's alcoholism brought them a life of poverty. Eventually, Bill is given an ultimatum by his wife to get professional help or leave. Monica is five years old when he walks out, but hopes they'll be a...

Bailey is the youngest of the Nelson Clan and in no rush to settle down, quit his playboy ways and search for his one true love. Watching his brothers completely flip their lives upside down after finding their own soul mates has confused the...

It's southern California in the early Sixties, and Charlotte is a teenager, which is bad enough. She also has strange grandparents, with whom she lives, a schizophrenic ventriloquist alcoholic mother who appears and disappears regularly from her life, and only vague information about the...

A long-buried secret changes everything two sisters thought they knew about each other.Franci and Lottie may be identical twins, but that's where the similarities end. Franci has always been the stable one, while Lottie has bipolar disorder, constantly battling depression and mania. After years...

In a country defined by cycles created generations ago, one teen from poverty dares to destroy the entire system; and in the process change the world forever... If he can live long enough. Everyday is a battle between life and death for those growing...

Dramatic, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting, The Crying Tree is an unforgettable story of love and redemption, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the transformative power of forgiveness in the wake of a tragedy. Shortly after Irene and Nate Stanley move to Oregon with their...

The love of family. The heartbreak of war. The triumph of coming home. 1940. Rural Wisconsin. Sixteen-year-old Earl "Earwig" Gunderman is not like other boys his age. Fiercely protected by his older brother, Earwig sees his town and the world around him through the...

Author: Eric Steven GrieselISBN-10: 1963844726ISBN-13: 9781963844726Publisher: MindStir MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 748Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.65d

Author: Todd HoweyISBN-10: 1959620304ISBN-13: 9781959620303Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/25/2024Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d

Their parents made a choice years ago. Now they're counting on the children to step in. After so much time, can old wounds heal? Mum & Dad by the Sunday Times bestseller Joanna Trollope is a wise, brilliantly drawn examination of a modern family...

Clutching my husband's hand, I screech with delight as the rollercoaster loops through the air. I feel young and free for the first time in years, but as we roll to a stop and I look for our three beloved children in the crowd,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Danielle Steel delivers a poignant novel about a mother and daughter who must repair their relationship and find a way to follow their hearts. Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at sixty-two, she is the epitome...

Quirky mom meets messy suburbia in this entertaining tale.Eddie's new suburban town is far from normal. She thinks it's her purple hair and tattoos that make her and her 9-year-old daughter outcasts. What else could it be? She tries to be a good mom,...

A new short story from the mind of author Garrett Francis."Kisses conquer all." That's what five-year-old Addison was told by her mother following her grandfather's death. In the years that follow, Addison holds those words close, closer than her mother-or her father, or her...

A new novella from the mind of author Garrett Francis.The murder of seven-month-old Cameron Harris has rocked the town of Ludington, Michigan. Beyond dominating the media cycle for months, the murder continues to burrow its way into nearly every conversation had within the town.Though...

This is a story of DESTINY while facing challenges, struggles, and fears. It is a story of exploitation and manipulation where the effects would have lifetime effects. It is a journey requiringpatience, obedience, and perseverance. It is seeking, finding and believing for a foundation...

Grateful for the 5-star review on Amazon: "David Willis, (the author of Touch) keeps you wanting to know what's going to happen next in every page and chapter of his book. He makes you feel the ups and downs, thrills and disappointments of all...

There's a knock at the door. It's every mother's worst nightmare: the police are here. They tell me my beautiful daughter Charlotte has been hurt. They'll take me to the hospital, there's no time to lose... and I know this must be all my...

In Understanding Patches, a talented pooch, "Patches," shows his clever canine stuff here. A young girl, Alyssa, gets a constant canine companion. Outside a cave near their home, they meet a dazed stranger and invite him to dinner. Two surveyors had disappeared while surveying...

As a member of an organized crime family, remaining loyal and keeping one's mouth shut is the only option for staying alive. But for duplicitous hitman Devlin Davenport, staying alive isn't part of the plan. Handpicked to be the right-hand man of Mob boss...

Join the residents of Railway Lane for one last magical adventure...Globetrotting Libby Jacobs has lost her job but is looking forward to spending more time in her home village of Cranfield.She dreams of turning her chocolate making hobby into something more permanent. There's only...

"This beautiful page-turner kept me reading all night." --Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library When a young librarian discovers historic dollhouses in a hidden room, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost...

Author: Lavyrle SpencerISBN-10: 051512219XISBN-13: 9780515122190Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1998Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 6.81h x 4.22w x 1.15d

MORGAN GRAY grew up in a small rivertown where gossip on a circular dial party-line telephone and which allowed neighbors to eavesdrop on each others conversations and forward the "news" to Sunday prayer meetings composed of blue-haired widows reeking of Channel #5 family reunions,...

Candice Bartlett is determined to push the limits on her radio talk show, The Adjustable Lives of Women. Against the instincts of Barbara Ann, her cautiously pessimistic producer, Candice allows her unscripted impulsivity to guide her listeners and callers through an exploration of happiness,...

Candice Bartlett is determined to push the limits on her radio talk show, The Adjustable Lives of Women. Against the instincts of Barbara Ann, her cautiously pessimistic producer, Candice allows her unscripted impulsivity to guide her listeners and callers through an exploration of happiness,...

A beautiful Contemporary Classics hardcover omnibus edition of all five Patrick Melrose novels, one of the greatest fiction cycles of our time Edward St. Aubyn chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose in five short novels that paint a harrowing and darkly hilarious portrait of...

Before becoming a wealthy matriarch and the proud owner of Whispering Pines, Celia Middleton faced the challenge of a lifetime-saving her family. Kimberly Diede's heartwarming series, Gift of Whispering Pines, began with this amazing woman's legacy. Now it's time to discover the secrets behind...

Step into a world where timeless tales intertwine cherished memories and family bonding. The dreams of the South invite you on a journey through the realms of childhood and wonder grown-up contemplations. Explore the enigmatic tapestry of past eras, where the trappings of tradition...

Wallowing with Wolves is a poignant tale of a military family's iconic legacy, ultimately tarnished by generational struggles. In the tradition of great American Sagas, Wallowing with Wolves offers a grippingly raw adventure through the world of deception, corruption, murder, and revenge.Author: J. T....