Fiction - Family Life - General

Blueprints: A Tale of Love and Resilience Between a Single Nurse and a Solo Father, United by Past Struggles and an Unexpected Connection.Meet Nora, a fiercely independent nurse who has built a life for herself, navigating the world on her own terms. Her past...

A marriage torn apart by grief. A cryptic letter left on a grave. A secret promise engraved on a carousel horse.When artist Maya Brice and her husband Vale move to the Delaware beach town where she spent her summers with her grandparents, Maya takes...

Don't give up, Erin. I'm waiting for you. Find me. What happened to Gina Washington? Twelve-year-old Erin's world was turned upside down twenty years ago when her mother suddenly vanished and never returned. Arriving at the Seafarer's Rest B&B in the coastal resort of...

Fresh out of college, BENNETT HALL is doing his best not to fall apart. After the abundance of loss he has had to endure, it's the best he can do. In an effort to move on from the affliction of death, he chases fulfillment...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love."--Cosmopolitan "Funny, visual, and moving . . . A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place."--Richmond Times-Dispatch It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant...

In The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence explores the complexities of love, sexuality, and individuality across three generations of the Brangwen family. With rich character development and evocative prose, Lawrence captures the struggles and passions of their lives, set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing...

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence is a powerful coming-of-age tale exploring the intense bond between Paul Morel and his mother. Set in a coal-mining town, this semi-autobiographical novel delves into themes of love, family, and the search for identity amidst societal and personal...

"Honey isn't one of these frail wraiths who sip tea and shuffle in worn slippers. Honey subsists on Viognier and Valium and slips on Louboutins just to run to the grocery store....a feisty heroine readers will embrace as an octogenarian with attitude to spare."...

"Head Fake is about how laughter can save us." -Chris Rock, comedian, actor"An absorbing, uplifting tale of finding light and self-worth in adversity's darkest depths."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Mikey makes everything a joke, even the clinical depression he's struggled with for years. After a run...

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....

Our Second Chance Romance is an endearing story of love reignited despite challenging circumstances. Upon an unexpected reunion, Joseph and Ryan are abruptly immersed in a realm of past recollections and lingering emotions. Their fortuitous encounter establishes the framework for a voyage into their...

Satan Sanderson by Hallie Erminie Rives is a gripping tale of redemption and romance. Follow the turbulent journey of Sanderson, a man with a troubled past, as he seeks salvation and love. Set against a richly detailed backdrop, this novel explores the depths of...

Dr. Keysha Williams has just delivered a beautiful baby girl when she receiving the horrifying news that her Chicago Bulls superstar husband has been killed by a drunk driver. Consumed with grief and regret, Keysha returns with her son to Hoover, Kentucky, where her...

On a hazy summer morning in 1961, amidst a visit from her best friend Brenda and Brenda's infant daughter, Kelly's world shatters in a single moment. A mundane trip to the grocery store to replenish milk turns into a nightmare as Kelly returns to...

No One Knows Their Blood Type is a novel of identity, belonging, and conflicting truths--of stories, secrets, songs, rumors, and lies. On the day that her father dies, Jumana makes a discovery about her blood type. Hers could not have been inherited from her...

An atmospheric, moving, and droll coming-of-age story about a young man's transformative year on his family's struggling Icelandic cattle farm as he falls in love, discovers a fondness for farming, and yearns to connect with his stoic father, who remains haunted by a tragic...

New York Times bestselling author Eowyn Ivey returns to the mythical Alaska landscape of her Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child with an unforgettable reimagining of Beauty and the Beast that asks the question: can love save us from ourselves? Birdie's keeping it together,...

New from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Note. A must-read uplifting romance for fans of When Harry Met Sally and One Day! When Jesse Lightning meets Minnie Byrne, he is having a bad day. Reeling from the effects of a very bruised...

A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green card marriage, single motherhood, and more in this "delightful novel, written with immediacy, warmth, and wry humor" (Ha Jin, National Book Award--winning author of Waiting). Vega Gopalan...

Upton Sinclair's classic brings home the brutal plight of the working class exposing the corruption and callousness of Corporate America. Just as relevant today as when it was first published.Author: Upton SinclairISBN-13: 9798880916948Publisher: Start ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2024Pages: 318Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

"...an inspirational exploration of family, friendship, and indomitable strength of the human spirit." -Troy Hollan, author of CluckedIt's been two years since her 4-year-old son... her baby... her Owen... disappeared from his bed in the middle of the night.Every day Eleanora waits for news...

Known for his tragicomic voice and unforgettable characters, John Dufresne tells the story of Olney, whose beloved son, Cully, collapses into addiction and vanishes into the chaotic netherworld of southern Florida. Aided by his terminally ill girlfriend and the colorful inhabitants of a local...

A group of siblings captured in an iconic beach photo reunite on a sunny California island, where they're forced to face the fallout of their unconventional upbringing--and the golden secret that has been simmering ever since...It's 1980s California, and everyone's dreaming of the endless...

From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years and through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own. The...

Four exes and a wedding. And a road trip no one expected...Jo Watters would rather do anything than go to her ex-husband Ben's wedding to perfect Monica, and if it wasn't for her beloved children she would already be far, far away. But having...

Meet Tilda Wright...Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life - as she does her successful...

A gripping saga about guilt, secrets and an enduring love from a bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Nadine Dorries. Is everyone given a second chance? Ten years after the death of her husband, Faith Norman is surprised to...

To make a home, she must break the rules. Can she triumph over tragedy? After her father's death, Kate Ferrar is expected to move from London to a mining village in County Durham to live with an uncle she barely knows. Restricted by the...

We make hundreds of choices a day. Some seem of no consequence, and yet . . . are they really?A strange man goes around town delivering unusual invitations. The recipients are invited to visit an odd-sounding place called the Discovery Room. Why? So they...

Spiral - a remarkable plot with its nuance and simplicity, is a rare combination of sci-fi fantasy, suspense, and heart-core emotions.Kathryn Peters, aka Elsa, is in a coma for 42 days that was induced by the medical staff in order to save her life...

Author: Jocelyn BrookeISBN-10: 1509855874ISBN-13: 9781509855872Publisher: Policy PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/05/2017Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.40d

Author: Jojo MoyesISBN-10: 8200046753ISBN-13: 9798200046751Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2014Format: CDWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d

She's the most beautiful girl in town - and it sucks! Lauren Chance is tired of getting hit on. Sick of having poetry written to her, songs composed to her eyes. She's a talented vet and all she wants is to heal animals. But...

Madora was seventeen, headed for trouble with drugs and men, when Willis rescued her. Fearful of the world and alienated from family and friends, she ran away with him and for five years they have lived alone, in near isolation. But after Willis kidnaps...

From bestselling author Nancy Star comes a deeply moving novel about the truths we hide from others and the lies we tell ourselves.To the outside world, beloved advice columnist Lane Meckler has all the answers. What no one knows is that she also has...

After a tragic accident on Martha's Vineyard, keeping secrets becomes a way of life for the Tangle family. With memories locked away, the sisters take divergent paths. Callie disappears, Mimi keeps so busy she has no time to think, and Ginger develops a lifelong...

He's a man who fixes difficult situations. She's the one thing he can't handle--and the one thing he can't resist... ONLY Sebastian Jameson negotiates for high-end clients who need problems taken care of quickly and discreetly. Accustomed to being in control, he's still reeling...

It's Time is a fresh and innovative collection of twelve flash fiction pieces that focus on the immediacy of the moment. With realistic plotlines and vibrant imagery, the stories convey the lesson that the most valuable commodity we have is time - time to...

The Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice returns with a breathless, page-turning, and heartbreaking novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the complex effects this has on her identity, her relationships, and her dreams of a...

In a South Florida beach town, a chance meeting unravels a web of secrets in this gripping novel about the consequences of lying to protect the ones we love.Andrew Williams's perfect Delray Beach house has become a pressure cooker. He and his wife, Amy,...

In this luminous prequel to her beloved Cobbled Court Quilts series, New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick takes readers into the heart of a small Texas town and the soul of a woman who discovers her destiny there. . . Welcome to Too...

The "compulsively readable" (Susie Essman, actress, Curb Your Enthusiasm) author of Best Supporting Role delivers a new novel of one woman who's stretched so thin, she almost disappears... Knocking on sixty, Barbara Stirling is too busy to find herself, while caring for her mother,...

These eight brutally beautiful stories are struck full of fragmented dreams, with highly developed thieves, misadventurers, and displaced characters all heaving through a human struggle to anchor themselves in a new home or sometimes a new reality. This book is about young Nigerian immigrants...

This book is a fictional story about a teenage girl that has endured neglect and traumatic experiences prior to moving in with her father. She reflects on the initial traumas and then over her dysfunctional ways of coping through it and how it dramatically...

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....

For the last ten years, Riley Maddox and his twin sister, Noelle, have been the head of their household, working to stay afloat after a tragic accident resulted in their father being held hostage by a dangerous opioid addiction. Regardless of Riley's fractured home...

Author: James GrippandoISBN-10: 0063358034ISBN-13: 9780063358034Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 320Format: Hardcover

Kaitlyn almost fainted when she saw the large dump truck sitting on top of her brother's mangled police car. She doubted he would have survived such a horrific crash.The Legacy Continues on in Tyler Gary D. Williams In this third book of the Faith...

An afterlife sentence. An innocent hanging in the balance. Can this overprotective dad make things right from beyond the grave?Harry Blunt is in a panic. Inconveniently and recently deceased, he's facing cosmic justice for the crime of "interfering with the development of another soul"...

The third of #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels's novels set in the bluegrass, horseracing country of Kentucky. Nobody can measure up to Nealy Coleman Diamond's standards as a trainer, not even her daughter Emmie, who now runs the family's Blue Diamond...