Fiction - Family Life - General

From New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel about one Greek family's diner, its colorful ensemble of regulars, and the Upper West Side-wide race to interpret a perplexing historical recipe for Cato's Roman cheesecake amid a rapidly gentrifying community. The Katsikas have...

Lindsay, a thirty-year-old California native never gave much thought to being adopted. When she unexpectedly inherits her birth mother Claire's farmhouse in Maine, she is plunged into a journey across the country and across the years into a lake of secrets that will ultimately...

When fate severs the bond of a father and son, it later exhorts both to undertake a quest for answers in this epic tale of love, loss, courage, and redemption.Author: Jack PetersISBN-13: 9798893095753Publisher: Covenant BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2024Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x...

"The Felons' Ball is full of secrets--ones that refuse to reveal themselves and ones that refuse to stay buried. It's also full of wit and empathy and characters as real as your own family members. This novel is assured, propulsive, and thrilling, and I...

A hilarious, thought-provoking, and uplifting platonic love story wrapped in the mystery of one woman's search for the best friend who ghosted her, for fans of Where'd You Go Bernadette? Isabella's NOT dead. That's what Gwen tells anyone who asks about the best friend...

A hilarious page-turner from the bestselling author of Excavations, Salty takes us to a tropical marina where two estranged sisters reunite to work on a luxury yacht and take down the owner who destroyed their childhood home--and might have something to do with the...

Three-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and James Beard Award winner Michelle Huneven's Bug Hollow, a family novel that follows the Samuelson clan over four decades as they hurt and heal one another...

For fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Jennifer Weiner, Again, Only More Like You offers a poignant and humorous look at friendship and reinvention at 40. She hadn't turned 40 yet, and already she was over it... Dumped. Pregnant. Fired. For best friends Carmen and...

For fans of Tom Perrotta, Maria Semple, and Elinor Lipman, a dark comedy about family dysfunction fueled by bitter Trump-era politics, vodka, and a reluctant daughter's guilt. Set against a backdrop of bitterly partisan Facebook feuds and a Trump flag set aflame in a...

"But Mother is always dying," is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in...

"The Student" follows Adam Harris, a young man navigating the complexities of growing up, making life choices, and discovering the true nature of relationships. Adam is initially dedicated to his studies, despite facing judgment from his peers. His life takes a new turn when...

A heart-warming escape about mother-daughter relationships, small-town dating, and all that guides us home.Broke and newly unemployed, Gigi Jenkins is heading home to the horse-and-buggy Mackinac Island that she once couldn't wait to leave behind. She's going to be spending the summer with her...

Fashion, mystery, and politics combine in this delectable, pacey novel set in a big-city museum where an ambitious curator is launching a controversial exhibition of Christian Dior's "New Look." At work, Margaret is the well-regarded curator of fashion for a big city museum. At...

Returning to Kaua'i, park ranger Makalani finds her family divided and their way of life at risk in this rich and emotional adventure by the bestselling author of the Lily Wong series.After ten years as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula is...

A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century ChinaIn the early 20th century, China is a land undergoing a momentous social and cultural shift, with a thousand-year-old empire crumbling and the nation on the brink of modernity. Against this backdrop,...

The BRAND-NEW page-turner from the #1, multi-million copy Bestselling Author Shari Low As dawn breaks, four people are planning journeys that could change their lives forever... Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch...

The BRAND-NEW page-turner from the #1, multi-million copy Bestselling Author Shari Low As dawn breaks, four people are planning journeys that could change their lives forever... Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch...

Full of cats, coffee, and charm, this laugh-out-loud, fake-dating romance between a brilliant baker and a charismatic commitment-phobe is the perfect treat for fans of Lyssa Kay Adams and Jasmine Guillory. Frenemies + Fake Dating = Falling for the wrong person...for all the right...

"The Student" follows Adam Harris, a young man navigating the complexities of growing up, making life choices, and discovering the true nature of relationships. Adam is initially dedicated to his studies, despite facing judgment from his peers. His life takes a new turn when...

A single-dad doctor Could be her prescription for happiness. Survive one year living in Cape Cardinale, Oregon--the ridiculous stipulation in her father's will--then grab her inheritance and run back to San Francisco! That's recently divorced teacher Alexa Cardinale's plan. Getting involved with a student's...

Sweeping, Humorous, and Moving Tales from One of Contemporary China's Greatest Writers The bestselling and award-winning author of novels satirizing contemporary China, Liu Zhenyun is also renowned for his short stories. Remembering 1942 showcases six of his best, featuring a diverse cast of ordinary...

Uncertain about who she is or who she would become, Crystal is only certain of one thing-that she is going to be better than her mother and will never let a man abuse her. Facing a string of bad experiences, Crystal navigates a world...

If Olivia Pope had a sister it would be Nykee Isadore. Nykee can fix any situation and there's no limit to what she'll do to get the job done. She's been dubbed as the "Finesse Queen" because her words are as sweet as honey....

In this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magic--of Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to life--holds the power to transform a young woman's relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long-lost connections across time and space.Monica Tsai spends most...

Almost Heaven was originally titled Ballengee. I wrote during the early 80s while driving an eighteen-wheeler across the fruited plain of America and Canada. The characters of Almost Heaven are based on my memories of folks I knew while spending time with my summer...

Author: Meg Mitchell MooreISBN-10: 0063441942ISBN-13: 9780063441941Publisher: William Morrow Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 496Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Author: Lindsey KelkISBN-10: 0008758743ISBN-13: 9780008758745Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2025Pages: 384Format: Paperback

A collection of brilliantly written short stories by an exciting talent from Northern Ireland.Author: Wendy ErskineISBN-10: 1529017076ISBN-13: 9781529017076Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2020Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d

Escape to the beautiful coast in this heartwarming romance Dare to dream big... When Nancy opened her dream bookshop overlooking the golden sands and shimmering waters of Driftwood Bay, she may have taken on a little too much. She might know all about books,...

Maria, the nurse and nanny. invokes Haitian Voodoo to protect those she loves from her damaged and violent sister Andrea. And Michael. the wealthy man between them fights desperately to save his infant son and escape with the sister he truly loves. This exhilarating...

Lili Is Crying, H?l?ne Bessette's debut novel, explores the fraughtness and depth of the troubling relationship between Lili and her mother Charlotte. With a near-mythic quality, Bessette's stripped-back prose evokes at once the pain of thwarted love--of desire run cold--and the promise of renewal....

On a New England morning in the late 1980s, a group of young cousins wander deep into the woods on their family's property, drawn in by uncanny visions and the disappearance of one of their own--but the farther they go, the stranger their surroundings...

The five were squeezed into the bright yellow Renault heading eastwards. The roads were quiet and Wilf, sandwiched between his cousins in the back, had a good view of the countryside his dad had talked so fondly of. The car rattled onwards before, on...

In a small town where social standing is everything, Emma Downes is a formidable figure. Once a beauty courted by all, now a resilient, independent woman who runs the successful Peerless Restaurant.Her world is shaken when her son Philip, a missionary in Africa, writes...

Brooke O'Connor--elegant, self-possessed, and kind--has a happy marriage and a deeply loved young daughter. So her adamant refusal to have a second child confounds her husband, Sean. When Brooke's high school boyfriend Alex--now divorced and mourning the death of his young son--unexpectedly resurfaces, Sean...

To look to the future, you first have to face your past...With Christmas just around the corner, Molly Bliss has almost hit rock bottom.After the heart-breaking loss of her parents, an escape to Iceland to spend the holidays with her sister Claudia is a...

The book, The Emperor of Portugallia, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole...

When life demands that you make a choice, how do you know you are making the right one?Tabitha Thomas gave up on a happy family life with Michael her absent, high-flying husband long ago. Instead, she pooled all her energies into their daughter, Rosie,...

Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she's not sure. She'd like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else's story is difficult. She tries not to skate on...

Are you a cat lover? Do you believe that cats can think, talk, write and communicate with humans? Then this is the book for you What would a cat write in its diary, if it was kept indoors and kept a diary? What hopes...

A multigenerational tale of love, loss, exile, and rebirth, shortlisted for the 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. As children sleeping on the rooftop of their ancestral family home in Raqqa on warm summer nights, Joumane and her sisters imagine the sky is so...

The Daisy Chain (1856) by Charlotte M. Yonge is a popular and beloved British Victorian novel chronicling the lives, loves, and aspirations of the many delightful members of a middle-class, provincial family, the Mays. Charlotte M. Yonge was a widely read and appreciated author...

In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin's death is big news. Crib death--or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents--celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz--live in curate Callie Anson's parish. And despite the disapproval of...

What happens when there's a secret that no one wants to talk about? It just gets bigger and bigger, until it fills the room...and then, POW Well, there is a secret in Cody's family. And that secret is becoming a real problem-a really HUGE...

As one of America's most famous writers and novelists, Nathaniel Hawthorne needs no formal introduction. He worked at a Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later...

'An emotional rollercoaster of a read... profoundly touching and moving'- Daily Express.Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jodi Picoult. Abi has been given the second chance she never expected: she's in remission. Now she's trying to get her life - and her family...

To save your children from the war, you must send them far away . . . A moving story of hardship, loss and the power of family ties from bestselling author Pam Weaver.Author: Pam WeaverISBN-10: 1447275926ISBN-13: 9781447275923Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2017Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize:...

This vintage volume contains D. H. Lawrence's seminal 1913 novel, "Sons and Lovers". It tells the story of Paul Morel, a young man and budding artist, whose complex relationships with a doting mother, a violent father, and a young female devotee, constitute the main...

If you want to live, you must let go of the past... Twenty-eight-year-old psychologist, Alisha Dimarchi, is abducted by an obsessed client and imprisoned in his Pakistani compound for over two years. Forced to change her name and live as his second wife, her...

From World War II to Vietnam to Iraq, from New World Order to antiwar "mobes" to "Mission Accomplished," An Imperfect Certainty tells the dramatic, sometimes heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting story of three generations of Americans as they contend with the wars and social upheavals that...