Fiction - Family Life - General

Author: Luanne RiceISBN-10: 0143125567ISBN-13: 9780143125563Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2014Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d

Novel 1 - AN ELONGATED SHADOW - Subhas, the pivotal character of this novel observes life at very close quarters. To him the most amazing thing is this human being with whom he interacts. The gradual deterioration of human values, the bizarre society where...

Can the sins of the past be left behind? A gripping, emotional novel of guilt and forgiveness by the bestselling author of Remembering Ellie.Helen Reid has received a devastating diagnosis-and as she contemplates the life she's lived, she is haunted by a terrible mistake...

Small Town...Big SecretGeorgetown, Kentucky, 1939Soon after dawn on a February morning, Elliott Chapel discovers an unconscious, bloodied, young woman lying face up in the cold waters of Penny creek. Days later, awakening from her hypothermic coma, Ellie Evans finds herself on the Chapel Farm....

A funny, achingly sad, sneakily wise story of family and what happens when three men--all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood--take charge of a toddler following his mother's sudden death. Boy-made-good T?o Erskine is back in the north London suburb of his youth,...

A rich, deeply moving portrait of a young Korean woman in 1930s Japan who is torn between two worlds and must reclaim her true identity to provide a future for her family.1928, Japan-occupied Korea. Eleven-year-old Miyoung has dreams too big for her tiny farming...

An elderly woman recounts her Dutch family's survival during the final years of Nazi occupation, shedding new light on old secrets that rippled through subsequent generations. Eighty-year-old Mieke Geborn's life is one of quiet routine. Widowed for many years, she enjoys the view from...

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.Erudite Evelyn, her cynical daughter Charlotte, and Charlotte's optimistic...

Neil Callery, Sheila's father, has vanished without a trace following his wife's death. He has been missing six years. Sheila refuses to believe her father is dead, convinced that she would have felt it deep within her soul if he was.Now Sheila discovers that...

From the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Girls Who Disappeared One of them lied. One of them died. When one sister dies, the other must go to desperate lengths to survive ... Haunted by her twin sister's death, Abi is making...

Lord Bryson Mackenzie Fraser is in need of a wife, but not just any bride will do. He needs someone unaware of his reputation in the Highlands, or the stipulations behind his inheritance. On the pretense of visiting his aging aunt in London, he...

The movement of the ship seals his fate. He could be sailing anywhere, anytime, but he's not, he's going to the other side of the world. He could be anyone, but he's not, he's the son of a respectable London businessman. His crime? An...

A poignant and humorous story of love despite dysfunction among an assimilating extended Jewish family riddled with secrets in suburban Cleveland during 1961.While in today's world they would just seem a bit eccentric, in 1961 suburban Cleveland, the Katofskys of 2207 South Green Road...

This is the third volume in the series. Continuing with characters introduced in In "Heaven Can't Wait or Can it? Dreams Of Love, Deceit and Hope" and Heaven Can't Wait or Can it? The Sequel, this novel, "Heaven Can't Wait: or Can it? THE...

Nothing can knock someone off their feet harder than discovering things about their family and their past they never knew existed. Cristian embarks on a journey to the Dominican Republic that will uncover the truth about his family and his ancestry he had no...

Set against the backdrop of the deadly 2007 wildfires that forced the evacuation of half a million San Diego residents, Debra Ginsberg's new novel, The Neighbors Are Watching, examines the dark side of suburbia--a place where everyone has something to hide. Aside from their...

The Howells family are revisited in the summer of 1991. David, 18, is preparing to go to Harvard and Sarah is now 13. A young woman, Netta Breckenridge, enters the family's lives and creates a fragile domesticity for the Howells.Author: Robb Forman DewISBN-10: 0316890685ISBN-13:...

Have you ever done something that you'd give anything to take back? Bruce did. And back-paddling to try to justify his actions occupied a lot of his time. Choices had consequences, and looking back, he wondered if what he lost was greater than what...

"If you enjoy Susan Wiggs and Kristin Hannah, you'll love Greiman's stories of redemption and renewal." --New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Eagle "Greiman's writing is warm, witty and gently wise." --New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn Bravura Lambert has a daughter to...

"An arresting account of the contemporary Haitian-American experience." --Publishers Weekly "This novel in short stories will appeal to readers of literary and Caribbean fiction." --Library Journal, Xpress ReviewsKatia D. Ulysse's debut provides the rare opportunity to peer into the private lives of four secretive...

ACCLAIMED NEWFOUNDLAND AUTHOR Jill Sooley's second novel, Baggage, examines the step family. Drawing on humour and heart¬break, as she did in Widows of Paradise Bay, this story unfolds from the perspectives of three women - Marie, mother and stepmother; Floss, Marie's daughter who grew...

A comic novel about the ups and downs of Mr Polly's life as a drapery assistant and later owner of his own shop. He is in an unhappy marriage and bankruptcy is nearing when he decides to commit suicide. His attempt spectacularly fails but...

When Viola learned of her husband Humphrey's affair, it seemed obvious that she must divorce him so he could be with the woman soon to bear him a child, but now she must deal with her highly-strung and sensitive son Hilary and her sister...

Author: Antoinette R. DavisISBN-10: 1490900780ISBN-13: 9781490900780Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2013Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d

Finding Bobby Ray is the story of a youngster who is abandoned by his mother, who is en route to assist his father in escaping from a notorious prison. He is discovered on the steps of a church by a miner, Dwane Benny Baird,...

"A fast-paced, entertaining summer read" (People), The Why of Things is a "keenly observed" and "richly drawn" (The New York Times) novel about a family fighting towards hope in the wake of a terrible tragedy. Since the loss of her seventeen-year-old daughter less than...

BRUISER is the story and the nickname of a nine-year-old boy living in a highly dysfunctional family in the 1970's (a bit like "The Ice Storm" on the Upper West Side) whose search for meaning and answers leads him to the open road and,...

Introduction by Hortense Calisher Commentary by Edmund Wilson, Henry Seidel Canby, and Arthur Mizener Fitzgerald's second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular spiral into tragedy....

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune), Saul and Patsy is "stunning, never predictable, glimmering fiction, full of mischief and insight" (The Los Angeles Times). Five Oaks, Michigan is not exactly where Saul...

Author: Elena E. SmithISBN-13: 9798227037688Publisher: Elena E SmithLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2024Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d

Author: Scott GordonISBN-13: 9798990103528Publisher: Maxwell Street BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2024Pages: 348Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Author: Christi PopeISBN-10: 1977275575ISBN-13: 9781977275578Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Rosario FerreISBN-10: 0452277485ISBN-13: 9780452277489Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/1996Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.12h x 4.84w x 0.47dReview Citation(s): New York Times 11/10/1996 pg. 68

The author of The September Queen explores Tudor England with the tale of Bess of Hardwick--the formidable four-time widowed Tudor dynast who became one of the most powerful women in the history of England. On her twelfth birthday, Bess of Hardwick receives the news...

There's nothing like a death in the family to stir up old loves, rivalries and hatreds . . . In a world of winners and losers; friends and lovers; horses and dogs, Bramble, Felicity and Helena are sisters - but three very different women....

A beautifully written novel with great emotional appeal, set in Cornwall and Canada. Marine historian Mark Hannah finds a hauntingly beautiful figurehead in Newfoundland. He traces her ship, The Lady Isabella, back to a small port in Cornwall where he meets Gabrielle Ellis, the...

Barbara Winslow, Rebel This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting...

The first book in Pat Conroy's Story River Books new southern fiction series is now available in paperbackAuthor: John WarleyISBN-10: 1611175607ISBN-13: 9781611175608Publisher: University of South Carolina PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2015Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d

An electrifying New York Times bestselling novel about marriage and deceit that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and relationships are unraveled. With her inimitable...

This is a modern day version of the Houdini brothers - Harry and Theo. Follow these two brothers as they discover magic, and how their lives revolve about performing. However, when one brother is offered an opportunity and the other isn't, their lives become...

From #1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story--by turns heartbreaking and life-affirming--of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis and learning to live and love anew. "The bravest book you'll read all year."--Jodi Picoult "What Does It Feel Like? is fiction, but it...

Fortuna is a tall, elegant grandmother from Northern New Mexico who is living on the streets of Albuquerque after fleeing her abusive husband. She witnesses the aftermath of a crime and is entangled in the lives of the criminal and others who become connected...

Lexi Forester, a spoiled fourteen-year-old growing up in the suburbs of Northern Virginia, sees her parents' relationship dissolve overnight into a troubled marriage. Two months later, her father, Tom Forester, is killed in a military training accident. Lexi is lost in grief, and she...

A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind Brooke wants. She isn't in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the...

"Author A.P. Murdock is a newcomer to the Literary Guild. However, is no stranger when fiction meets resiliency."- Steven-Mikal BrownFormer On-Air Radio Personality and Program DirectorE.J., a precocious nine year old tries to prevent his mother, Dionne, from marrying her young paramour, Mr. Red,...

WW II soldier Bud falls in love over letters with Speed, who becomes his wife. They recall what it took to develop their forever marriage, all while leaning on family and their unshakeable faith.On a snowy Christmas, Bud and Speed recall the origins of...

In the ancient Chinese game of mah jongg, each player must make the most of the tiles they've been given. It's the same in the game of life.When Roseann is called away to a family emergency, her mah jongg pals bring in a new...

This is a dual-language book with the French text on the left side, and the English text on the right side of each spread. The texts are precisely synchronized. Translated by Eleanor Marx, Karl Marx's daughter. See more details about this and other books...

As Cynthia Wright's marriage implodes, she is forced to raise her teenage son, Isaiah, alone. The pressure of providing for them through her salon is a full-time job in itself. When Cynthia sees Isaiah pulling away and escaping into video games, tensions rise and...

It's 1970, and on the Windy Creek Reservation in South Dakota, amidst the rise of AIM in neighboring Pine Ridge, a baby boy appears nestled in a box of Styrofoam peanuts on the doorstep of St. Rose Catholic Church. His appearance disrupts the predictable,...