Fiction - Family Life - General

In response to painful losses, Trevor McFarquhar has reduced his Paris world to a box-a one-room apartment on top of his one-room bicycle shop. But his contained existence is about to shatter-and that may give Trevor a second chance at life.Author: Mary FlemingISBN-10: 1631526464ISBN-13:...

Because of Audrey Hepburn, I have foolishly...a) bought into the whole "Paris is always a good idea" thing without any offscreen evidence, b) uprooted my son and left my bittersweet memories behind, c) allowed Thomas-the handsome, caring, way-out-of-my-league vet-to disrupt the humdrum life I...

There are fates worse than death. In his early thirties, Noah Adams writes of the turning point in his life: a long weekend spent in the company of his estranged father, Scott, a Special Forces soldier who had been gone two years. During their...

An Imperfection in the Kitchen Floor tells the story of two women who, despite living one hundred years apart, face similar sacrifices, difficult decisions, and self-imposed perfection that many women will recognize in their own lives.Author: Heather GreenleafISBN-10: 1683506634ISBN-13: 9781683506638Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

"Characters as rich and indelible as the life they endure . . . A phenomenal read."--Internationally Bestselling Author Davis Bunn Five a.m.: Amanda Mallorie wakes to the knowledge that her son Robbie is gone. And a new chapter of her own life must begin....

When five-year-old Lexie Saunders learns she is adopted and is told she is handpicked by Mother from a line-up of baby cribs, her life is forever changed. Instead of feeling special, Lexie becomes haunted by "Mama," the mystery lady who gave birth to her....

When five-year-old Lexie Saunders learns she is adopted and is told she is handpicked by Mother from a line-up of baby cribs, her life is forever changed. Instead of feeling special, Lexie becomes haunted by "Mama," the mystery lady who gave birth to her....

Armed with only a journal and a promise, soldier Ian Carlisle returns home to fulfill his friend's dying wish: to find the man's daughter and read her his journal, one page at a time. The woman he finds in River Rock, Missouri, is just...

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES BY L.M. MONTGOMERY SPECIAL EDITION ILLUSTRATED WITH THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR FANS OF L. M. MONTGOMERY BOOKS THE ANNE OF GREEN GABLES SERIES #1 A BEST SELLER Welcome to The Anne of Green Gables series #1. To this day the...

In Diana Abu-Jaber's "impressive, entertaining" (Chicago Tribune) first novel, a small, poor-white community in upstate New York becomes home to the transplanted Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud: his grown daughters, Jemorah and Melvina; his sister Fatima; and her husband, Zaeed. The widower Matuseem loves...

Told with a hard-edged purity that brings to mind Cormac McCarthy and Denis Johnson, American Son is the story of two Filipino brothers adrift in contemporary California. The older brother, Tomas, fashions himself into a Mexican gangster and breeds pricey attack dogs, which he...

It's election night and Henry Louis Davis II waits for the results that could make him the first African-American president of the United States...the impossible goal he had held since the day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot...back when he shared his dreams...

A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone she's convinced will follow them wherever they go: her husband. The girls, Amity and Sorrow, can't...

Book two in Fenella J. Miller's gripping and emotional WWII series.Will her secret destroy her chance at happiness?The phony war is over and Hitler is beginning his rampage through Europe. But back home Barbara Sinclair has troubles of her own. With her wedding to...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Eleanor H. PorterISBN-10: 1974604551ISBN-13: 9781974604555Publisher: Createspace Independent...

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 & Reformatting: The...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of...

Book two in Fenella J. Miller's gripping and emotional WWII series.Will her secret destroy her chance at happiness?The phony war is over and Hitler is beginning his rampage through Europe. But back home Barbara Sinclair has troubles of her own. With her wedding to...

SOMETIMES THE GREATEST JOURNEY IS FINDING YOURSELF...Ace on the Hill tells the story of Jayson ("Jay") Zimmerman, an imaginative yet impressionable young man who's more familiar with moving trucks and boxes than the confines of any home. The stakes are even higher when his...

Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected...

From the accomplished memoirist and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario comes a first novel of incredible heart and spirit for every Canadian. The novel follows one girl, Martha, from the Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario who is "stolen" from her family at the...

Ace on the Hill tells the story of Jayson ("Jay") Zimmerman, an imaginative yet impressionable young man who's more familiar with moving trucks and boxes than the confines of any home. The stakes are even higher when his family relocates to suburban Boston in...

"DeConna leaves it to the reader to ponder whether the value of truth always outweighs its cost." -Carolyn Geduld, author of The StruggleJenny Smith, a young journalist, secures a career-making interview with a famous but reclusive author, AJ Kenton. Jenny's time with Mr. Kenton,...

Agnes Grey exposes the harsh working conditions of a young governess who's hired by multiple families, including the overly critical Bloomfields and the delusional Murrays. While on assignment, Agnes endures consistent cruelty, forcing her to look inward for strength and encouragement. Agnes is a...

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "Mr. Wright's imagined history of the rise and fall of the sugary drink empire is so robust and recognizable that you might feel nostalgic for the taste of a soda you've never had." - Sam Sacks, The...

In All the Families of the Earth, characters from Abram to Ruth come alive, providing fresh insights for today's challenges. Barbara Laymon's imaginative approach involves behind-the-scenes therapists who counsel biblical figures and journal about their conversations. Informed by Laymon's background as a counselor, the...

Seven marriageable daughters . . . And Lord Zachary Griffin is just the man to help them. After all, what could be more tantalizing than teaching the beautiful Witfeld sisters all the special ways of driving a man into submission--and marriage? And leading exquisite...

Author: William J. MannISBN-10: 1504087682ISBN-13: 9781504087681Publisher: Open Road MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2023Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Abandoned draws back the curtain on the romance of the days when railroads were new, when the country convulsed in war against itself and suffragettes left Victorian decorum aghast at their demands. Violet Fletcher Austin lost the love of her life when her husband...

When New York couple Joy and Richard experience a devastating stillbirth, they must navigate the repercussions of their loss-including infidelity, divorce, and an illegitimate child-before finally reconciling. .Author: Kathryn Abdul-BakiISBN-10: 1631524275ISBN-13: 9781631524271Publisher: She Writes PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2018Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.60w x...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Oprah Daily and NPR! "Dazzling...Finally free from the book's grip, now all I want to do is get others hooked."-- The...

To keep their family ties strong, the five Reeves sisters meet regularly to give each other a reality check. But explosive family secrets begin to pour out like molten lava, and forever change all they treasure most . . . After a shattering revelation,...

"DeConna leaves it to the reader to ponder whether the value of truth always outweighs its cost." -Carolyn Geduld, author of The StruggleJenny Smith, a young journalist, secures a career-making interview with a famous but reclusive author, AJ Kenton. Jenny's time with Mr. Kenton,...

A seductive new stranger becomes the symbol of everything two married women secretly long for in this richly imagined novel by one of the most distinguished writers of the twentieth century Thirty-four-year-old Grace Fairfax lives a dull, conventional existence with her dull, conventional husband,...

Rusty Blackstone, World Champion Steer Wrestler, gets life-shaking news from his former girlfriend and first love, Jenny. He has a five-year-old son named Todd. Even worse, Jenny is now the ex-wife of Rusty's worst enemy and rodeo nemesis, Warren Weston, who claims Todd as...

In All the Families of the Earth, characters from Abram to Ruth come alive, providing fresh insights for today's challenges. Barbara Laymon's imaginative approach involves behind-the-scenes therapists who counsel biblical figures and journal about their conversations. Informed by Laymon's background as a counselor, the...

Rusty Blackstone, World Champion Steer Wrestler, gets life-shaking news from his former girlfriend and first love, Jenny. He has a five-year-old son named Todd. Even worse, Jenny is now the ex-wife of Rusty's worst enemy and rodeo nemesis, Warren Weston, who claims Todd as...

In the heart of New England, a journey of reflection and healing unfolds. Karol, reeling from the sudden loss of a cherished friend, embarks on an annual vacation to Maine alongside her supportive husband, Kurt. This isn't merely a retreat from the world, but...

An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his...

A freaky tale of isolation and the porous membranes between us, Rebecca Gisler's slim novel renders a collapsing world with equal parts aversion, fascination, and tenderness--for readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sayaka Murata.At an age when she'd rather be making her own way in...

In 1951 Evelyn Russell, middle-aged wife of a Mississippi sharecropper, uses a spool of thread and finds written on the empty spool the name and address of Paula Tillman, a young cotton mill worker in Maine. Evie writes to Paula, and thus begins a...

When grief weighs like a stone.Francesca's pain is so heavy, she can't breathe. Every lesson she's learned, every loss she's experienced, haunts her waking and sleeping hours. Moving forward isn't the same for everyone but she knows she'll be judged for her choices nonetheless....

A Resurrection in Bonners Ferry is the story of Lawrence Greenwood, a federal parole officer living in Connecticut who has reached a crossroads in his life. He is turning fifty, his marriage to Nilda is in its death throes, and his career is winding...

This summer, escape to the Shores­--a Southern lake town full of elegance and glamour in a story about family traditions, friendship, and a love that can't be denied--for readers of Sunny Hostin's Summer on Sag Harbor Chareese "Reese" Devlin spent every summer of her...

An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his...

A USA Today Bestseller! A propulsive and piercing debut, set ten years before the events of Shakespeare's historic play, about the ambition, power, and fate that define one of literature's most notorious figures: Lady Macbeth. Scotland, the 11th Century. Born in a noble household...

Ten-year-old Charlie McCoy and his friends are curious about the fire up at the abandoned house on the outskirts of town. Since the grown-ups aren't saying much, and anything really interesting spoken in shushed tones, the boys may need to do a little digging...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - The winner of Sweden's most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational novel-in-verse about two S疥i families and their quest to stay together across a century of migration, violence, and colonial trauma. "Crystalline prose that...

"McQuestion writes with a sharp eye and a sure voice, and as a reader, I was willing to go wherever she wanted to take me." --Carolyn Parkhurst, author of The Dogs of BabelFree spirit Skyla Plinka has found the love and stability she always...

The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life"A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect....the bravery of All Fours...