Fiction - Family Life - General

The sequel to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father's native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend...

Look for Robyn's new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life--order your copy today They've been best friends since seventh grade. But this summer, teetering on the threshold of thirty, four women are...

A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreak--from the author of The Orphans at Race Point.Set in the late 1950s through 1960s in a small town in Massachusetts,...

"A brave and moving novel [that] has a tender empathy with the natural world." --Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author of Days Without End comes a dazzling companion novel about memory and identity, set in...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of Circle of Friends - In a small town on the west coast of Ireland, an unlikely cast of characters come together at a newly opened inn. This "delightful [novel that] radiates the warmth...

It's time for Christmas in Seagrove Are you ready to catch up with your favorite characters on the tiny lowcountry island of Seagrove, SC?When we last left off, there was a big wedding and an addition to the family. But, what happens when a...

"My darling girls. You were once so happy in this house. Now I'm gone, all I ask is that you spend one last summer here together on Dune Island. And please forgive me, your Nana, for the secret I'm about to tell you..." Arriving...

A sweeping saga in the vein of Ask Again, Yes following a foster family through almost a decade of dazzling triumph and wrenching heartbreak--from the author of The Orphans at Race Point.Set in the late 1950s through 1960s in a small town in Massachusetts,...

Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to...

Now a Netflix Limited Series"...A compulsively readable tour de force." --The Wall Street JournalNew York Times Book Review recommends M.T. Edvardsson's A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a "page-turner" that forces the reader to confront "the compromises we make with ourselves to...

A classic novel from an exceptional storyteller, A Woman Betrayed, first published in 1991, is a stunning tale of troubling secrets that can hide beneath the placid surface of a seemingly good marriage--and the courage that's needed to move on.Laura Frye has been happily...

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer revisits two classic tales of unexpected love White Sand, Wild Sea Reporter Nikki Blake came to the Bahamas to relax and forget the disaster that had left her life in ruins. But her peaceful getaway is interrupted...

A boy is living with his family while his father is away. He dreads the firt day at a new school because he has nothing special to share about himself. Each family member offers him an object that represents a memory from the summer,...

Filled with her trademark wit, poignant themes, and rich characters, the perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with a sensational novel that follows the travels of one couple though a tumultuous summer.Dorothea Benton Frank's magical stories take us deep into the heart of...

A homecoming snares a young woman in a dangerous tangle of lies, secrets, and bad blood in this gripping novel by the bestselling author of An Accusation.Running from a bad relationship, journalist Jo Sharpe heads home to Arthurville, the drought-stricken town she turned her...

A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "5 UNDER 35" NOMINEE - NEW YORK'S "ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK" PICK Named One of the Best Books of the Year: Washington Post - NPR - People - Refinery29 - Parade - BuzzFeed...

Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller,"* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of...

From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, an emotionally powerful, award-winning novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past. Jake Whyte has retreated to a remote farmhouse on a craggy British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds, with only...

Following the life of newborn infant, Emmanuel, this great contemporary novel of Quebec exposes a painful history central to the new consciousness that emerged in the 1960s known as "the quiet revolution." The story of Emmanuel and his 15 brothers and sisters spotlights the...

Following her National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times Book Award-nominated, bestselling debut, Brick Lane, Monica Ali's splendid Alentejo Blue "rewards readers with characters who etch themselves into one's memory" (People). Set in a small Portuguese village, Alentejo Blue is a story of...

A Legacy is the tale of two very different families, the Merzes and the Feldens. The Jewish Merzes are longstanding members of Berlin's haute bourgeoisie who count a friend of Goethe among their distinguished ancestors. Not that this proud legacy means much of anything...

In Danielle Steel's dazzling new novel, a young woman must overcome tremendous adversity in her quest to find herself and achieve real happiness. Nicole "Coco" Martin is destined to have it all. As the only child of doting and successful parents, she has been...

"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step....

The latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coffee, she has no idea of the complications in her romantic and professional life that will follow. Meanwhile, Matthew,...

The New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna TODAY SHOW Book Club pick telling the story of three generations of Palestinian-American women struggling to express their individual desires within the confines of their Arab culture in the wake of shocking intimate violence in...

A Read with Jenna Bonus Selection An "immersive...illuminating" (Booklist) and life-affirming novel following the residents of an idyllic Connecticut town over the course of a year, A Little Hope explores the intertwining lives of a dozen neighbors as they confront everyday desires and fears:...

The old cot hopes you enjoyed his gossip about the family he comforted for nearly a century. Please keep in mind he is very old so sometimes got facts, people and places mixed up.The author's siblings have read the story and commented, "That's not...

The Elm Creek Quilters are home for the holidays in this heartwarming Christmas story from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm...

Author: Amy FeltmanISBN-10: 1538704722ISBN-13: 9781538704721Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2022Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.36h x 6.31w x 1.14dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2022Booklist 03/15/2022 pg. 42Publishers Weekly 03/28/2022

In this, Wendell Berry's fifth novel and ninth work of fiction, Andy Catlett revisits his own ninth year in the summer of 1944 when his beloved uncle is shot and killed by the surly and mysterious Carp Harmon. This is his Uncle Andrew, after...

It's one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and herself. When a bouquet of flowers that her husband always sends on their anniversary shows up at her workplace, she completely unravels. With...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth... When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the...

2020 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee-Debut FictionA ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith,...

A 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Project Grantee"A rich portrait of a country and its people, relayed with detail and wonder, thanks to a naturalist's eye."--FOREWORD REVIEWSWhen Gabriel's mother decides to repatriate to her native Uruguay after thirty years in California, he takes...

Curt Hinkleman came alive in the fertile plains of New England after his family escaped Germany. His restless vigor waned as he battled his father's homeland, and his return brought with it the blessings of love and family. These represented his new spiritual weapons....

In a famous but declining Hollywood bar works A Barman. Morbidly amused by the decadent decay of his surroundings, he watches the patrons fall into their nightly oblivion, making notes for his novel. In the hope of uncovering their secrets and motives, he establishes...

Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets Katherine Center's How to Walk Away in Kathleen Basi's debut novel about an unconventional road trip and what it means to honor the ones we love. It's one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam...

Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion. She returned to save her family's dying legacy--but found the ghosts of her past alive and well. Susan Napier's family once lived on the success of the high-end restaurants founded by her late grandfather. But bad luck and worse...

This deluxe illustrated edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with striking and memorable photographs that bring Khaled Hosseini's compelling story to life. Since its publication in 2007, A Thousand Splendid Suns has shipped more than three million copies. The bestselling adult novel...

One of Russia's finest short story writers makes her U.S. debut in this enthralling collection of fiction. Women's lives are the central preoccupation of Natalya Baranskaya: A scientist frantically juggles her professional life with her duties as wife and mother; a woman writer who...

"Hilarious. . . . To understand Russia, read A Terrible Country."--Time"This artful and autumnal novel, published in high summer, is a gift to those who wish to receive it."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Hilarious, heartbreaking . . . A Terrible Country may be...

A wealthy family tries--and fails--to seal themselves off from the chaos of post-World War II life surrounding them in this stunning novel by one of Germany's most important post-war writers. In East Prussia, January 1945, the German forces are in retreat and the Red...

Joe Allston, the retired literary agent of Stegner's National Book Award-winning novel, The Spectator Bird, returns in this disquieting and keenly observed novel. Scarred by the senseless death of their son and baffled by the engulfing chaos of the 1960s, Allston and his wife,...

A deeply moving, life-affirming novel about residents in a small Connecticut town facing everyday fears and desires--a lost love, a stalled career, a diagnosis--that pulls at the heartstrings and provides hope, for readers of Olive Kitteridge.In the small city of Wharton, Connecticut, lives are...

"Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor."--Entertainment Weekly " An] amazing debut novel....Dazzling and complex....Fearlessly funny storytelling."--The Washington Post "Instantly engaging....A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, populated by friends, family, lovers, and others, that show us who we might be, could be--and...

From Garth Stein, author of the beloved bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain--now a major motion picture! The New York Times bestselling "witty, atmospheric" (People) story of a once powerful American family, and the price that must be paid by the heirs...

'Warm, uplifting & important...a very VERY special book' Marian Keyes'Beautifully moving and uplifting' Cecelia AhernMeet Tom. Or Dr O'Grady, as he used to be called. When you pass him on the street, most people don't even give him a second glance. You see, Tom...

From "one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy" (New York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a war. This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months...

Against the picturesque coastal Maine setting that she evokes so well, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin creates a heartfelt story of family bonds and new beginnings . . . It came as no surprise to anyone in Yorktide when glamorous Carol Ascher fled the little...