Fiction - Family Life - General

Travis lives isolated in the Allegheny Mountains in the mid-1800s. He loves God, loves his family, and is well respected by all on the mountain. But one decision- for the right reason-causes his unintentional entry into the Civil War. While he fights to survive...

In the fall of 1950, Vicki Leigh Bayle learned that love and hate are drawn from the same well and that some of the people she loved most kept stores of each in equal measure. In the segregated context of South Florida, she learned...

Career-focused Noah realizes his family needs his attention more than his job does. When he realizes this just in time for Christmas, he decides to make it up to them. Through some surprise encounters and a series of Christmas challenges, he is inspired to...

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...

A new collection of stories previously unpublished in the United States by beloved and best-selling author Maeve Binchy Maeve Binchy's best-selling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also show that while times change, people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes...

A Day of Rest takes place in France during the Middle Ages after a second wave of the plague had ripped through the country. A widow finds herself in a difficult situation and the Rouxs' come to her aid.Author: Joseph MazerolleISBN-10: 8835380790ISBN-13: 9798835380794Publisher: Independently...

The story follows three kids growing up in tough households. They have a friendship that is stronger than their families. As they go through their teens, they have girlfriends and all the struggles that go with balancing everything in their lives. They realize their...

Author: April DavilaISBN-10: 1665118342ISBN-13: 9781665118347Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2020Format: CD

This book is about a young family who experiences domestic violence. It talks about the perpetrator being the dad, and later in the book it will talk about the older two boys being perpetrators. This book is fictional; however, domestic violence does happen in...

Tall and thin, twenty-eight-year-old Bronwyn Palmer has become positively gaunt, a ghost of her former self. That self was--and still is--the wife of a rich, handsome executive with an ocean-view house and his own security staff.It was in that house, two years ago, that...

Children's book author Mort Lear dies accidentally at his Connecticut home and he leaves his property and all its contents to his trusted assistant, Tomasina Daulair. She is moved by his generosity but dismayed by the complicated and defiant directives in his will.Author: Julia...

The inner and outer voyage of Claire in East Africa towards her need for love, development and a future. Life itself comes as an albatross to her journey. Finally, Claire finds a cause for ascendancy to rise above.Author: Sandra Nadege, Akimana DivineISBN-10: 8815775358ISBN-13: 9798815775350Publisher:...

"A beautiful, poignant read . . . straight from the heart . . . heart breaking and heart-warming in equal measure. Once I had started reading it I couldn't put it down . . . beautiful." --Amazon reviewer, five stars A heartfelt novel of...

A Battle for Hope is the coming of age story of a young girl as she grapples with the challenges of growing up. On move-in day, eleven-year-old Leah discovers an old diary hidden in the window seat of her new bedroom. When a series...

Come and explore. Now is the time to take the steps and the necessary moments to delve into the history of your ancestry. This amazing journey of finding those who came before you, more often than not, will help you to navigate your own...

From the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Jernigan--and one of America's most talented, witty, and emotionally intelligent writers--come eleven "gripping, sophisticated, gasp-inducing stories" (The New Yorker) and a novella populated by characters who carry the full weight of the human condition. A...

Acutely observed, sharp and absorbing - an insightful exploration of the pain and beauty of mother-daughter relationships. The page-turning new novel from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe.How can you know so little about those you love?With a coveted promotion dangling within reach, the last...

A Fiddlehead Becomes a Fern is a book you will not want to put down. A mixture of sadness, confusion, joy, happiness, and hard decisions by all of the characters will keep you turning the pages with anticipation.It takes you on a journey of...

90 Million Reasons is an uplifting novel about one woman's life who impacted everyone she encountered. Maisie always saw the positive, no matter the situation. Her faith and family were the most important aspects of her life. Coming over from a small town in...

Life was never going to be easy as a Communist in a Christian family, in a Christian town. But now arranged marriage looms and for Franklin, things are about to get even more complicated. Nisha is beautiful and she seems to like him, but...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the true meaning of the holiday...

The touching sequel to the beloved novel A Dog Named Christmas On Sunday, November 29, 2009, more than 12.5 million families fell in love with the television adaptation of the novel A Dog Named Christmas. Within forty-eight hours after the Hallmark Hall of Fame...

A thousand eyes were watching me. Nobody in the room was talking, and the only sound was a muffled cough from the darkness in the back of the auditorium. Why wasn't everyone whispering to their neighbors? Shouldn't they be playing on their cell phones...

Isla and Ben are devoted parents to their beloved daughter, Reese. She is their little miracle, the child they thought they'd never have until donors made her existence possible. But Isla has never told Reese about her biological parents. She wants to be honest...

"Two women from different generations of the same family fiercely fight for their futures while running a small bakery in Montmartre."--Author: Aimie K. RunyanISBN-10: 0063247712ISBN-13: 9780063247710Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2023Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00dReview Citation(s): Booklist 06/01/2023 pg....

For readers of Isabel Allende, Gabriela Garcia, and Julia Alvarez, the story of a woman who must fight for her love and her child in a Cuba suffocated by oppression A free spirit who spends time near the port of Havana, where her friend...

Families are messy because relationships are. The Strange family of Castle Cove, North Carolina is no different. Three brothers grow up with the same parents who love them equally and provide for them generously because they can, yet each brother turns out different. Harrison,...

Over the course of one fateful day, Trisha Donahue begins to reclaim her courage and discovers secrets in a familiar place. A surprising, quietly dramatic adventure story infused with Ellen Cooney's warm humor and wisdom. After years of skilled work and dedication, Trisha Donahue...

The #1 New York Times bestselling King of Christmas Fiction is back this holiday season with another heartwarming and wintery tale of rediscovering faith and love. A coming-of-age holiday tale based on Richard Paul Evans's own childhood that shows us how hope and acceptance...

A coming-of-age story set in the 1950's about a young girl living on a small working cattle ranch on the eastern edge of the Colorado Rockies. Josephine "Jo" Wilson has much to learn about her animals, herself, her family and friends and especially Misha,...

A Jamaican Family's Saga 2 is a continuation and climax of A Jamaican Family's Saga, the original work by Leonard Archie Wilson, a fictionalized biography of the life of Althea Ulrica Richardson, his actual mother. The matriarch is portrayed by Ulrica Richards, from her...

Piper is a wife and mother to a young autistic child. Her life and career has revolved around her family situation and work schedule since his birth. As time passed, consumed by the hectic schedule, she decides to spend 2017 her way. While rediscovering...

Humorous, inspirational story that all will love School is out, and Tommy Johnson is back in trouble again as his antics causes one disaster after another. He is assigned to work with his tough as nails grandmother so she can keep an eye on...

GRACEY REITER confronts a painful past and an intimidating future with the approaching death of her father, HENRY MUELLER, the self-described "last Mohican" from the chaotic gene pool known as the Walsh-Mueller family. The present holds the answer, and the last opportunity for Gracey...

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of a Piano.Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only...

The book is told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet, a dog self described by the first sentence of the story; "My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian." The story begins with a...

A Jamaican Family's Saga is a sprawling adventure, spanning almost one hundred years and crosses the Atlantic Ocean twice. It details the true life of a Jamaican family, and a murder mystery that haunts the family - until Argyle, the second son of Ulrica...

Through the richly intertwined narratives of two women from different generations, Ashley Hay, known for her "elegant prose, which draws warm and textured portraits as it celebrates the web of human stories" (New York Times Book Review) weaves an intricate, bighearted tale of the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the true meaning of the holiday...

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of a Piano.Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only...

Two young mothers, one shocking murder and a court case that puts them both on trial. When a soldier is found stabbed through the heart at a US Army base, there is no doubt that his wife, Luz, is to blame. But was it...

A story of identity, connection and forgiveness, A Convergence of Solitudes shares the lives of two families across Partition of India, Operation Babylift in Vietnam, and two referendums in Quebec.Sunil and Hima, teenage lovers, bravely defy taboos in pre-Partition India to come together as...

For years they've kept Noah's identity a secret, thinking they were saving Tillie from a life of misery.They couldn't have been more wrong.No matter how much they wanted to hide it, somethings you just can't cover up...How long can you keep a secret?Author: Ta`mara...

Big Daddy Flower owned a good chunk of land in a small place in Texas. Since his last name was Flower, his four daughters were named for a flower. He didn't want to name his son after a flower, so he called his son,...

Second chances ... and the secrets that sabotage them.CeCe Bixby's life is in flux. After being abandoned by her husband six years earlier she's managed to cope by focusing on her work as a reporter and on being a good mom to her young...

Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother's sudden death five years ago. Well, most of the family was tight-knit--her father walked out on them when she was 13 and she and her two brothers and sister bonded together...

"If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." --Stephen King ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: ESQUIRE - THE NERD DAILY - THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST Monsters...

A shimmering novel of innocence and evil: the gripping story of two American women in a failing Central American nation, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean "[Didion's] most ambitious project in...

The blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes--a "witty, wise, and heartfelt novel" (Washington Post) about art and love, fame and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/writer/director. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity,...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "inspirational fiction superstar" (Publishers Weekly) presents this high stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith.She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on...