Fiction - Family Life - General

Haunted by childhood traumas, happily married Katy Welborn is at a crossroads: in her late 30s, her biological clock ticking, she has survived cancer but her fears of family skeletons dangling in the genetic closet have paralyzed her from becoming pregnant. That's when her...

"I used to be a teak tree" is a story about life and its challenges. A table talks about unexpected journeys and how to deal with them. This book is for young (and also older) people who often have to and want to move....

War changes people. Because of it, Everett was a stay-at-home dad before it was a choice. Only his wife Sue Ellen had a clue why he seemed to find it hard to cope. His four children, while respectful, wished he could do more than...

"I found myself considering those rare things only books can do, feats outside the purview of film or fine art . . . Gorgeous." --Samantha Hunt, The New York Times Book Review It is New Year's Eve 1990, in a small town in southeast...

Described as a 'beautiful writer' by The Times, Fiona Kidman brings us a powerful story of women's lives spanning decades and continents.'Engaging and captivating' The Lady Magazine1943. Violet Trench crosses Lake Rotorua with a small boy, but rows back without him. Sixty years later,...

In the dark of night, Hanan al-Hashimi awakens from a nightmare, confused and shaken. Roaming the house in search of some reassurance, she is drawn towards the streak of light under her husband's bedroom door. Little does she know that the beckoning glow will...

WINNER OF THE 2016 EU PRIZE FOR LITERATURE One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction... A young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky. A woman wins the jackpot twice. A man...

Intriguing, Interlocking StoriesAuthor: Dennis MustISBN-10: 1597090352ISBN-13: 9781597090353Publisher: Red Hen PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2019Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019

Set among the Malibu mansions and Hollywood rock clubs of California's southland, Never Break the Chain finds Tim Green's grief over the loss of his father spinning into an obsessive quest to track down the wayward mother who deserted him almost three decades before....

Mr. Scarborough's Family By Anthony TrollopeAuthor: Anthony TrollopeISBN-10: 1547273364ISBN-13: 9781547273362Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2017Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.40d

Anne wanted a family, but it was not her priority. She wanted the Assembly to sponsor her programs that the community needed, but had turned a blind eye towards. Technology could not restore what was missing from her community. Only, deep pockets and she...

Viola Lee and Della Maypole lived a quiet life in a small Oklahoma town in the 1970's until rumors spread that they were lovers. Known affectionately as the Rhubarb Sisters, they were never more than a curiosity or less than normal to their friends...

Our Mutual Friend, written in the years 1864-65, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money,...

Jude and his sister are sad. Things are not going well in their home. Suddenly, three creatures whose hearts are bigger than their very large features burst, through the door singing a catchy melody, reminding this family and yours God is ALWAYS good, in...

Many families are comprised of the good and the bad, the cherished and the reprehensible, some change, others never intend to. This is the generational saga of the ups and downs of one such Mafia family, the Stanolis. The Stanolis, the third of four...

"'Tain't more 'n a month ter Christmas, Lyddy Ann; did ye know it?" said the old man, settling back in his chair with a curiously resigned sigh. "Yes, I know, Samuel," returned his wife, sending a swift glance over the top of her glasses....

Two lives taken down different roads - one enduring love - one shot at starting over. If only they believed in second chances.. Julia Connelly is finally free from twelve long years in an abusive relationship. Now able to live the life she's longed...

The extraordinary debut novel that became a modern classicBorn mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose...

USA Best Book Award Winner in General FictionFor overprotective parent Alyson Ward, any time her daughter, Lyla, is out of sight is reason to panic. So it's a big step for her when she lets Lyla attend a sleepover at her cousin's house. Comforted...

What if the one thing you want is the only thing you can't have?With her fortieth birthday approaching, Lucy Carpenter thinks she finally has it all: a wonderful new husband, Jonah, a successful career and the chance of a precious baby of her own....

A novel based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, which answers the question: What would the March sisters be like if they lived in the 21st century? What activities would they have, what friends, and would Jo really refuse Laurie?Author: Rozita BerryISBN-10: 1490503366ISBN-13: 9781490503363Publisher:...

A Tangled Web is a captivating novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, following the lives of two interconnected families over the course of a tumultuous year, filled with both heartbreak and hilarity. When Rebecca Dark realises she is nearing the end of her life, she...

F-O-B is a journey of a young Indian girl from her roots in Africa to America, experiencing the jungle of hilarious and sometimes tragic assimilation. Her journey leads her to the plight of exploited immigrant students on H-1 visas, culminating in their exhilarating freedom,...

A novel of women's friendship, loss, and recovery from the author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship. TOP THREE REASONS TO VISIT EUROPE: 1. Explore foreign cultures 2. Sample outstanding food 3. Desperately flee impending personal crisis Lenny left his wife, Monique,...

"Jacob's Room" is a 1922 novel by Virginia Woolf. Her third novel, it is set in pre-war England and follows the life of Jacob Flanders through college at Cambridge and into adulthood. The narrative is told primarily through the eyes of the various women...

Before the Crossing is a novel written by Storm Jameson. The book is set in the early 20th century and follows the story of a young woman named Mary who lives in a small village in Yorkshire. Mary is a sensitive and intelligent person...

In 1974, the Sellers family is transplanted from London to Sheffield in northern England. On the day they move in, the Glover household across the street is in upheaval: convinced that his wife is having an affair, Malcolm Glover has suddenly disappeared. The reverberations...

The Destiny of each of us is linked to accidents of history, or more or less fruitful meetings that happen in a lifetime' is the conclusion of this book in which author recounts his birth in Spain and the exodus to France where Franco...

A sexy and emotional second chance romance...David Wiesel lives for making music, partying, and women. He has a wicked sense of humor and a body made for sinning. He's the kind of guy every mama warns her daughter about.Sylvia Price lives for her daughter,...

Teenage years can be complicated, even when you haven't been abandoned by your mother at age ten. It is the 1980s and teenage Gemma lives with her well-meaning father, Nathaniel, goes to 'art therapy' once a week and tries to come to terms with...

John Ritter, a frustrated artist, demonstrates that self-destruction can be a form of protest--or maybe just the last resort for those who refuse to grow up. After years of adventure on the West Coast, he returns to Cincinnati to care for his grandmother, who...

Sara wants this baby more than she has ever wanted anything.Sara has worked her entire life to overcome the name Barefield. To be a Barefield in the Appalachian town where she grew up means that you are the poorest of the poor, that you...

When Charlie Shade and Alice Bussard find each other, neither is prepared for the powerful, aching feeling of love that unites them. After falling for the cheerful and empathetic young man, Alice asks God: "Please, leave us alone. Leave us just like this." But...

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick comes a beautiful novel of sisterhood lost and found--and of the ways we create the rich tapestries that encompass the past and the future... The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal...

From prizewinning short story writer James Whorton, Jr., Approximately Heaven is a marvelously rambunctious debut novel about one hapless man's pursuit of happiness -- or at least another six-pack. Preferably both. Don "Wendell" Brush is an unemployed 32-year-old Tennessee electrician who likes a few...

Nineteen years ago, a famous filmmaker disappeared from Los Angeles, taking his two children, Dorothea and Jimmy, to a desolate corner of New Mexico. There he raised them in complete isolation without television, computer, radio -- not even a newspaper. Now, at twenty-three, Dorothea...

"A cheeky tale for recession-era romantics," (More) from a bestselling author The year is 2006 and Holly Talbott is married to the founder of Comer Capital at the apex of excess on Wall street. Sure, Holly loves being a stay-at-home mom and keeping house...

Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first...

Miss Peggy, Dr. Maggie, and Miss Li'l Bit, friends and confidantes for nearly a lifetime, find it funny and bewildering that they have become icons in Charles Valley, Georgia. Little does the rest of the town know that beneath the irreproachable fa ades of...

"A gripping two-pronged tale of psychological terror and spiritual redemption."--The New York Post Successful London lawyer Carter Graham has power, sex appeal, and a well-ordered life. Everything has gone according to plan, including her recent marriage to Kim Betz, an investment banker with the...

Francesca's father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of...

The story of an immigrant family trying to build a life in an unforgiving new world, Under This Unbroken Sky is a mesmerizing and absorbing first novel of love and greed, pride and desperation. Award-winning writer Shandi Mitchell based this evocative and compelling narrative...

In the new novel from the author of Last Night at the Lobster, a middle-age couple goes all in for love at a Niagara Falls casino Lokk out for City of Secrets coming from Viking on April 26, 2016 Stewart O'Nan's thirteenth novel is...

Author: Kate VeitchISBN-10: 0452296358ISBN-13: 9780452296350Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2010Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 7.96h x 5.34w x 0.78dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 07/01/2010 pg. 57 - Very Good

In a land destabilized by unsafe air, wildfires, floods, viruses, supply shortages, and homegrown terror, Cass is raising three small children by herself in the city. Her husband, Nathaniel, has gone all too willingly to serve as a medic in an overseas war. His...

Dexter comes into the world with many problems, and he turns his family's life upside down. Outside and lonely, he pulls the siding off the house, destroys the back door, chews up the cable wires and wood patio furniture. Inside, he does more of...

Mother Nature does her best to rip this family apart. When a hurricane threatens to wreak havoc on the South Carolina coast, Annie prepares Sweet Magnolia for what she thinks will be a day or two without electricity while Jack checks on Lady Powell...

Exhausted after the grand wedding, Jack and Annie set off to California for their honeymoon only to be called back early because of a fire to the bakery.The fire is extensive and they aren't sure if Sweet Indulgence can be saved. But the Powell's...

A New York Times Editors' Choice "[An] intelligent, funny, and remarkably assured first novel. . . . [Andrew Ridker establishes] himself as a big, promising talent. . . . Hilarious. . . . Astute and highly entertaining. . . . Outstanding." --The New York...

An illuminating debut following three women in sub-Saharan Africa as they search for home and family Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother despite her own...