Family life fiction Books

More Than My Bestselling Memoir: Challenges of a Fiction Writer Being Overshadowed by the Success of Her Past Memoir tells the story of a young writer trying to write a second book after her first book was a runaway hit.In this story, young adult, Marge,...

This flash fiction novella, The Grief Manuscript, illustrates the dream-like, annihilating, and repetitive gestures of a dying marriage. The story recasts the emotional range of grief using metaphorical images and remarkable characters in brief, poetic...

This collection contains some of his notable stories. Legendary editor Sarojranjan Mohanty (Jhankara) cautioned him to be careful in word selection so as to preserve the emotion and poetic flow present in the stories.

ଚିରାଚରିତ ପ୍ରେମକାହାଣୀ, ନାରୀ ସଂଘର୍ଷ ଓ ନାରୀର ଅବଳା ଦୁର୍ବଳା ଚିତ୍ରଠୁ କିଛି ଭିନ୍ନ କଥାର ଉଦାହରଣ ଦିଏ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ 'ଚାନ୍ଦ୍ ଗବାହ୍‌' ବା 'ଏ ଜହ୍ନ ସାକ୍ଷୀ' । କେବଳ ପ୍ରେମ ସଂଘର୍ଷ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରୁ ନୁହଁ ବରଂ ଅନେକ ଦିଗରୁ ଏ ଉପନ୍ୟାସଟି ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ମନେହୁଏ । କାହାଣୀଟିର କେନ୍ଦ୍ରରେ ଯଦିଓ ନାରୀ, ପ୍ରେମ ଓ...

This is a collection of twenty-two short stories chosen carefully by the author keeping in view the global audience. The stories are - Bhitara Malata, Lalita Akhyana, Basu, Ahalya, Abaddha, Janharati, Na Dekhithiba Bata, Bibarta, Dhulighara, Sancara...

This collection has twenty popular short stories selected considering the taste of the global Odia readers. Stories are "Ajana Tithira Janha", "Rebati", "Aranya Adima", "Sudamara Thikana", "Akashara Seema", "Needa", "Sachitra Itihasa", "Bhai", "Abarta",...

This collection has 20 powerful short stories including "Nija Saha Barati Rati", "Dwitiya Kshudhara Tirtha", "Dine Ratire Bhikari Bal", "Malabelaku Ramakanta Rath", "Abha Patnaik ra Sesha Nishpatti", "Brahmotri Mahantynka Premika" and the title story...

Father Richard has settled into his new parish, Our Lady of Damascus Catholic Church, in the peaceful Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. It's a far cry from New York City, his home for most of his life, but a married couple in his parish, Janet and...

From the best-selling author of Pretty Killer, No Justice, and 12 comes Red Carpet Black, an intense new stand-alone thriller.WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE TO BE CHOSEN?Orson Beck's ex-wife left him for a more successful actor when his...

A tragedy in Mira Singh's life has left her devastated and mourning. No one in her family knows how to confront the tragedy that befalls them, and they place the blame on each other, and even on God. Mira's parents do not understand the struggles of...

“A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . . Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature.” —Lauren Groff, author of FloridaIn 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she’s sentenced to life in prison...

A Respectable Family Turns to a Life of CrimeForced into bitter and boring retirement solely because of advancing age, world-renowned architect Victor Harding retreats to his bucolic lakefront estate, a majestic house once owned by notorious Chicago...

"The angels...regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us." -John CalvinMost hard-working families living in the shadow of the Lyon Brook Railroad Bridge are oblivious to the angels...

A Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Agatha Award, and Lefty Award "A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel." --TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear... One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the...

In a house filled with darkness, a woman battles to find her way out . . .After a seemingly perfect start to their relationship, Emma marries Simon. But as soon as they return from the honeymoon, Simon changes. He forbids Emma from seeing...

His wife is leaving him. He’s just won the lottery. Does she really need to know? A hilarious debut novel of love, luck, and hard-to-keep secrets . . .A thirty-something English teacher and amateur linguist, Jack just about makes...

A woman fights for her life as a refugee, slave, mother, and farmer, in this “saga with many layers . . . [A] riveting, addictive journey” (Joanne Hardy, author of The Girl in the Butternut Dress).After the deaths of her white...

Understanding Tippie: A Novel About a Free-Spirited Border Collie Mix is the fifth in Helen A. Bemis Understanding… series of cozy mysteries. In Tippie’s tale, readers are once again transported to the Riverview Animal Shelter, where there...

Ruth Tweed's stories and poems mix the simplicity of the "good old days" with the sometimes sad realities of everyday life--and can leave you chuckling in recognition.They also help fill the often unwritten history of everyday events that linger in the...

Ruth Tweed attended a one room school in West Central Minnesota. Memories of the rural thirties help bring her fictional Sally's experiences to life.Miles from the nearest town, County School District 13 is not only the school but also the focal point of...

1953. Michael Morrow takes the family on a roadtrip to southwest Iowa...to a rodeo! Their adventure begins with a family campout and trips to various restaurants and cafes in the area...and a journey to Henry Fields' radio station to view how a radio...

HAVE YOU EVER had a long running feud with anyone? Well this story wraps around one that lasted for almost three decades. The feud between Samuel Conners and Will Smithton had lasted over twenty five years. It started back in high school and just seemed...

パリの若きジャーナリスト、ラザール・ミールは、人生に疲れ、意味を求めて夜の郊外をさまよっている。休息と気分転換のために、幼い頃に母親と行ったことのある南のコリユールで数日間の休暇を過ごすことにしたのだ。年老いた叔母のセラフィーナの家に滞在し、彼は自分の家族の歴史を知ることになる。

C�����cile (1871) est un roman d'Alexandre Dumas qui raconte l'histoire de C�����cile de Br�����z�����, une jeune fille de la noblesse fran�����aise qui tombe amoureuse d'un homme plus �����g����� et mari�����. Le livre explore les th�����mes de l'amour...

Magor (1899) est un roman de Jean Remy qui raconte l'histoire d'un jeune gar�����on nomm����� Magor qui grandit dans un petit village du sud de la France. Magor est un enfant intelligent et r������veur qui se sent diff�����rent des autres enfants de son...

Tareas De Un Solitario O Nueva Coleccion De Novelas (1829) es un libro escrito por George Washington Montgomery. Se trata de una colecci������n de novelas que incluye historias de amor, aventuras y drama. El libro est����� ambientado en diferentes...

Some skills you never lose. Killing is one of them.  Matthew Riker keeps to himself, doesn't cause trouble, and never talks about his past.  But after a chance encounter with a woman and a small child on the run, Riker will have to...

The Country that people change their whole lives for. The Country that swears everyone is equal and free. The Country that swears to serve and protect ALL of its citizens. The Country that keeps secrets from its people. The Country that arms its police...

Cachebyte is a cache of 23 short stories from the Ellie Conway FBI-Byte Series. The stories start with when Ellie met Mac in 'Quad Espresso' and move through the series adding background and side stories. Once upon a time there were two collections of...

VERSIFICATION - this is my book of poetry. There will be something to suit everyone. From the young at heart to the older adult. Enjoy. Just an example: The Long Commute Woke up lateNot this againJump out of bedHeart poundingSo late! Drag on some...

Flu season is in full swing, surrounded by germs and illness, SSA Ellie Iverson reacts like any new mom, with hand sanitizer at the ready and a desire to keep away from anti-vaxers. Her newly hatched germaphobia escalates when Delta A is asked to...

Her niece is abducted and her in-laws disappear. Long-deceased agents turn up in garages across the city - dead again. No wonder SSA Ellie Iverson's internal alert goes off the scale. Enigmatic clues and codes from a missing colleague and brother-in-law...

Strange things happen in Ballybeg when three distant cousins come together as the summer solstice approaches.In the spring of 2016, newly retired Kara leaves her home in Canada on a genealogical quest to rediscover her grandfather's ancestral village on...

It's 1983, and all Andy Parker wants for Christmas is a Mr. T action figure. That shouldn't be so hard to find, right?A Different Kind of Christmas Story presents the small town of Daily, Mississippi, a fictional town from Ran Walker's literary...

Minnesota, 1956Unknown human remains are discovered deep within the mosaic of rugged forests and interconnected waterways once home to the native Ojibwe people.More than 30 years later, fresh news of the cold case reopens old wounds for an Arizona...

WHAT BRINGS A FAMILY TOGETHER CAN ALSO TEAR IT APART The Bright family is the picture of perfection--attractive, competitive and a bit badly behaved. As the four adult sons of retired senator John Bright head with their partners to the annual family...

Love may be blind, but obsession's a real killer. Nora Holliday is not that kind of woman. Not the kind who has an illicit affair with a married man. But Josh Landon is everything Nora's alcoholic husband isn't. And now she and Josh are so infatuated,...

A Daughter Betrayed is a story inspired by true events that shows not only can partners hurt you, but that family can have a far greater advantage of hurting and pretending that you were the one who did it to them instead. Tamara Se'Atkins has always had...

War. Heartbreak. How much can one family lose?The McKay family's idyllic life in Iowa is about to implode. A mysterious rosary found by soldier John McKay in war-torn Iraq foreshadows an obscure prophecy. As the rosary's mystique grows globally, his...

Rumors. Romance. And more than a little espresso.Santa Lucia has seen a lot of changes, and they've made life for the villagers harder than they ever imagined. Creating a working vineyard. Parenting a teenage daughter. Romance with the mayor. Being gay...

Tyrone Tyler is now divorced, and he is back with a vengeance.  He is scheming to get back the twenty and a half million dollars in alimony that he had to pay his ex-wife Vanessa for cheating on her; but she is a lot stronger and wiser and she is...

At age 10, Luisa is separated from her birth country and family when she is adopted and transported from Colombia to Canada. Seven years later Luisa still has questions. Why did her mamá die of pneumonia when antibiotics could have saved her? Why did her...

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...