Family life fiction Books

Looking in your teenage daughter's purse is never a good idea. When Carolina does, she ends up accidentally selling their home in her beloved Atlanta suburbs to move into her husbands dream home. It's a big, old house beside a railroad bridge in a small...

Early July, and the corn in eastern Nebraska stands ten feet tall; after a near-decade of drought, it seems too good to be true, and everyone is watching the sky for trouble. For the Grebels, whose plots of organic crops trace a modest patchwork among...

Maurice, a small-town librarian, dies one Monday morning in a fiery car crash. Finding himself in a very unexpected afterlife, he befriends Kit, who knows more than he should about Heaven - and about Maurice's life on Earth.Meanwhile, Maurice's daughter...

If she could speak to them, she would say they have exploded her heart, released firecrackers through her senses. She wishes she could call the police, the ambulance, the fire brigade, to arrest and anaesthetise and waterboard the bastards. So what...

The remarkable life of Rita Valiquette is depicted in this book. Her story is shared through memories, stories, research, saved documents and foraged materials. It is a great view into her ancestors who immigrated to Canada, and a resource for those who...

Emily Clarke thought her dreams were coming true. Her business was thriving and she was moving into a beautiful new house. Yet this dream quickly morphed into a nightmare.Rocks being thrown at her windows.Haunting messages written on glass.Items...

One missing baby. Two shattered families. Too many secrets to count.A baby girl disappears from her stroller parked outside a restaurant in Denmark while her mother eats lunch inside. Authorities are notified and a massive manhunt is launched.Two...

The Art of Becoming Another Person Entirely is a quirky but touching novel about family expectations, redemption, and why it's never a good idea to fall in love with your husband's brother."On the surface, Brenda Arnold's The Art of Becoming Another...

Kimi is looking forward to becoming a big sister. After learning that the new baby has died, Kimi and her family grieve together. Kimi's parents reassure her that she will always be a big sister.Goodbye Sister is a story for children who have...

Almost Tragic is the third installment in a contemporary Western romance saga. If you like witty characters, gritty storylines, intrigue, and heart-fluttering romance, then you'll love Sage Evans' series.She owns my heart, but her father is intent on...

This is the second book of the Renee series by Christie O'Sullivan. She is a young kid who has grown up to become a teenager and then on to become a young adult. Her parents spend time in France everywhere but keep quiet about it. Renee lives with her...

Two woman, married irresponsible man, one walk out of the marriage by getting a divorce and the other walked out of the marriage through death, later when their children have grown the daughters of one who got divorce were rejected and condemned by the...

Meet the Kittns, a female motorcycle club, built on the bonds of sisterhood. More than just pretty faces, these ladies are professionals by day and dangerous vigilantes by night. It took to being beaten black and blue by my boyfriend, for me to rip that...

A DYSLEXIC CHILD DISCOVERS DANTE'S 'INFERNO' AND SAVES HER DYSFUNCTIONAL FATHER. '... The hilarious Men Going Their Own Way classic...' by Paul Lyons, winner of a London Times Book of the Year Award and a New Writer's Fellowship from the Australian...

The novella 'Beyond Countless Grief' takes readers on the heartbreaking journey of Gaurav. After suffering the devastating loss of K, his beloved, Gaurav's world is torn apart. He moves through the wreckage of his life, forever hearing melodies that...

Il rêve d'une écurie d'entraînement réussie. Mais les sabotages et les incendies criminels pourraient détruire ses plans. Pourra-t-il restaurer le passé et préserver son avenir ?Alors qu'il avait la vingtaine, Sébastien Maréchal a repris les écuries...

'Just Be There' is a compelling story that takes you on a journey of life, love, loss, and acceptance. Losing a loved one is never easy, and the void that they leave behind can be overwhelming. The story will resonate with anyone who has experienced this...

Sonja lebt zufrieden in Leipzig. Eines Tages erhält sie von einer angeblichen Cousine eine Einladung zu einem großen Familientreffen, obwohl ihre Eltern keine Geschwister hatten. Ungläubig und zugleich neugierig geworden reist sie ins vierhundert...

Martin und Brigitte Kern sind entsetzt. Nun holt sie Martins Entstehungsgeschichte bedrohlich ein. Ein Fehler seiner Mutter lässt ihn einst entstehen. Doch eine glückliche neue Partnerschaft löst vorerst ihre Probleme. Der Fehler seines Erzeugers hält...

Adelhard Winzer hat viele Rollen eingenommen in seinem Leben, viele Entscheidungen getroffen, aber auch einiges bereut. In diesen Lebensnotizen beschreibt er, wie Heimat duftet, wie sich Angst und Zerrissenheit anfühlen, wie der Ruhm schmeckt - und wie...

In den zwanzig Geschichten geht es um eine Zeit, in der sich Nachbarn noch ganz selbstverständlich geholfen haben und in der Zwischenmenschlichkeit noch eine große Rolle spielte. Man trifft sich, sitzt nett bei einer Tasse Kaffee zusammen und ganz...

,,Kronika czasu zapomnianego" to opowiesc o rodzinie autorki. Zamysl ksiazki zostal oparty na odkryciu naukowym, ktore glosi, ze MtDNA (mitochondria), czyli malenki fragment ludzkiego genomu, sa dziedziczone w niezmienionej formie od setek tysiecy lat...

Weggehen, alles hinter sich lassen - ein Gedanke, den viele kennen. Aber wer, so frage ich Sie, setzt diese Fantasie in die Tat um?Losfahren, ohne Ziel, ohne Plan, ohne Gepäck, sich aufmachen, zu einer Reise ins Unbekannte.Soraja wagt es. An einem kalten...

Lakritz beschreibt im Milieu einer kinderreichen Arbeiterfamilie das Leben eines heranwachsenden Mädchens im Ruhrpott.

Lorsque le bonheur arrive, la plupart des gens se réjouissent. Moi, Chloé, je panique. Être en couple, fonder une famille, je l'ai toujours espéré...Pourtant, alors que mes rêves se rapprochent, je doute. D'autant que mes idoles féminines sont unanimes:...

Au départ et c'est aussi la clé d'une énigme, il y a une coupure de journaux qui fait mention de la découverte dans le grenier d'un sanatorium de deux films inédits des frères Lumière. Le narrateur qui pourrait être l'auteur revient sur son enfance y...

Aline n'aime pas Baptistine, son ex-belle-mère.Pourtant, elle se précipite à son chevet dès qu'elle apprend que la vieille dame est mourante. Lors de son déplacement, elle se perd dans les petites routes de Bretagne et arrive par hasard chez Toine,...

Tina Edwards loved her childhood and creating fairy houses, a passion shared with her father, a world-renowned architect. But at nine years old, she found him dead at his desk and is haunted by this memory. Tina's mother abruptly moved away leaving Tina...

Phee hides her secrets well, until they become too much to bear. Her biggest secret is one she's kept even from herself. Her longest-kept secret is one that hurts her every day. Her final secret is one that will set her free.In a school that doesn't...

Sometimes the secrets of the past are too painful to remain hidden in the shadows. Bettina Jaja spent years of her life obeying a man everyone both revered and feared, a man she called her husband-a man of God who gave her a comfortable life...

"The Magpie Funeral is a story of seeking: family, culture, but most of all, understanding-to understand others, and to be understood. The characters that make up Adam Galanski's tender-hearted, quiet novella find themselves attempting to communicate to...

They tell the world what mysteries to read.Soon, they'll be caught up in one of their own.When six book influencers take a weekend getaway to connect with their fellow creators, it's meant to be a chance to relax, collaborate, and discuss all of the...

Book four in the Lowcountry series, Charleston Harbor Novels awaits you! All the characters you've come to love are back in this sweet, southern women's fiction. Come on in and sit a spell. Sweet tea, balmy nights, and mosquitos the size of a small dog...

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...

Real Men Eat Cupcakes. Just ask Annie McPherson...Annie McPherson has had it with all the blind dates her grandmother and auntie set her up with. Her focus is the Sweet Indulgence cupcake bakery now. Recovering from a gut-wrenching break-up, women are...

USA Today Bestselling author Brooke O'Brien brings all the steam in this small town meets city, friends-to-lovers romance.My life was turned upside down the night I walked in on my boyfriend with another woman.The look on his face when he saw me standing...

Steady, reliable husband and father of two small children Dave Mason, does not drive to work as usual one morning but turns the car around and drives to the coast of south west England, where by chance he begins a new life, the life he has always craved,...

Emma Parker is a 16-year-old girl living in one of only two remaining houses of what used to be a busy sawmill community in Central Louisiana. Her mother is dead and her father, the most hated man in town, is a pitiful alcoholic. Lacking in...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Within five minutes, I couldn't put this book down...' - Advanced ReaderA Reunion Haunted By The PastAs the former pupils face an unnerving reunion, each must grapple with the need to conceal an ominous secret.Amongst the shadows of an eerie...

Alice, the youngest of three Monroe sisters, still holds out hope that the uneasy relationship with her two sisters can be mended, an improbable wish since they live in different parts of the world. After her grandmother's funeral, Alice returns home to...

When Lily Ford returns to her lakeside hometown of Hideaway Bay for her grandmother's funeral, the reunion with her estranged sisters is anything but easy as old wounds surface quickly. Recently widowed and still reeling from the secrets her late husband...

“It’s like working your whole life toward something you never knew you’d even get to see. Working always on the promise that one day, if you were lucky, if you did everything right, you might.” In March 2000, Robert Henderson...

'Can't Explain' is an invaluable resource for all parents going through difficult times associated with family breakdown. It tells the story of a father's tortuous fight to win the right to retain contact with his only child after his marriage break-up...