Family life fiction Books

Mordecai Goldman is a man born of chaos.His life changes when Simmy, his little brother, comes home with a knife stuck in his shoulder.After turbulent years in a Christian high school in Poland and his military service, Mordecai finds himself manning a...

After Sydney Grey returns to her quaint hometown of Stoney Creek and begins renovations on her childhood farm, she discovers a set of journals written by her mother.Presumed to have abandoned her family 20 years ago, a long-hidden secret about her mother...

Ivy Fields might be alive, but life in Crescent Hills is still anything but boring.Newlywed Audrey realizes married life isn't everything it's cracked up to be, and whether her marriage to Sawyer lasts remains to be seen. Marcia is moving on with her...

نحن لا نصنع الأفكار، بل نمضغها ونلوكها مرات ومرات، نجترها، تقذف بنا إلى الشواطيء البعيدة، ثم تنسحب بهدوء أو بصخب ،وتعاود الرجوع، تماما كموج البحر، هناك الصخور كما هناك الأصداف واللآليء النادرة الوجود،نصنع الفكرة والفكرة تصنعنا، ولكننا في الأغلب الأعم...

«... Je suis reçue au brevet supérieur, avec félicitations. En dépit de la lourde chaleur d’orage, j’étais plus légère en sortant de la Préfecture, et c’est d’un pas...

«... – En ce cas, vous resterez quelque temps à Pelcoat ?– C’est probable. Je me contenterai de courts séjours à Paris. Ainsi, mademoiselle, j’espère avoir le très grand plaisir de vous...

«... Lady Isabel dut attendre quinze jours avant de connaître Magali Daultey. La petite fille se trouva en proie à une fièvre violente, et Mlle Nouey, qui la soigna avec un infatigable dévouement, craignit un moment pour...

Mein erstes MalI have a dreamDer verspielte, mutige Parson Russell Terrier "AUS DEM SIEBENGEBIRGE ASTERIX" hat einen Traum. Er möchte eine kleine Familie gründen. Am liebsten mit seiner ersten großen Liebe SIMBA, seiner Nachbarhündin. Simba ist eine...

Im Jahre 1886 nimmt sich in einem kleinen Dorf in Mecklenburg Marie Ebert auf dem Hof, den ihre Familie seit Generationen bewirtschaftet, in dem roten Häuschen, indem die Schweine gehalten werden, das Leben. Zuvor hat sie dort ihr Tagebuch versteckt.Über...

In Nord-Schleswig begann Friedrich Degenhart sein wechselvolles Leben, von christlicher Erziehung geprägt. Die unausweichliche Goldschmiedelehre wurde im Alter von siebzehn Jahren abrupt durch den Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges abgebrochen. Eine Art...

Wie es sich anfühlt, wenn man als Ehepartner "Sturzverlassen" wird, kann nur jemand nachempfinden, dem es ebenso erging. Für alle anderen ist es eine unterhaltsame Geschichte, auf welche Art eine Ehe zu Bruch gehen kann. Zu erfahren, dass der Partner 31...

Der Titel beschreibt das Leben von Ida und Emil Stingel, ein Leben wie es hin und wieder erzählt wird, ein Leben, wie es hin und wieder gelebt wird.Zwischen Ritualen und Alltag, Krankheit und Liebe, Leben und Tod, blüht ein kleines Pflänzchen, dass sich...

Wer hat nicht schon einmal vom eigenen Haus am Meer geträumt? Andreas und Marita Zingler haben diesen Traum verwirklicht und sich ein Ferienhaus in der Bretagne gekauft, in einem noch weitgehend unentdeckten kleinen Ferienort, nur ein paar Schritte von...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften allgemein, Note: 2,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die nachfolgende Hausarbeit befasst sich mit einer Analyse der Bildungsbeteiligung von Frauen in Deutschland...

"L'Assommoir" d'Émile Zola, publié en 1877, est un tour de force littéraire qui plonge le lecteur au cœur des ruelles sordides et des bas-fonds de Paris pendant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. Ce roman naturaliste, faisant partie de la série "Les...

Napoli 1647: l'ambiziosa figlia di patrizi Mirella Scandore è fidanzata con un nipote del viceré spagnolo, quando il popolo di Napoli insorge contro la sua dominazione.Napoli elegge il duca di Lorena, Enrico di Guisa, a suo nuovo doge. Mirella impara a...

En liten flicka väntar på att hennes mamma ska hämta henne vid vattnet vid Lake Ontario. Hon sa att hon skulle komma strax, men solen går ner och det börjar bli mörkt. Var är detta barns mamma? Har det hänt något som hindrar henne från att komma tillbaka?

Shadow Family is the story of a birth mother, an adoptive mother, and their struggles with life's pitfalls. Their son, after searching diligently for his birth mother, brings them together in the end. Told in these three voices, it is a story of...

Descubre una emotiva historia de amor, sacrificio y redención en El Duelo del Adiós. ¿Podrá la inquebrantable determinación de una madre salvar a su hija de la autodestrucción antes de que se acabe el tiempo?En medio de un diagnóstico fatídico, Tess...

In a secluded cabin deep within the woods, an ominous stranger is about to change the lives of six unsuspecting teenagers forever ...When Owen ventures outside and mysteriously vanishes, Jackson and Aiden set out to find him. As night descends and the...

There is no greater gift than friendship.For the first time in fifty years, Lynette Howe's financial struggles are behind her. Her wildly prosperous online boutique is now someone else's headache. It wasn't hard to bid farewell to the fast-paced...

Leo Malone. Running from his past. Running into trouble. In Martinique, Leo Malone meets Taylor Hoffman, a young man who could be his identical twin. Whey they run afoul of a local gangster, Taylor is murdered and Leo assumes his identity to sneak...

Although both time and origin separate them, this story is of lives that fate and circumstance have tied to Pakistan. Aasiya slips away from watchful eyes to meet her lover at a teashop in the same city her grandparents, Suraiya and Iqbal, once moved to...

It is summer of 2001, and renowned American painter Orla Castleberry is in Naples, Italy, as part of a project to call attention to human trafficking perpetrated by the Camorra, a notorious criminal organization. With the help of friends in unusual...

Thirteen-year-old Brian has been unexpectedly uprooted from his home and planted in northern Wisconsin for the summer. Surrounded by beavers, thunderstorms, walleye, forests, a rippling lake, and his tenacious little Granny Jane, nothing can prepare...

Over a century of bad blood. A woman worth fighting for. And a past that refuses to let go.Hunter:I returned to the Florida Keys to face my demons- to rebuild both my life and my shattered relationship with my brother. I'm starting my security business...

Vera Bitter is dead, but her secrets have yet to be buried.After the tragic death of Bridget's parents, her grandmother took her in. Vera Bitter raised her from behind a closed door-cold and uncaring from the moment she arrived at Bitter House. After...

A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction, Maggie's Ruse is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. According to an Eric Hoffer Awards judge, Anne Leigh Parrish delivers "astute insight, big characters, a snappy...

Between February and November is a story that delves into the messy uncertainty of a long-term marriage. It takes place in a modern-day lakeside town in Vermont. That February morning started out like any other; Layla Ranker got her kids ready for school...

Sometimes to find your future, you have to face the past...The death of a childhood friend while under Jefferson Parker's counsel fills him with doubts about his calling as a minister.  Convinced he's incapable of helping anyone, he still...

This collection of 21 stories is organized into five sections, each with from one to six stories loosely focused on a particular place/time and set of characters. The Blue Heron Lake stories follow a community of Latino workers who eventually attempt to...

When a fun-loving American nanny turns a millionaire British single dad’s world upside down, it’s inevitable life is going to get complicated.Taking a break from screenwriting in New York City, Londyn Bellerose takes a nannying job in...

Can anyone identify a perfect spouse? Is there such a person? You'll know the truth after you read The Perfect Spouse.Jason is the protagonist of the story, but the book is primarily about The Perfect Spouse and their plans for other people. Jason...

Part-memoir, part-fiction, James & Elle is a delicate mosaic of vignettes reflecting a deeply personal perspective and the complications of having-and supporting-a loved one with PTSD.Two siblings are unravelling their past and uncovering hidden...

When a group of North London writers meet each month for a chat, coffee, and cake - what else is on their agenda? Constructive criticism? New Ideas? An exciting project? And maybe, more than one prospective romance...?Eavesdrop on the monthly meetings of...

What secrets is this seaside town hiding? Izzy's world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She's forced to come home from abroad, back to the small village she worked so hard to escape and a past she wanted to forget...

Sometime around now an unnamed virus has laid London and its people to waste. No one knows what the government is doing or where they are. 'Cleaners' raid homes; neighbours spy, animals are feral, old people are saying goodbye on the ends of phones about...

Looking out over the twinkling city lights of Florence, Claire thinks of the letter that has brought her here. Written by a woman who escaped the Blitz, it holds a secret kept for a lifetime... but can Claire make the woman's dying wish come true?Claire...

Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members!When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it's not the 'good life' she'd imagined, as three hours of digging barely yields a...

I straighten the apron wrapped around my waist and swipe the key card in the guest room door. As I place the cleaning bucket by my feet, I see the woman lying unmoving on the plush carpet, her eyes frozen.Each morning, I arrive at the luxury Cedarwood...

The past catches up with a mobster who has tried to go clean.When the head of an organized crime gang who had become a respectable businessman is found dead by shotgun in his home, the police force know it can't be suicide.Barry Dancer was a man of many...

SHE INVITED HIM IN, NOW SHE CAN'T GET HIM OUT . . .Donna is so ready to start her new life. But the nightmare has only just begun.Donna's had enough of her dead-end job in Chicago, her unhappy family life, and total lack of boyfriend. Then her...

I thought we would be safe here. But I was wrong... My son Clark and I live in a beautiful cabin outside a rural town, somewhere nobody will find us. I could not have found a more perfect place to start over, shielded by the trees and far away from...

We were all at the party. Which of us wanted her dead? As the smoke from the bonfire spirals into the night sky and the cool drinks slip down our throats, none of us can take our eyes off Lacey. She dances in the dunes, her long golden hair damp...

Turning off the winding coastal road and seeing the old farmhouse surrounded by cranberry vines ahead, Lily's breath catches in her throat. It's just how she remembers it. But pushing open the wooden front door for the first time in decades, it's clear...

I gave them my baby... but can I trust them? Giving away my child is the hardest decision I have ever had to make. But when I move into the Thorpes' stunning home so they can support me through the pregnancy, it seems like they are everything I...

This is the third book in 'The Old Gatehouse' series. It follows the fortunes and day-to-day lives of the Barnes family as it moves between Caiston Estate and Fenland. Set in the early nineteen-twenties, it begins as Anthony embraces life as a chorister...

He is everything to me.But nothing to everyone else.-----From the day his brother was born, M.B. knew he had to protect him.He would have done anything for Barrett: forgone his own needs, position himself in the line of fire, run away with him to start...