Family life fiction Books

When Julia Gideon is widowed during the Second World War with five children to look after, she is left to manage Westover House with insufficient means for its upkeep. Urged by her solicitor brother to downsize and turn the family home into flats, she...

It is the summer of 1892 and fifteen-year-old Tilly Pound has come to Linden Rise - the holiday cottage of the genteel but dysfunctional Culverton family - to work as a housemaid. She starts as just another member of 'the help' but, as the years pass and...

Frost at Morning is the heart-breaking story of four young children who, deserted by their parents, have been sent off to a vicarage that takes in children as paying guests.There's Philip, a sensitive boy whose father has remarried and gained a more...

Weatherley Parade is the compelling saga of the lives and loves of the Weatherley family, spanning the years 1902 to 1940. The story begins with Arthur Weatherley returning - tired and broken - from the Boer War to his wife and three children, and closes...

A lively Rock and Roll lakeside dance hall, two local bars, and a quaint church serve as the meeting places for the people living in this old rural community, trying to figure out their lives in the simpler times of the 1940's, 1950's, and coming of age...

Set in Eastern Kentucky a few years after the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud, The Devil's Back appeals to a variety of readers. Romantics will find its May-December love story irresistible. Thrill-seekers will delight in its depiction of a daring steamboat...

Virginius Littlepage is a lawyer working in Queensborough, Canada. Dejected and tired of life, he finds little solace in his family affairs and turns his attentions to his secretary, Milly Burden, in a last-ditch attempt to inject some spice in to his...

This early work by Ellen Glasgow is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It is a fictional story of two sisters and their trials and tribulations in love and life. This is a fascinating work and it eventually became a Hollywood movie...

Moving between the past and the present, The Girl Who Just Appeared is a tender and touching story.

The Balance of Comfort V1: Or The Old Maid and Married Woman, A Novel (1817) is a work of fiction written by Ross, Mrs. The novel explores the lives of two women, an old maid and a married woman, and their different experiences of life. The story is set...

The Money Lender V1 is a novel written by Catherine Grace F. Gore and originally published in 1843. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Agnes, who is forced to turn to a money lender to pay off her debts. The money lender, Mr...

Wrecked? A Novel is a literary work written by William Osborn Stoddard and published in 1883. The book revolves around the story of a young man named Jack Hazard who embarks on a sea voyage with his friend, Bob, in search of adventure and fortune...

""Woodruff or Sweetest When Crushed: A Tale"" is a novel written by Agnes Veitch and published in 1863. The story revolves around a young woman named Woodruff, who is described as being sweet and innocent. However, she is forced to endure various...

Wives and Widows: Or The Broken Life is a novel written by Ann Sophia Stephens and published in 1869. The story follows the lives of two women, Marion and Elsie, who are married to brothers. Marion is happily married to her husband, but her life takes a...

""The Yellow Bag: A Drama"" is a play written by James Ernest Caldwell and published in 1907. The story revolves around a young woman named Marie, who is engaged to a wealthy man named John. However, she is also in love with a poor artist named Jack...

The Wronged Wife: Or The Heart Of Hate is a novel written by Septimus R. Urban in 1870. The story revolves around the protagonist, a woman named Ethel, who is married to a man named Edward. Ethel loves her husband dearly, but she soon discovers that he...

The Woman With One Hand: And Mr. Ely�������s Engagement is a novel written by Richard Marsh and originally published in 1899. The story follows the life of a woman named Laura, who has only one hand due to a childhood accident. Despite her disability,...

The Trials of Rachel Charlcote: A Village Story is a novel written by Mary Theresa Vidal and first published in 1864. The story is set in a small village in England and revolves around the life of Rachel Charlcote, a young woman who faces many challenges...

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a classic novel written by Acton Bell (a pseudonym for Anne Bronte) and published in 1859. The story is set in the mid-19th century and follows the life of a young widow named Helen Graham, who moves to Wildfell Hall with...

The Temptation of Wealth: Or The Heir by Primogeniture is a novel written by Swedish author Emilie Flygare Carlen in 1846. The story revolves around a young man named Gustaf who is the heir to a wealthy estate. Gustaf is torn between his desire for...

The Sundering Flood V2 is a novel by William Morris, first published in 1914. It is the second volume of a two-part series that tells the story of a young couple, Osberne and Elfhild, who live in a world where the gods and goddesses of Norse mythology...

The Sisters is a novel written by Lydia Wakeman and originally published in 1823. The story revolves around two sisters, Emily and Louisa, who are raised in a wealthy family but have very different personalities. Emily is reserved and intellectual, while...

The Soldier's Orphans is a novel written by Ann Sophia Stephens and first published in 1866. The story follows the lives of two young siblings, Kate and Harry, who become orphaned when their father, a soldier in the Union Army, dies in battle during the...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Servant Girl Question is a novel written by Harriet Prescott Spofford and published in 1881. The book is set in the late 19th century and explores the lives of young women who work as domestic servants in New England. The novel centers around the...

The Ross-Shire Buffs is a historical fiction novel written by James Grant and published in 1877. The story is set in the early 19th century and follows the adventures of a group of soldiers from the Ross-Shire Buffs regiment, who are sent to fight in the...

As a teenager, Sarah Ross excels academically and athletically. She loves horse riding and competing in school sports, but her involvement in these activities is limited by her family's strict religious beliefs. As a young woman in the 1950s, Sarah's...

She's a liar. She's a stalker. She's in your house.When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it's like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been ten years since Claire last saw...

Rosa Taylor is celebrating her fiftieth birthday with champagne. By the river. On her own.After finishing her six-year long affair with her boss, Rosa is desperate to avoid him in the workplace and determined to forge a new life for herself.Harry Kennedy...

When Victor Kane left the States to start a new life in Australia, he was desperate to rid the memory of his evil and sadistic father. The land down under offered an appealing, prosperous future for the 24-year-old New Yorker.Working on an island just...

Five petticoats, in a row . . . Under the pretense of 'all is well', Papa secretly wondered how he would support his wife, five daughters, and pay for a governess he couldn't afford, but desperately needed. There were good times and hard times; such...

"A haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale. A feast for the senses." --Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of First FrostWith echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful...

"Uphill' is the final book in the Don Walker series. This story looks in on the lives of the principal characters some thirty years after the second book (Grab an Egg and Shave It). Don struggles with depression and significant health issues...

For lovers of "Gone Girl" take a trip to Otherwhere . . .Joelle Lawton wishes for a simpler life . . . a life where her husband doesn't cheat, her children don't resent her, and her career doesn't pose veiled threats. She wishes she could get past the...

Jaxson Duvall, bass player for the band Maiden Voyage wasn't born into wealth or fame.He achieved it with hard work and a need to prove himself. To whom, well, that is the million-dollar question right there. When his foolish antics threaten to bankrupt...

Family and Divorce Mediation is a comprehensive guide that equips readers with essential insights and practical tools to navigate the complex world of family disputes and divorce proceedings. In the first section, readers will gain a thorough...

We've all fantasized about dating our favorite boy band member and for one young divorced woman, that teenage dream comes true-but is falling in love with the "bad boy" whose posters lined her bedroom walls and now needs her to redeem his reputation...

Eigentlich sollte sich Robert auf die letzte Prüfung konzentrieren, denn sein Studienabschluss hängt davon ab. Doch ein Traum, indem sein verstorbener Großvater ihm eine Botschaft übermittelt, lässt ihn nicht mehr los. Er sucht eine Therapeutin auf. Aber...

Der junge Noah bewirbt sich erfolgreich in Bern bei einem bekannten Schweizer Unternehmen der Lebensmittelindustrie. Er gibt seine feste Anstellung in München auf und wagt einen Neuanfang in einem fremden Land. Er lernt die Schweizer Lebens- und...

Diese autobiografische Erzählung beschreibt anschaulich eine Kindheit in den 1950er Jahren mitten in Kiel. Aus seiner Kindheitserinnerung und aus den vielen Familienerzählungen hat der Autor seine Intuition für diese Erzählung abgeleitet, um so die...

Ein Obdachloser trifft auf zwei kleine Hunde, die ihm das Leben erklären? Lennart hat verlernt, mit Menschen zu sprechen. Unrechtshaft in der ehemaligen DDR, Scheinerschießungen und traumatische Erlebnisse hinterließen ihre Spuren. Seine große Liebe Mia...