Family life fiction Books

Atuonuo lives with her widowed mother Visuenuo in Kija, an ancient village of the Angamis. Their lives are hard—regulated by the seasons and by the ceaseless annual labours of hoeing and digging, planting and harvesting. But it is also a life of...

In 1950's Westburn, Scotland, Tim Ronsard only has a few months remaining until he leaves St. Mary's School.Bored and listless, he's anxious to get away. His life changes when a new music teacher is appointed: Isobel Clieshman, a Protestant working in a...

The first year at Chattlesbury University is coming to an end. Five students have become friends, and their lives are progressing both academically and personally.Forced to mature too soon, can Will's life ever be the same again?Crippled by personal...

Ce roman raconte comment le roi Gonzalve initie chacune des douze princesses aux plaisirs de la chair, y compris aux plaisirs saphiques, avec de splendides et audacieuses évocations du corps féminin dans ses formes les plus charmantes et ses réduits les...

Ce roman, écrit en 1917 et publié en 1919, se présente comme une parodie des rigoureux manuels d'éducation de l'époque, et est ainsi composée de conseils courts (le plus souvent une phrase ou deux) regroupés en thèmes : À la maison , Devoirs envers...

Inspiré, selon la légende, par les rapports de l'écrivain à la femme de José-Maria de Heredia et ses trois filles (dont la plus jeune, Louise, avait été mariée à Louÿs) aux mœurs réputées alors assez libres, il présente les aventures d'un jeune homme de...

... Au moment où commence notre histoire, c'était en 1842, par une ces belles matinées du mois de mai où la nature prodigue ses parfums les plus suaves, ses chants les plus gais et ses plus vives couleurs, les filles de M. de Charassin se trouvaient...

Il faut vous dire d'abord ce que je suis, car vous ne me connaissez guère. Je ne suis qu'un homme du peuple, un paysan comme vous, sans prétention au beau langage. Ce que je sais, je l'ai appris tout seul, en prenant sur mon sommeil pour étudier...

Weltreise oder Karriere? Und das mit einem Baby!Als Anna und Paul ihr erstes Kind bekommen, scheint ihr Glück perfekt.Anna wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als dass sie als Familie gemeinsam Zeit miteinander verbringen.Doch Paul bekommt ein neues...

Melissa, ein quirliges Mädchen, sucht Antworten auf ihre Fragen in der Nebenwelt. Mirabella begleitet sie durch dieses, von Licht und Farben erfüllte Mysterium. Der Mutsch, ein riesiger Baum dient dazu, den Schleier dorthin zu lichten.Mit gerade mal elf...

Ein alter, kleiner schmächtiger Kater sitzt traurig in einem Tierheim ein und trauert um sein verlorenes Heim. Unter den vielen anderen Artgenossen im Katzenhaus fühlt er sich nicht wohl. Auch seine Pfleger/innen machen sich Sorgen um ihn. Wird er noch...

Balthasar ist eine Nuss, eine Baumnuss. Nachname! Vorname: Balthasar. Er weiß, dass er keine Baumnuss im nussigen Sinne ist, aber wissen das auch die monströsen Geschöpfe, die er fast noch mehr fürchtet als den, der nicht Gott ist, sondern das...

Elisa wächst in den 60er und 70er Jahren im Herzen des Ruhrgebiets auf. Bald schon merkt sie, dass ihre Familie anders ist, als das bürgerliche Umfeld. Während ihr Vater eine verrückte Geschäftsidee nach der anderen produziert und damit die Familie...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Beziehungen und Familie, Note: 1,0, Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft in Alfter (Kindheitspädagogik), Veranstaltung: Seminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Bild der Gesellschaft von...

Nach sechzehn Jahren wagt sich Friederike Lagrange zum ersten Mal wieder aufs Parkett: Ein schwerer Autounfall hatte sie gezwungen, den Turniertanz aufzugeben. Stattdessen wurde Tanz ihr Forschungsthema und sie hat Karriere als Professorin für...

In this gripping and emotionally charged novel based on real events, readers are introduced to a young woman named Mercy, whose life has been marked by immense hardships and trauma. The story delves into the deep wounds and struggles that Mercy has...

An insane look into Aaron's life before he met Sarah Roberts in her series!Aaron Stevens's sister has gone missing.She's an adult entertainer, and the police aren't taking it too seriously, so Aaron Stevens takes the law into his own hands.As he uncovers...

Third in a series of Misadventures of a very active septuagenarian Yia Yia and her obnoxious Cock-a-Poo, Lucey. Still in the Witness Protection Program, she embarks westward under the protection of her court appointed guardian, Sarge.Facing a number of...

From the author of Please... Tell Me More comes the highly anticipated sequel! Finally, Rose has found her soulmate, Jack, and is ready to live her best happily-ever-after life. But tragedy strikes in Alaska, where Rose's brother and family live,...

A nice read for a cold, wintry night, filled with unusual characters.In this anthology of short stories you will encounter a man's greatest fear.A mist which contains something evil.You will read a scary experience as seen by a toddler (and his...

Bolder not Older - Five childhood friends reconnect after the pandemic, and find their lives haven't turned out like their social media profiles show - drama, betrayal, friendship and a group celebration of their 50th birthdays in Greek set the backdrop...

When the Little Wings Are Stronger is the coming of age story of a young girl from the southern Ozarks in Missouri during the period before and at the beginning of the United States involvement in World War II.Raised in post-depression times in a poor...

The MacLeans have suffered being thrown off their land, emigrating to the New World, surviving in the forest wilderness, and losing their father Gillan in a bizarre murder.Now, ten years later, the two youngest emigrants will split the family across an...

Verlieben Sie sich mit Savannah und Jack in Liebe voller Abenteuer. Alle Liebesromane rund um die Bradens können für sich oder als Teil der Reihe Love in Bloom - Herzen im Aufbruch gelesen werden.Nachdem ihre Beziehung zu einem...

Cougar’s Crossing“To read a book by Lillian Ross is to travel to another time and place with characters who quickly become family.Read this true-to-life novel to feel the essence of the rugged era on the Canadian prairies… raw, messy,...

Fifth in the USA-Today bestselling PACIFIC HORIZONS series!In these interconnected romantic novels, characters facing tragedy, heartbreak, and painful family secrets are drawn to the wild beauty of the natural world. Breaching whales and howling wolves...

Husbands, Incorporated Our Business is Your Pleasure. Sasha Maxwell's Husbands, Inc. Trilogy Book 1 Beautiful men.  Mind-blowing pleasure.  And perfect marriages that last only one year. Husbands, Inc., offers all...

Fourth in the USA-Today bestselling PACIFIC HORIZONS series!In these interconnected romantic novels, characters facing tragedy, heartbreak, and painful family secrets are drawn to the wild beauty of the natural world. Breaching whales and howling wolves...

“This is an extraordinary collection of stories. Debut author Kem Joy Ukwu is already a master at conveying—with admirable elegance—the small and large emotions, and the tensions, the moments of generosity, of betrayal, and of hope that...

Devastated by the loss of their spouses, Georgia and Kenny think that the best times of their lives are long over until they find each other; meanwhile Kenny's teenage stepdaughter, Zelda, and Georgia's friend's son, Spencer, fall in love at first...

Nuclear weapons were the terror of the Cold War, a thing of the past....or so the United States' government thought. When a long abandoned Russian nuclear plant is raided, a terrorist plot spanning nations threatens millions of America's citizens...

In the 1930s, the fictional town of Toad Springs, Florida, is filled with the adventures and daily whatnots of worthy, down-to-earth folk such as Flavey Stroudamore, owner of a three-legged gator named Precious who also just happens to have a birthmark...

There are fates worse than death.In his early thirties, Noah Adams writes of the turning point in his life: a long weekend spent in the company of his estranged father, Scott, a Special Forces soldier who had been gone two years. During their stay in a...

     In rural Oklahoma, near the end of World War II, seven-year-old Gracie Timmons watches her grandfather die after confronting a gang of moonshiners on their farm. Gracie has memories of her deceased mother, but only a photograph of a...

What do you do when Fate shows up in your rose bed with three-inch canines and retractable claws?Robert―not Bob!―Stevenson wakes up one morning in his Vermont home to find a Bengal tiger sitting in his rose garden. Is the tiger real? Or has the illness...

Dangerous Hilarity came about because identical twin boys were playful and mischievous. One of them thought it was funny to play practical jokes and once almost lost his own life due to one of his jokes.Follow the Jackson family as they travel across the...

Contessa and Ettore Saforo awake to a normal day in war-stricken, occupied Italy. By the end of the day, however, their house is in ruins and they must seek shelter and protection wherever they can. But the turbulent politics of 1944 refuses to let them...

The previous volume, A Shameful War, ended in 1646 with Royalists forces scattered far and wide. The town of Bovey Tracey and its inhabitants were left to continue their own battles with weather, crops, illness, and general upheaval. A Time of...

Recently bereaved Jamie is staying at a rural steading in the heart of Scotland with his actor boyfriend Alex. The sudden loss of both of Jamie's parents hangs like a shadow over the trip. In his grief, Jamie finds himself sifting through bittersweet...

Sad. Lonely. Lost.Struggling with a traumatic birth Ginny feels the sting of rejection from her newborn child who is an agonizing reminder of her loss. Her world shatters and she soon spirals into depression. But then Ryan Jones, a man with his own...

Mission to Kala (Mission terminée) is a powerful comic novel set in late colonial Cameroon. It won the Prix Sainte-Beuve in 1958. It describes the visit of a young Yaounde-educated man to a village in the interior. Jean-Marie Medza, the narrator, has...

In mid-nineteenth century India, the Sepoy Mutiny and subsequent massacre of Indian soldiers by the British led to the devastating displacement of thousands of families. Ackbar Khan, the son of a slain Sepoy, is looking for a new beginning for his young...

TWO SISTERS WHO COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT. A PERFECT HOLIDAY WITH A DEADLY OUTCOME.Helen is the older one. The good girl. A devoted doctor trying to cope with the sudden loss of her husband. Mia is the little sister. The wild one. Married to a...

Over a century after Cézanne's death his art still obsesses and enraptures.And for the characters in this multifaceted novel, the painter's work is of crucial significance.In Hong Kong, will billionaire art collector Walter and his son ever be...

There's an inner strength buried somewhere inside of you, Lizzie. When you find it, it will change your life forever. I wish with all my heart that I was going to be here to see it, but of course here lies the irony: it's only when I've gone that you'll...

Escape into a world of fresh starts, new friends and the opportunity for love...When Molly Wilson and her two children are forced to leave their old lives behind, will a small rundown shop in the middle of Payton-On-The-Water, a quiet village in the...

On a sleepy Irish island, two teenagers from different worlds collide. Dee is a mainland girl on a summer retreat. Fionn is a local fisherman's son, desperate to escape. Their connection is instant and electric, but fleeting - destined to end when summer...

Ariella Mason has the perfect life. Perfect job? Check.Perfect home? Check.Perfect fiancé? Check.None of this is by accident. Ariella is a card-carrying perfectionist.On the other side of the city lives Ariella's polar opposite. Caleb Black is an...