Family Life category: 14138 books

If you live your whole life being who everyone else wants you to be, how do you know who you really are? Nineteen-year-old Aaron Rutherford is already reeling from the loss of his mother, when the unexpected revelation of a dark secret from her past changes his world forever. Forced to question everything...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery masterfully explores the definition of a modern family—blended by surprise, not by choice—and how those complicated relationships can add unexpected richness to life. “Heartwarming…this book is sweet and will appeal to readers who enjoy...

Family has to take you in, no matter how many mistakes you’ve made. At least that’s what Joanna Rutledge Reed thought. At eighteen, she left her family’s ancestral home in Charleston, South Carolina, despite promising to stay. For years, she did whatever she wanted, barely giving her...

**Nearly half a million copies sold worldwide. A New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller. In the dramatic conclusion to the Marta’s Legacy series, the beloved author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece delivers a rich and deeply moving story about the silent sorrows...

Diana's reluctant homecoming exposes the deep fissures within her family's relationships with each other. A new voice in Australian women's fiction, Jane Carter creates an insightful story about the pressures of rural living for an intergenerational family. Is there any place like home...? Twenty...

Widow Sarah Blanding is building bridges with her estranged mother and sister at a family wedding when she is charmed by wealthy Paul North. As Sarah’s feelings grow she is both awed and appalled by his affluence, andcommitted to her modest life style. Paul iswidowed with two children, Karen age twelve...

A haunting southern tale of long-buried family secrets by the New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Under Magnolia In her celebrated memoirs of life in Tuscany, Frances Mayes writes masterfully about people in a powerful and shaping place. In Swan, her first novel, she...

This fusion of novel and memoir from a bestselling British author chronicles the destructive effects of WWI on two working-class families in Nottingham.   An advocate for ordinary people, Alan Sillitoe combines family memoir with exhaustive research on military records, and fuses them with artistic...

The tragicomic tale of a dysfunctional middle-class family in postwar England from the award-winning author of Injury Time. Though the Second World War has ended, times are anything but peaceful for seventeen-year-old Alan. His father, an entrepreneur who was once able to provide the family...

**This collection bundles all four of beloved author Karen Kingsbury’s bestselling Sunrise series in a single, value-priced e-book! Enjoy this installment of the Baxter Family Drama on your favorite e-reader. #1 Sunrise (2008 Retailer’s Choice Award winner)** In preparation for their long-awaited...

A decades-spanning novel of sisterhood and family secrets from an “extraordinary writer” (Katherine V. Forrest).   Born lame, Amelia Larson lives in the house that has been in her family for generations. Now she has a decision to make: Should she honor the dying wish of her sister, Beatrice,...

A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's...

Louise Shaffer follows her beloved novels The Three Miss Margarets and The Ladies of Garrison Gardens with an unforgettable tale of poignancy, wit, and high drama. Katie Harder and Randa Jennings live on opposite coasts, have never met, and have almost nothing in common–except that they’re...

In this “surefire hit” mystery, a journalist uncovers the secrets of a prominent local family—secrets that might destroy an old friend’s life (Booklist).   Journalist and amateur sleuth Rona Parish is eager for a fresh challenge, so she begins to research the histories of several long-established...