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A Family Secret is a fast moving novel that takes the reader from the streets of South Philly to the backroom gambling joints of Atlantic City in the early forties to the most Mafia-infested, politically corrupt city in the world Las Vegas. It is the story of two half brothers who each follow different...

Named a Best Book of 2015 by Chicago Book Review! Meet the Brunsons of Downers Grove, Illinois. Henry is the once-magical father, whose fear of aging and endangered career lead him to the nightclubs of Chicago's Viagra Triangle. His wife Julie struggles to reclaim her life with a bottle of...

Happy though married delves into marriage and family issues. Family matters are delicate and should be handled with meticulous attention lest families find themselves on the rock and thereby spelling doom to social stability. Happy though married covers the following: Types of marriages, Marriages...

A can’t-miss story of family and lies, secrets and repressed memories, set against the stunning backdrop of Nantucket. “An exceptional and poignant escape to Nantucket.” —Kathi Macias Lynette Carlisle witnessed her mother’s death twelve years ago. But her memory only speaks...

Kent Bryant, a charming, handsome, well-mannered law student had a promising future. From the first time they met, Alexis wondered why someone like Kent would condescend to talk to her. When he proposed, Alexis felt compelled to accept, thinking it would be her only chance to have a family of her...

"I wear a locket filled with my grandmother's bones." So begins Avonelle's Gift. Can a descendant reach back into her family stories and recover relatives who have been lost, forgotten, rejected or excluded? What can she discover and retrieve as she breaks through negative judgements about her family's...

“A fast-paced, entertaining summer read” (People), The Why of Things is a “keenly observed” and “richly drawn” (The New York Times) novel about a family fighting towards hope in the wake of a terrible tragedy. Since the loss of her seventeen-year-old daughter less than a year ago,...

An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from the former lead editor of the *New York TimesMotherlode* blog.** In all the writing and reporting KJ Dell'Antonia has done on families over the years, one topic keeps coming up again and again:...

Family Fireworks is about the minds and hearts of seven people from the McFaddens/Fallsworths family who live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are preparing a picnic to celebrate the Fourth of July. They plan to go to Minnehaha Park for the day and will stay to watch the fireworks there that night....

What happens when a brilliant and beautiful scientist falls in love with one of the Army’s most elite soldiers? They build a life of adventure and excitement that is never tempered by mundane family matters. The Moores and those they call family are each special in their own way, but for this fairytale...

A warm, funny, and profoundly original novel about a family dealing with disaster, from a rising literary star All it takes is a quarter to change pediatric psychiatrist Dr. Owen Lerner's life. When the coin he's feeding into a parking meter is struck by lightning, Lerner survives, except that...

When a child with autism is driven to the edge, it is by the accumulation of explosive stimuli to which he cannot otherwise respond. The edge to which he takes you, his family, is, at the time, where he lives. You are being taken, in a crisis, to his world – and it is extremely troubling. To cope...

The Winters family is in turmoil. David Winters, a prominent San Francisco Symphony musician, has suffered a life-changing injury in a car crash. His wife drops out of a delayed college education to take care of the practical aftermath and her family's traumatized state of mind. The children—ages...

The terms "mental illness” and “mental health” are often used casually, but many don’t believe mental illness is relevant to their lives. However, studies show that more people live with mental illness than heart disease, lung disease, and cancer combined.    Broken Brain,...