Family Life category: 14138 books

“Murphy artfully connects multiple narratives to produce a sprawling tale of love, family, duty, war, and displacement. It is above all a stinging indictment of the ill-fated war in Iraq and the heavy tolls it continues to exact on its people.”—Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner The...

A hardworking and loving family in Poland is uprooted and separated by World War II. The mother and her four children are able to reach the United States prior to Hitlers invasion of Poland. The father and youngest son choose to remain in Poland so that the boy can finish his college education and...

‘Oh my, I have to admit I sobbed reading this book, it broke my heart. I went and gave my sixteen-year-old daughter a huge hug and told her I loved her always... a heartbreaking story. I loved it though even through the tears’ NetGalley Reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I remember...

A family saga of discovery and loss. Rachel, an exhausted junior doctor, who grew up in the Falklands and came to the UK for her sixth form and university education, takes time out in Cornwall to search for the father she never knew. She makes a gruesome discovery in a Pillbox on the cliffs....

Karen is bright, vivacious and highly verbal. Too verbal. She finds certain topics fascinating, and goes on and on and on. She remains on the fringe, looking at other adolescents having fun together and wondering if she could ever be a part of the group. Karen has Asperger's Syndrome. Who best...

From the author of the bestselling “Away From Here: A Young Adult Novel”, comes another semi-autobiographical novel about three generations of family, and the bond forged in the struggle to break the grip of mental illness. A story for everyone—filled with fictionalized events from the author’s...

Discover the family saga that German language readers embraced back in 2002. Hanna Street is a perfect slice of Americana, celebrating small town life during one of the most popular and colorful eras in U.S. history. DK Raymer's debut novel was optioned for film in 2001. The project was abandoned...

A Thing Devoted chronicles two years in the life of a Christian family devastated by adultery and divorce. Three, adopted, multi-racial children, struggle with the question of God’s seeming indifference to their pain. Ten year old Abster, a tiny spy in the house of loss and confusion, keeps a daily...

Like his three siblings, 32-year-old Alfredo “Freddy Flowers” Falconi has led two lives: the idyllic one before “The Incident”—his mother’s 1984 death—and the complicated one afterward. He was just eight-years-old when his father abandoned the family, and nine when his oldest brother,...

A family vacation dredges up a boatload of trouble in the next witty, insightful novel from the acclaimed author of The Intermission. "An irresistible drama filled with humor and heart-tugging emotion about family and what it means to belong. I absolutely adore Friedland's warm, witty writing!"—Emily...

Look for Robyn’s new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life—order your copy today! **They’ve been best friends since seventh grade. But this summer, teetering on the threshold of thirty, four women are going to need each other more...

Lucy Silchester keeps receiving this strange appointment card and sweeping its gold embossed envelope under the rug. Literally. She busies herself with a job she doesn't like, helping out friends, fixing her car, feeding her cat, and devoting her time to her family’s dramas. But Lucy is about to...

**Instant USA Today bestseller! “Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin “Meet our bookish millennial heroine—a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman’s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative,...

True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah's most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal,...