When her daughter is convicted of negligent homicide and goes to prison, Mavis is forced to raise her granddaughter, who is the result of her husband's betrayal.
Grandparent and child
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Author:Flowers, CatherineSummary: -
Author:Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:Pastor George Landris and his one true love Johnnie Mae have faced many obstacles on their journey to the altar, and now they are finally about to be married. But when Landris is planning the wedding, his fiancée gets wrapped up in the...
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Author:Olsen, SylviaSummary:Joey is a happy Nuu-chah-nulth boy, eager to help and quick to see the bright side of things. But when he loses his beloved grandmother, the sun goes out in his world. Fortunately, she has left something of herself behind--a song, which...
- Author:Stratton, AllanSummary:
When her parents want to put Granny in a home, Zoe decides now is the time to break free. She smuggles Granny out and together they hit the tracks on a cross-country trip to find Zoe's long-lost uncle.
- Author:Reid, IainSummary:
Selected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013. In The Truth about Luck, Iain Reid, author of the highly popular coming-of-age memoir One Bird's Choice, accompanies his grandmother on a five-day vacation — which turns out to be a "staycation...
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Author:Van Dyken, RachelSummary:Margot McCleery could have lived her whole life without seeing Bentley Wellington again--her ex-best friend and the poster boy for hot, rich manwhores everywhere. But Margot's whiskey-augmented grandmother "buys" Bentley at a charity...
- Author:Joe, YolandaSummary:
Terri Mills' star is on the rise. A smart and ambitious lawyer engaged to a successful man, she has escaped her small-town roots and hopes to never look back. But then her man is unfaithful. Grandma Ollie knows something is wrong...
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Author:Martin, C. K. KellySummary:Naomi is in Dublin, Ireland, visiting her grandparents as her thirteenth birthday approaches. Adult residents of Ireland have begun losing their memories as the result of a virus that has hit the country, causing many to wander the...
- Author:Feutl, RitaSummary:
Janey doesn't want to spend the summer away from her friends in Toronto - and certainly not in Edmonton with the grandmother she hardly knows. But her parents will be away - her mother in Turkey designing housing for earthquake victims...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
Finn is furious when his parents take off on another scientific mission to the other side of the world, and he has to stay with his grandmother on her farm. Not only are the kids at school less than welcoming, he also has to deal with...
- Author:Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Spoiled teens Crystal and Sahara get sent to live with their grandmother, Ma Ray, for a summer without cell phones, Internet, or boys. Upset their summer is ruined, the girls attempt to rebel against their grandmother's strict...
- Author:Hamill, PeteSummary:
Haunted by the horrors ofWorldWar I, Dr. James Delaney's personal life is a nightmare. But everything changes when he returns home one day to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep.
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Author:Bouchard, DavidSummary:Nokum Is My Teacher is the poetic story of a young aboriginal boy, posing questions to his grandmother, his "Nokum", about the wider world beyond the familiarity of their home and community. Through a series of questions, Nokum guides...
- Author:Bishop, Mary HarelkinSummary:
Andrea and her brother travel back to the most dangerous part of her grandfather's past, in Chicago.
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Author:Byers, MarcellaSummary:Mitsy and Marty Mouse Visit Grandpa shares a powerful and vivid lesson about caring for the needs and feelings of others. As two fun little mice visit their grandfather, they learn the importance of compassion and the value of family...
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Author:Slipperjack, RubySummary:A young Ojibway girl, struggling over the fact that her father has died, spends summers in the bush with her grandmother and finds her own identity and voice.
Eleven-year-old Ray feels like a misfit at school and in her family....
- Author:Portella Bricka, Patricia, Marc-Antoine, ZouékiSummary:
Les gens du Sud n’aiment pas la pluie présente une fresque de la survivance en temps de guerre. Carmen, le personnage central du roman est une femme simple, ballotée par l’Histoire. Une vie pleine de mystères, d’injustices et de misères...
- Author:Thomas, RosieSummary:
Une grandiose histoire d’amour, de perte et de pardon. L’arrivée de Ruby, une adolescente troublée, provoque un tourbillon dans la maison d’Iris Black, sa grand-mère de 82 ans. Fuyant la relation tendue qu’elle entretient avec sa mère,...
- Author:McFarlane, Sheryl, Redhead, Leslie, Gould, HeatherSummary:
This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as...
- Author:Grant, VickiSummary:
After a big fight with his wife, Rupert's grandfather, known to everyone as Gump, packs up and moves into Gentle Breezes Nudist Community for Active Seniors. Thirteen-year-old Rupert is sent in to talk some sense into him. While he...
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