Laura Bryce has lived in the small east Tennessee community such a short time that she still feels like an outsider. But when there is violence on the Underhill farm, the sheriff calls on her to represent the church. He will handle the...
Families
- Author:McCrumb, SharynSummary:
- Author:Cates, Skylar M.Summary:
A Work in The Guy Series Anthony Carrino loves his big, gregarious Italian-American family, even if his sisters are interfering, and his dad, the local sheriff, knows everything going on in town. He’s happy as a middle school guidance...
- Author:Cassidy, Sara, Chua, CharleneSummary:
Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope. When his...
- Author:Graham, BethSummary:
- Author:Heneghan, JamesSummary:
Abandoned in a department store as a baby, thirteen-year-old Tom Mullen has been shuffled from one rotten foster home to another his entire life. When he hears rumors that a mass grave has been unearthed on his school grounds, he finds...
- Author:Roy, ArundhatiSummary:
Two twins in Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, fashion a childhood for themselves in the shade of the wreck that is their family. When their English cousin and her mother arrive for a visit, the twins learn that things can...
- Author:Estes, KelliSummary:
Inara Erickson discovers a relic of the past in her family's estate, and with it, a shameful secret that could destroy her family. She faces a terrible choice: bring dishonor to her family, or dishonor the memory of Mei Lien, lone...
- Author:Riley, LucindaSummary:
Presents the emotionally affecting tale of a young woman, Grania, who flees heartbreak in New York for her family home on the coast of Ireland. Wandering along a cliff edge in the middle of a storm, Grania meets Aurora, a girl fated to...
- Author:Fladmark, C.R.Summary:
Junya’s grandfather is a billionaire who keeps the secret to his success hidden in a heavily guarded safe.His mother is a martial artist who wields a razor-sharp katana—and seems to read his mind. And a mysterious girl in a Japanese...
- Author:Bellows, Melina GerosaSummary:
There are 80.5 million women of all ages answering to the moniker "Mom," according to the U.S. Census Bureau. After writing The Fun Book for Couples, which incidentally was the bestselling Valentine's Day book for two of the nation's...
- Author:Lamprell, MarkSummary:
A funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.Michael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the...
- Author:Thomson, Donna, Saul, John RalstonSummary:
A riveting and redemptive family memoir, The Four Walls of My Freedom is Donna Thomson’s account of raising a son with cerebral palsy and a passionate appeal to change the way we think about “the good life.”Donna Thomson’s life was...
- Author:Galsworthy, JohnSummary:
The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
At age 4, Thursday chooses her own name. At age 6, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: at the same time that Thursday's mother...
- Author:Bhat, ShashiSummary:
- Author:Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Preacher, Smoke, and Matt Jensen are reunited in a clash of cultures and a brutal all-out fight for justice.
- Author:Wilson, KevinSummary:
Their children called it mischief.
Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist’s work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children....
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
By day, the Duncans are an upstanding family who run a thriving car dealership in Queens. By night, they live a dangerous secret life.
- Author:Humphreys, HelenSummary:
Resigned to living out the Second World War in a German POW camp, James Hunter, an English officer, begins studying a pair of redstarts near the camp. His interest in the birds captures the attention of the Kommandant and gives James...
- Author:Sally ItoSummary:
During the Second World War, approximately 4,000 Japanese-Canadians were "repatriated" to Japan. Among those Canadians sent back were members of author and poet Sally Ito's family. As a Japanese Canadian child growing up...