The story of a man, whose wife and daughters refuse to accept the fact that he is dying.
Mothers and daughters
- Author:Smiley, JaneSummary:
- Author:Taylor, RebeccaSummary:
When I was twelve, my mother disappeared. I was the first person to never find her. I'm sixteen now and she has never been found, alive or dead. I'm not the girl I should have been. When Charlotte Stevens, bright but failing, is sent to...
- Author:Simmons, KristenSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller has perfected the art of keeping a low profile in a future society in which Moral Statutes have replaced the Bill of Rights and offenses carry stiff penalties, but when Chase, the only boy she has ever...
- Author:KEYES, MarianSummary:
Anna Walsh returns to her family in Dublin to recuperate from a debilitating and disfiguring accident. Her family tries to bolster her spirits, while her husband in New York is mysteriously missing.
- Author:Oke, JanetteSummary:
When she learns that her husband is missing in action during World War II, a desperate young wife decides to give up their baby daughter for adoption. By the time she learns that her husband is still alive, the infant belongs to a...
- Author:McDaniel, LurleneSummary:
A cynical teenager discovers that angels appear in the most unexpected places when sixteen-year-old Leah is hospitalized during the holiday season and meets a large, warm, and loving Amish family.
- Author:Woods, SherrylSummary:
Heather Reed thought she was making the right choice when she decided to raise her daughter, Angel, on her own. But five years later, Heather realizes she needs help. Her career as an actress is faltering and Angel's more than she...
- Author:Marlatt, Daphne, Crosbie, LynnSummary:
A classic of Canadian literature, here is the A List edition of Daphne Marlatt’s utterly original novel about rescuing a forgotten woman from obscurity. Featuring a new introduced by celebrated author Lynn Crosbie. Ana Historic is the...
- Author:Davis, JaneSummary:
Mother and daughter: the most precious bond in the world. At six years old, Belinda Brabbage has amassed a wealth of wisdom and secret worries. She knows all the best hiding places in her Worlds End flat, how to zap monsters with her...
- Author:Shofner, CorabelSummary:
Twelve-year-old Ruby Clyde Henderson's life turns upside down the day her mother's boyfriend holds up a convenience store and her mother is wrongly jailed for assisting with the crime.
- Author:Bauer, JoanSummary:
Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness. They move to Chicago to make a fresh start, but when Sugar's mother has a serious breakdown, Sugar and her beloved dog are...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine Weatherly and her mother, Eugenia, return to their Virginia plantation, but their once-grand home has lost its lustre. Jo's father and brother are dead, and the war has left her...
- Author:Yoerg, Sonja IngridSummary:
Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto shop, and laughs when her husband slow dances her across the kitchen floor. Her tragic childhood might...
- Author:Wynne-Jones, TimSummary:
It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's...
- Author:Hill, ErnestSummary:
One morning, Felicia is startled to see police at the house of her long-ago lover, Luther. When she learns that Luther's wife and young son have been murdered in their home, she refuses to accept the police's contention that...
- Author:Lee, MirandaSummary:
When theatrical entrepreneur Nicolas Dupre receives a request to return to Rocky Creek Australia, the past he thought he'd left behind comes rushing back, including his first love Serena, who has a secret that may change his life...
- Author:Ziefert, HarrietSummary:
Even though there is no money, Anna's mother finds a way to make Anna a badly needed winter coat. UEB Braille Grade 2 8 Braille .dxb and .brf files Simbraille PDF file.
- Author:Anthony, JoëlleSummary:
This can’t be good! Suddenly Suze’s mom wants back into her life, and her teacher wants her to “try harder”?! As if middle school wasn’t hard enough, Suze Tamaki's life gets turned upside down when her mother reappears after a ten-year...
- Author:Pearson, KitSummary:
When Patricia's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia doesn't want to go. She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new...
- Author:Jackson, JoshilynSummary:
Every fifteen years, trouble comes after the three Slocumb women. Now, as the youngest turns fifteen, she's desperate to know who used their yard as a makeshift cemetery, and why. The unlikely matriarch, forty-five-year-old Ginny, doesn...