Named A Most Aniticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* Buzzfeed* Essence* Bookriot* Bookbub and more! "Harris rewrites the coming-of-age story with Black girlhood at the center."--New York Times. In the vein of Jesmyn Ward...
Fathers
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Author:Harris, KaiSummary: - Author:Scottoline, LisaSummary:
Jason Bennett is a suburban dad who owns a court-reporting business, but one night, his life takes a horrific turn. He is driving his family home after his daughter’s field hockey game when a pickup truck begins tailgating them, on a...
- Author:Hrab, NaseemSummary:
A little boy spends the weekend at his dad's new apartment in this picture book about how things change when parents separate — and the important things that stay the same.
"This home is home because my dad is here, and it's... -
Author:Portis, CharlesSummary:In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado...
- Author:Pearson, KitSummary:
In 1932, after the death of their father, ten-year-old Polly and her older sister Maud must leave their home in Winnipeg and begin a new life with their grandmother on a remote island off the coast of B.C. Maud goes off to boarding...
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Author:Rosswood, EricSummary:Jam packed with parenting tips and advice to help you build confidence and become the awesome gay dad you were meant to be.
- Author:Kerr, JudithSummary:
READ BY GERALDINE MCEWAN. The classic picture book story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published more than fifty years ago. Now an award-winning animation! The...
- Author:Dolan, LianSummary:
When Washington, DC-based journalist Serena Tucker had her DNA tested on a whim a few weeks earlier, she learned she had a 50 percent genetic match with a childhood neighbor, Maggie Sweeney of Southport, Connecticut. It seems Serena...
- Author:Robinson, C. KellySummary:
Deacon Davis struggles to regain his dignity after his debilitating speech impediment provokes his forced resignation from the first African American political party. Haunted by the fact that his handicap prevents him from upholding his...
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Author:Hustvedt, SiriSummary:When Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note from an unknown woman among their dead father's papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. The Sorrows of an American tells the story of the...
- Author:Orlando, CarissaSummary:
"Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr returns to Thunder Point with an uplifting story about overcoming loss and finding unexpected love . Scott Grant has a bustling family practice in the small Oregon community of Thunder...
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Author:Smith, HeatherSummary:When the tsunami destroyed Makio's village, Makio lost his father. Sadly, he was not alone. Everyone lost someone the day the big wave came. With the villagers silenced by grief, Makio's anger at the ocean grows. Then one day his...
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Author:Choyce, Lesley, Swan, JuliaSummary:“Alistair MacLeod was the most deeply satisfied person I ever met,” writes Alexander MacLeod of his father, “and every day I miss his quiet presence in my life, his unhurried walk, his slow breathing, his certainty.” Anne Murray says...
- Author:Davies, RobertsonSummary:
The son of a wealthy industrialist enters Jungian therapy to discover why he feels that his life is at a point of crisis.
- Author:Hart, JohnSummary:
When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed façade begin to crack. Work's troubled sister, her combative girlfriend, his gold...
- Author:Yee, PaulSummary:
When her father is lost at sea during a typhoon and her family no longer has enough to eat, Yenyee travels to Vancouver as a servant, across the ocean which she feels betrayed her.
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Author:Pyper, AndrewSummary:What if you started to see the people you've known your whole life-your family-as strangers? After the death of their absentee father, Aaron and Bridge Quinlan travel to a vast rainforest property in the Pacific Northwest to hear the...
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Author:Benz, ChanelleSummary:Thirty years after the accident that killed her father, Billie James returns to the Mississippi Delta shack that was their home. But a forgotten piece of her past could put her in danger.
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Author:Yhard, Jo Ann.Summary:Thirteen-year-old Grace is grieving over her father's mysterious death, dealing with her distraught mother's erratic parenting, and evading her creepy nosy neighbour, Mr. Stuckless. She and her friends like to get away from it all by...
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