Ruthie Swain, the bedridden daughter of a dead poet, tries to find her father through stories -- and through generations of family history in County Clare.
Fathers and daughters
- Author:Williams, NiallSummary:
- Author:Allen, Tina AlexisSummary:
Tina Alexis Allen grew up in 1980s suburban Maryland in a house ruled by her stern father, Sir John, an imposing, British-born authoritarian who had been knighted by the Pope. When Sir John discovered Tina was attracted to women, he too...
- Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:
A family car trip across Canada brings Megan and her dad face to face with how sad and happy growing up can be.
- Author:Force, MarieSummary:
Isabella Coleman wasn't looking for love when she attended her cousin Wade's wedding in Boston, but she hadn't counted on the bride's father, Cabot Lodge. He's older, wiser and one of the most handsome, charming...
- Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:
Getting to know your father after sixteen years of estrangement doesn't happen on one road trip. But as Tal spends more time with Julian and his family, she begins to untangle her parents' secret past, and discovers a part of herself...
- Author:Johnson, Janet SumnerSummary:
Shailey loves bedtime, especially reading with her dad. But her dad starts a new job, and it gets in the way of their bedtime routine. So Shailey takes action! She fires her dad, posts a Help Wanted sign, and starts interviews...
- Author:Ventrella, KimSummary:
Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for...
- Author:ANDREWS, VirginiaSummary:
Heaven's mother Angel had died in childbirth, and from that moment her father turned against her. Her only allies, it seemed, were her four half-brothers and sisters. When their father, poor and desperate, sold them to strangers,...
- Author:Rotenberg, RobertSummary:
In the latest thrilling crime novel from bestselling author Robert Rotenberg, Homicide Detective Ari Greene discovers the bludgeoned body of Toronto's most reviled developer behind his controversial new construction site. When...
- Author:Knox, MichaelSummary:
A heartbroken derelict. An abruptly idealistic executive. A father trying to reconnect with his daughters. Three men inhabiting the same neighbourhood with completely divergent lives come together in a collision that will leave each of...
- Author:Walls, JeannetteSummary:
"A rollicking tale." - The Washington Post *"Propulsive." -Associated Press * "Wild, smart, energetic." - Los Angeles Times * "Brilliant and effervescent." -NPR From the #1 bestselling author of...
- Author:Cherry, Matthew A.Summary:
Zuri's hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it's beautiful. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. But he loves his Zuri, and he'll do anything...
- Author:Ah-Sen, Jean MarcSummary:
The secret world of Mauritian street-gangs is not for the faint of heart. Fraught with peril and mischief, its inner workings are a mystery to the daughter of one of its most valued members: Serge, the Grand Menteur. A liar of...
- Author:Weiner, JenniferSummary:
For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Annette Goode has finally found a man who loves her. But at a pre-wedding ceremony, her ugly past is revealed, and her world falls apart. When she reunites with her childhood sweetheart, it seems like everything might be fine--until her...
- Author:Lee, HarperSummary:
"Originally written in the mid-1950s, "Go Set a Watchman" was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before "To Kill a Mockingbird". Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. "Go Set a...
- Author:King, A. S.Summary:
Glory's mother's suicide has Glory wondering if she will do the same - until a transformative night when she experiences an astonishing new power and encounters a terrifying future. She records everything she sees, hoping her...
- Author:Kadarusman, MichelleSummary:
A 14-year-old girl living in the Jakarta slums who longs to be a writer sees an opportunity to raise money for school fees when she survives a minibus accident and the locals begin saying she has magical good luck. But when the crowd...
- Author:Allison, JenniferSummary:
During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective...
- Author:Kloss, BarbaraSummary:
A young girl travels to a new world in search of her missing father, only to find that she's being hunted by an evil sorcerer. Daria Jones didn't expect she'd have to chase her missing father through a portal into another, magical world...