Beth Thatcher returns home from her first year as a schoolteacher in the mining town of Coal Valley and steps into a whole different world. Her life back among her wealthy Eastern family is a stark contrast to her primitive life in the...
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Author:Oke, JanetteSummary: - Author:Forster, GwynneSummary:
Career jounalist Marge Hairston and her three loving children, Drogan, Cassie, and Sharon, are about as close as a family can be. After her husband died, Marge was left to raise the children on her own. She persevered, while at the same...
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Author:Cunningham, SusanSummary:This collection of vignettes address senior concerns and how their adult children address those concerns. Read stories about real people and real events, and how they relate to the aging process.
- Author:Maclear, Kyo.Summary:
For readers of Crying in H Mart and Wintering, an unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love. Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies in...
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Author:PILCHER, RosamundeSummary:Set in London and Cornwall from WWII to the present day, this is the story of the Keeling family and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations.
- Author:Ward, Amanda EyreSummary:
When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who...
- Author:Harris, Denise MichelleSummary:
Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes, lots of spending money, a cool car, and a...
- Author:Friddle, MindySummary:
When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children.
- Author:Harvey, Brian J.Summary:
An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his father. After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after...
- Author:Doig, IvanSummary:
Widower Jick McCaskill, his daughter Mariah, and Mariah's ex-husband Riley take a road trip back and forth across Montana. As Jick recounts his memories of the area, Riley and Mariah fall in and out of love--and Jick unexpectedly...
- Author:Chang, VictoriaSummary:
After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. InObit, Chang writes of "the way...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a stirring novel about a woman striking out on her own after loss as her adult daughters try to find their own independent paths in life. Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently...
- Author:Mootoo, ShaniSummary:
Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents, who were raising him in Toronto, separated and his mother, Sid, vanished from his life. It was not until he was a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnected with his beloved parent, only...
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Author:Marie GingrasSummary:Paulette n'est pas «la poulette grise qui a pondu dans l'église», cette comptine que son père lui chantait pour la taquiner. Paulette n'aime pas la taquinerie et ne comprend ni l'humour ni le mensonge. Dans ce...
- Author:Ferland, FrancineSummary:
Les grands-parents d’aujourd’hui, en grande partie des « papy-boomers », ont un statut bien particulier. La relation qu’ils entretiennent avec leurs petits-enfants, avant tout basée sur de belles découvertes et de nombreux moments de...
- Author:Mistry, RohintonSummary:
From the author of the highly acclaimed A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry's eagerly anticipated novel is set in Bombay in the mid-1990s. Nariman, an ailing, elderly Parsi widower, lives with his middle-aged stepchildren and dreams of...
- Author:Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
Summary: Discovering that a local shelter is looking for temporary homes for their dogs over the Christmas holidays, Todd, a developmentally challenged young man, persuades his reluctant family to take in a special canine named...
- Author:Copeland, LoriSummary:
Several peeping tom incidents have been reported across town. With an unknown individual on the loose, and the townsfolk terrified, Stella jumps into action. Unfortunately, this time not all of the Diamond women are available to work on...
- Author:Copeland, LoriSummary:
Trouble is brewing in the sleepy hamlet of Morning Shade. Multiple chain letters are circulating throughout town, and a local resident is to blame. Little old ladies are being victimized by empty promises of vast riches and rejuvenated...
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Author:Jackson, MarniSummary:From the author of the best-selling The Mother Zone comes a comic narrative about an over-anxious mother and her 20-something over-adventurous son. Home Free is about the last secret lap of parenting: getting through your kids’ 20s and...
