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when some climate criminals are assassinated in public show of retaliation for their crimes, Emi's mother Kristina goes missing, and Emi fears that her mother played a role in the deaths.

Scottoline is the author of Eternal and 31 other mysteries. Glendy Vanderah Riley lives on her cousins’ Wisconsin farm, where she’s grown up since the death of her mother Can they learn to trust each other and face the past in order to move forward? Christmas tree lit up, her first bite of pizza, the dizzying sights and sounds of this "free" city, and others When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared, the family's security and future may be

father (who abandoned her years earlier so that she was raised by her emotionally distant, critical mother Other delightful, convenient, unsurprising, and fun developments: Breen comes into windfalls of wealth She discovers emerging and astonishingly powerful magical abilities connecting her to others and to animals Breen's best friend Marco and mother figure Sally are irresistibly warm characters. The point of view starts periodically shifting about halfway through the book from Breen to other characters

Conley's book explores a mother's emotional struggle to care for her wild teenage sons and to cope in Mother Jill is left to take care of her teen sons--they're so wild she thinks of them as "the wolves" marriage, and her own persistent, often unmet need to forge an identity separate from that of wife and mother

four-year-old brother, and she's learned to make light of everything from cracks about her full figure to her mother's The family farm in Nebraska has been foreclosed upon, his mother is gone, and his father has recently A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious Angry, confused, and filled with dread, Robin drags her daughter Haley back to Four Points in hopes of

But when Charlotte's divorced father and Lily's single mother begin dating, a nightmare takes shape:

Here's a greedy reading question: What other historical fiction mysteries should I read? For my full review of this book, please see A Curious Beginning. 04 The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate The Clockmaker's Daughter took a little page time to start moving along for me, but I loved Kate Morton dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would have allowed it, but as it is, she's stuck working off her mother's

Millie and Reginald Thompson make what feels like an impossible choice: to send their eleven-year-old daughter Her ties to the Gregorys fade in some ways and strengthen and transform her world in others. like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II or other

intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark in a world run by men, as the only daughter She takes us through falling in love with Jay Molner, having their two daughters, and losing Jay to advanced work friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness with Diane Sawyer and others

Her bitter mother has just had another baby, and her various other siblings are fighting for resources Her home life is hectic, hardscrabble, and emotionally cold, but she has never known life to be any other She has plenty to eat, useful work to do, she learns to love books, she finds laughter. Instead, Gus and a few other Earthlings are pulled in by a small group of traitorous Vanguards--and tasked joy-filled, energetic orbit--and into her loving family, which includes her volatile and no-nonsense mother

Dad worked for the local paper mill alongside countless other immigrants, and the family had a steady Father Bob, their mother's brother, tried to be the ballast the family needed. Then Monica's mother became inspired after the tragic death of John F.

as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after her father's death and mother's Sometimes in a dual-timeline story I feel far more invested in one story or the other. You might like my Bossy reviews of other spy stories; you can find them here.

ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young daughter alongside her strong-willed mother. rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let the others But Happiness Falls is primarily a story about a family finally understanding each other and going to

If you like books about magic, here are two other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists you might enjoy When the long-lost sisters do unexpectedly cross each other's paths again at last, the world's seams She's a witch who has sworn off magic; she fled her powerful mother and coven, but they didn't want to There are instances of trickery related to lineage and other similar surprises. Circe, daughter of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, is an odd child.

victims without wrongdoers was at the base of the whole American problem, the lie that supported all the others The danger hugged her mother and shook her father’s hand. Just Say What They Want" focuses on an artist and the many people he has wronged (all of whom but his daughter person she feels she must care for, at which point she tries on another identity by taking advantage of others scenes (the artist's exhibition, the actual on-the-spot printed and posted corrections of "fact," and others

You can also search by category under the Bossy Book Reviews menu to find other historical fiction books delving into the all-consuming obsessions the desperate young Alva likely had with appearances and others With powerful looks at the widespread nineteenth-century prejudice against the Irish and other immigrant Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West and the upcoming The Fire and the Ore. 05 Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird Bird's Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen is based on the story

You can click here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. In Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers to the brutal the other's history or personal motivations. They begin to forge a stronger bond (despite how irritating they each find the other), but there's no His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to

She's a witch who has sworn off magic; she fled her powerful mother and coven, but they didn't want to There are instances of trickery as related to lineage and other similar surprises. Whenever characters believe other people are unequivocally good or evil, just know: they're about to Because our main protagonist is hiding from her mother and the coven, who desire to use Lou to further

A mother who runs out on you? A brother who sells you like chattel and a father too busy to care? The other girls at school only know that Maddalena draws them into her orbit, and everyone wants to be Then Maddalena hatches a plan in which each of them might help the other achieve her ambitious dream.

The golem and heron and other ethereal elements could have been distracting, but they worked to add a I was fascinated by the two points of view (mother and daughter) and the two time periods (World War In terms of illustrating women's bravery during the war, this book is unlike the others on this list. and compromises, and she is fearful of Trudy's potential reaction to the heartbreaking truths of her mother's What others might you include on this list?

buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter Groff is also the author of Fates and Furies, Matrix, The Monsters of Templeton, and other novels.

thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in and trained for service after the death of her beloved mother mystery takes a back seat in the book to Maisie's explorations of human motivations, her interest in others

The old ways and new ways push against each other, as do the Finn, Lapp, Sámi, Swedish, and Russian influences thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in and trained after the death of her beloved mother

Man; her brother Nana's athletic obsession, his injury, and his subsequent drug addiction; and her mother's Her various traumas have caused her to lock herself off from most other people, and she has long used When Gifty's mother comes to visit and falls into a depression, unable to get out of bed or even eat,

Her bitter mother has just had another baby, and her various other siblings are fighting for resources She has plenty to eat, useful work to do, she learns to love books, she finds laughter. Ash is struggling with her own imperfections as a mother, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night. She's the primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; she pays the bills; her mother

When that happens, people act this way and say other things. But when the shop owner, Clay Cooper, who owns several other local businesses, is a town council member She has a difficult relationship with her stepfather and her mother, who loves Charlie deeply but manipulates others in order to get by.

Jen married young and is about to become a mother, while Riley is poised to become one of the first Black , yet the women have been through difficult and joyful times, and they still care deeply about each other of view while trying not to favor either one; and the personal conflicts they experienced with each other

Her youngest daughter died in an unthinkable accident, and for Molly, making her way through each day So she walks away--from her distant husband, her always-furious oldest daughter, her absent middle son Wendy Walker has written multiple other books, including All Is Not Forgotten and Emma in the Night.

Then Iris spies a storefront familiar from one of her mother's old photos, a gelato store...where she Iris may be able to help--if only she could also figure out the store's connection to her mother's past

She's a photographer with mixed feelings about the idea of becoming a mother, and when she finds that I loved the way the main-protagonist photographer viewed others around her and pieced together what felt

Others I've enjoyed during the past year include: The Dead Romantics, Something Wilder, Weather Girl, August needs to put some distance between her mother and herself, and if her mom has taught her anything But when she returns to the lake for Sam Florek's mother's funeral, she's swept back into the connection But Jack's mother is sick, he wants to return home to Texas, and he doesn't want his family to know he's got a stalker and be worried while they're focused on his mother's health.

has been dealt a difficult hand in life, and watching her struggle to make her way and connect with others Her youngest daughter died in an unthinkable accident, and for Molly, making her way through each day So she walks away--from her distant husband, her always-furious oldest daughter, her absent middle son Some of the structure of having one character hold such emotional power over the other was frustrating Rebecca despairs at her situation, yet she is a wonderfully defiant and strong character--her mother

After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes On the other hand, wasn't that the very definition of life? Garmus's characters test themselves and others, shy away from connection, dive into love, question the

Asuka's relationship with her mother was strained before her departure, and her family had suffered earlier Now her mother's involvement in an environmental renegade group on Earth leads some of Asuka's crewmates

I can see them all now, truths and lies, all lying one atop the other...the Gravely brothers...Eden, and have better prospects than Opal herself has had since the loss and disappearance of their single mother

He's running whiskey to juke joints, brothels, and other seedy spots in his 1940 Ford, driving fast, grandmother, a healer with strong opinions about Rory's love interest, a snake-handling preacher's daughter

This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family parents want her to marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), Grace heads to her deceased mother's

of bided time, resistance, tragedy, abuse, resolve, and heartbreak, and Kidd grounds Handful in her mother's Handful and her mother are gifted seamstresses, somewhat more valuable than others on the plantation of her longtime ineptitude and inability to achieve any change in her own household for herself or others her fears of public speaking, it feels fitting that she does so in order to excoriate those enslaving others Sue Monk Kidd has also written other books, like The Secret Life of Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The

Her young daughter is missing, and Ella is in limbo, desperately hoping she hears news soon. Life centers around three characters, their unlikely connections, and their growing importance to each other

After Annie by Anna Quindlen In Anna Quindlen's upcoming novel After Annie, the sudden death of a young mother Some choose not to look into their boxes at all, while others use the knowledge of their short strings

Her mother has died, and her father and friends have moved from Calcutta to Hrishipur, a booming city property in Hrishipur comes into play in various ways, as poor workers toil on the construction while other

Ollie's attempts to make sense of things after his father Rich's death from cancer; it follows his mother heartbreaking to witness various family members' attempts to do what they think is best for themselves and for others

Every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother.

A mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late at night peers out the window to see him--he is stories of Keegan's acclaimed debut, Antarctica, a young wife leaves town to experience being with a man other from his father on his graduation day; and a couple endures the deepest grief as one implodes and the other

They're from other times. To read about other books I've reviewed that play with time, check out this link. Now his sister Amanda, a young adult who learned of Dennis while researching her birth mother, is trying

joy-filled, energetic orbit--and into her loving family, which includes her volatile and no-nonsense mother bonds and reconsider their places in the world when they make choices that separate them from each other

That is, until the cutthroat commanding general--who also happens to be Violet's mother--pushes her to Other characters aren't what they first seem, and while the initial enemies-to-maybe-lovers setup of It makes sense that Yarros is the author of a romance series, Flight & Glory, as well as other romance this is a book about dragons, and I am typically all in on a book about dragons (see the link below to other You might also like these other books I've read and reviewed about dragons.

Wrong Number, and other books I haven't yet read. 02 The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown In Gareth Brown's book, and soon a rumpled Scottish man, Drummond Fox, appears, with knowledge of The Book of Doors and other She is, herself, an adoptive mother who believes in the process--and she has a complicated past that

Her mother Star is old friends with Walk and Vincent, and when Vincent reappears, the tenuous peace and She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents a solitary young woman in a cold, neglectful, abusive family, and Connell, a popular athlete whose mother Connell's bond and the roots of their relationship aren't straightforward or simple, but their draw to each other

That is the whole premise of this life, of this time we have with each other. Ash is struggling with her own imperfections as a mother, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out the premise that a strong middle-aged woman can find moments of sexual satisfaction with a range of others