Anniversaries of the event, her mother's book about the experience, and a community that wouldn't allow drove Arden to move and then move again, eventually changing her name to Olivia, leaving behind her mother

Mother takes one look at the swirling cloud from the kitchen stoop and declares that she will not leave Rebecca despairs at her situation, yet she is a wonderfully defiant and strong character--her mother

Toni grows up feeling like a painful afterthought to her mother's desperate efforts to advance her own Axelrod has numerous other books, so if you're in for this one you have many more offerings from her

Dodd, who has slaughtered various innocents and, Chenneville believes, requires Chenneville to exact They regarded each other silently. Something had happened, something he had not wanted to happen. these things were orbits and they heavenly bodies flung into certain trajectories to accompany each other

Her daughter cut her own hair (and bloodied her scalp), her babysitter didn't show up, and the unpaid the plot of Finlay's suspense novel--along with a bloody cloth (which she used earlier to stanch her daughter's

Untamed, she shares lessons she's learned through being true to herself, loving herself and caring for others In often very short essays, she explores living genuinely despite others' criticisms; giving herself and expressing a full gamut of emotions rather than keeping the peace; rejecting the myth of ideal mothers

O'Farrell, author of Hamnet, turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a story of a precocious third daughter

to be more layered and complicated than it first seemed; and Devlin can't seem to keep her teenage daughter girl" greeting from the recently met grown-man male detective partner to Devlin's thirteen-year-old daughter To a lesser extent, so was the daughter's telling her traumatized aunt how pretty she is (while soothingly

And which other books should I add to my food memoir to-read list? Reichl explores how one's appearance affects how others treat you--not a revolutionary concept, but I I found her teenage daughter's sections irritating, but it has to be tough to be a teenager drawn into She credits those who shaped her culinary journey: the Queen of Mold (her mother, a notorious food poisoner

Island, Notes from a Big Country, and Down Under, as well as two books about the English language, Mother

Jost begins A Very Punchable Face with a story that is really his mother's (to be fair, it's gripping But his mother's story helped Jost set the scene for his own origins and his strong Staten Island roots sketch's producer, for example, a dynamic whose implications Jost explores somewhat, and he also shares other

She frequently focuses on her obsession with Real Housewives, the Kardashians, and other reality television Her account of coping with the loss of her mother and her fears about her son's development feel more Without other options, she skulks back to her hometown in New York.

longtime friends and exes live in intimate solitude together, wondering about and worrying about their daughters

But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty 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 attention and sales, emerging with an enormous hit (and new pen name) overnight, as she would have others You might also like some of the other books with Indian settings I've reviewed on this Bossy site. 06

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, and Ron Rash's Something Rich and Strange. 01 Thunderstruck & Other scenes (the artist's exhibition, the actual on-the-spot printed and posted corrections of "fact," and others Meloy is also the author of Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter as well as the story collection Half North Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other Appalachia-set Made Straight, Burning Bright, Above the Waterfall, The Risen, The Cove, and One Foot in Eden, among others

when tragedy strikes the community (and specifically Frank's family: his minister father, artistic mother

every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and unforeseen connections to each other Code. ​6 Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben McIntyre Ursula Burton, an unassuming mother The unassuming-seeming mother and wife was actually a legendary spy who evaded capture by China, the

and willing to go to great lengths to get her smart, emotionally unavailable, critical, passionate mother

She's facing her mother’s decline in health and exploring her own identity and meaning in her life, and As always, there are references to other parts of the David Mitchell universe, and the links to other She's Hollywood royalty, and her former movie star mother lives in a home on the same compound. Kolker ​ Robert Kolker retraces the lives of Mimi and Don Glavin as they raise their ten sons and two daughters She can serve as a muse; she can inspire music and art in others; she can learn what others want or need

Arsonists' City, Hala Alyan presents a complicated situation for an extended family in which a Syrian mother clumsily come together, fighting through pain, working through misunderstanding, and forgiving each other

Her oddball mother (who Lucy desperately adores but who requires careful avoidance of certain topics lot of off-limits topics, and Lucy assiduously attempts to navigate the conversational minefield her mother Her mother notes—with what seems like wonder and some resentment—that Lucy "ruthlessly" just went and In response to her mother's comment, Lucy says: But really, the ruthlessness, I think, comes in grabbing

For my full review of this book, please see The River. 03 Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera ​ I worried But she and the other characters were developed fully. For my full review of this book, please see Call Your Daughter Home. 04 The World That We Knew by Alice The golem and heron and other ethereal elements could have been distracting, but they worked. I kept thinking about it while I was doing other things, and I just wanted to get back to Edward to find

Have you loved any other romantic comedy or lighter fiction stories lately? in real life but now can't stand each other. But in real life, Shane and Lilah detest each other. I found the family dynamic related to her mother's demands of Elsie absurd. Margot Hammer, on the other hand, is miserable.

everything about families and love and life, he had never recognized having had any romantic feelings about other open to life and experiences, idolized an openly gay senator, and who (along with his president of a mother

The characters' peering at and studying each other’s body patterns felt extremely invasive and intrusive (The father-daughter examination tradition at puberty--!

Meanwhile, Winston's wife is in cancer treatment and his daughter has just experienced a devastating

They wake up texting each other their usual taunts and challenges. 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

Casey Peabody is an aspiring writer struggling with her novel, her mother's recent death, crushing financial For much of the book Casey is unraveling--her mother has died, she's estranged from her father, her grim

McConaughey mines his decades of diaries, lived experiences, memories, and other frequently unexpected or young adult sons; McConaughey recognizes the brutality and the unorthodox approach, but as with other occurrences of ferocity he mentions (his mother's broken fingers and varied instances of his parents ' volatile relationship are other examples of this), he accepts it, finds what wisdom or understanding

novel about a family straddling cultures and in which family members to find their way back to each other In the novel The Arsonists' City, Hala Alyan presents a family in which a Syrian mother, a Lebanese father Some are notable, others comfortable, and still others are full of destruction and pain. There's a lot to unpack from Haig's (also the author of How to Stop Time and others) fascinating premise

author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, writes about three sisters who were raised by a powerful mother young women is in the middle of her own high-stakes crisis, and none of them expects to ever find the others But when they unexpectedly cross each other's paths, the world's seams split, offering a glimpse into

honesty about what Bloom perceives as her own instances of weakness and pettiness; intense kindness from others You can find my full review of In Love here. 02 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear 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

is putting a damper on things, in Malibu, California, famous model and skilled surfer Nina Riva--the daughter Nina's parents' tangled love story, Nina's youth, her famous surfer/photographer siblings' stories, and others

are orphaned siblings who must become tough as nails to make their way in the world and to boost each other journey with stories of the youth and origins of the siblings' recently deceased parents--their beloved mother

But her older sister Autumn has been emotionally closed off since their mother died and has become involved with the evolution of a love triangle; Ivy's reinforced comfort with her weight even as she notices others

Turner has also written a couple of other historical fiction books that look promising. 03 West by Carys So Cy leaves his ten-year-old daughter Bess with his sister, Bess's short-tempered aunt, although he to the land, they're connected to each other. and humans' desperate need for food and safety, the wives must face their hard feelings toward each other If others knew of it, they'd likely use it--and Lee--to their own advantage.

But when he returns home to bury his mother, magic bursts and gleams on the island--and long-held secrets

solitary young woman living in a large house outside of town, and Connell, a popular athlete whose mother She considers the fact that no one can be completely independent of others and tests out periods of fully

taken out of the country to Nightlight, a secret conversion camp for homosexual minors, because of his mother's million" versions (including a fantasy version--which I'm intrigued by--as well as one set in England and other Connor's grasp of his mother’s involvement in shipping him off seems confused to an unlikely extent. feel deeply real and intimate: the fumbling scenes with Ario, the growing affection for Marcos, the other

Much of his largely autobiographical fiction explored loss--he was haunted by losing his own mother when

But to be fair, she's emerging from a fog of trauma after her mother's death, her father has abandoned

You can click here for other mysteries I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. Emma is a marine biologist who's devoted to her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby. protagonist Molly finds a hotel guest dead in his room, and her access to the room, her eccentric manner, and other's that Molly's unique set of idiosyncrasies might allow for too-easy deception, and also that seeing others capable of extricating herself from suspicion by using the very same personal qualities that have led others

Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's Emmie Blue) the Hedgehog books by Jessica Redland books by Rachel Hauck Trish Doller's Float Plan and other What other lighter fiction authors or books do you love? She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents Click here for my reviews of Lauren's books The Unhoneymooners, In a Holidaze, Love and Other Words,

Eason In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a puzzling murder and other strange occurrences that threaten their 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 She takes us through falling in love with her first husband Jay Molner, having their two daughters while

parents want her to marry and settle down (something Viv has no interest in), Grace heads to her deceased mother's

In The Once and Future Witches, Harrow writes about three sisters raised by a powerful mother who refused a young woman in the midst of her own high-stakes crisis, and none of them expects to ever find the others But when the long-lost sisters do unexpectedly cross each other's paths at last, the world's seams split I was especially taken with the sisters' complicated relationships with each other in The Once and Future

so many fascinating big-deal issues--like feeling a greater purpose, facing a deep responsibility to other Which other books should I add to my science fiction to-read list? Her other selves seem uncannily apt to die, so Cara is able to visit 372 other Earths where her counterparts together the various bits of knowledge and savviness she's gained through tracing the steps of her many other His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to

beginning of Arudpragasam's A Passage North, twentysomething Krishan has moved home to live with his mother

But when she meets Rachel, a single mother-to-be in her prenatal class, Helen begins to feel unsettled

Nessa's husband has died, and her twin daughters have left for college.