Her father has a prominent position in the government, and the family has plenty of love and laughter the military soldiers she's always known turn against those in charge, the men stop protecting her family help enact a bloody massacre that sweeps up much of the current government administration and their families

A horrific car accident with her father at the wheel changed her family forever when Shannon was very

About Racism. 06 Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is the true story of a family with twelve children, six of whom are ultimately diagnosed with schizophrenia The family descends into chaos; there is secret abuse, and there is always the dark, disturbing force mental illness were made possible because of the genetic material from and the cooperation of the Glavin family

Bea and her friends-like-family NYC network of loved ones, including her therapist Miriam, are endearing Bea and her friends-like-family NYC network of loved ones, including her therapist Miriam, are endearing

After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the family

; an emotionally barricaded, lifelong foster child’s involuntary and ongoing compulsion to sabotage familial The premise, the discovery of family, the exploration of what "family" even means--I loved all of these Driving by Starlight is a story about family, independence, gender inequality, and a youthful yearning story with a vivid Saudi Arabian setting and conflicts related to religion, friendship, gender, and family

In thinking through a tragedy that befell her family at the hands of someone they knew, Rena reflects In "Alcatraz," characters count on officially changing the erroneous facts of their family's history Race and the meanings attached to it threaten to divide their family forever.

The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark

Meanwhile she's got family issues to cope with--and she's falling for two different men.

desire, shocking truths, complications, and love, and delves into the stories of various members of the families trusts a proven-to-be-untrustworthy, aggressively unhelpful go-between to deliver an ultimatum to a family

This book is Yip-Williams's powerful farewell to her family, but it's also valuable for anyone considering This book serves as her powerful farewell to her family but also holds meaning for anyone considering

But when she awakens the next morning bracing to face the living nightmare her family has begun living Ann Liang's funny dialogue, characters' various interpersonal challenges and victories, and messy family

source of her undoing. 03 The Guncle by Steven Rowley The Guncle is full of heart and humor, quirky family , copious fun references to and one-liners from Broadway shows and musicals, various nontraditional families Mart by Michelle Zauner In her memoir Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner takes unflinching looks at her family Her story is compelling and intriguing--whether or not you're familiar with her or her indie band Japanese

With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial

only a few female doctors in 15th century China, and Yunxian is learning all she can from her beloved family well-deserved, sometimes brutal justice and the grace of redemption; and the depth of love in a chosen family

) and her spotty success with hunting is the only thing standing between her (largely insufferable) family's often-juvenile reactions to situations; and Fay-ruh's inability to set straight her obnoxious and ungrateful family

loved listening to audiobook version as his soothing voice extolled the virtues of dishes that were familiar Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes of war, but also significant attention to unspoken bonds, deep and unorthodox friendships, makeshift families The family farm in Nebraska has been foreclosed upon, his mother is gone, and his father has recently

Just you, your family, and our grand outdoors. Find your peace."

Cummins offers a fictional Mexican family’s urgent motivation, incredible fortitude, fears, failures, American Dirt characters (both sympathetic and unsympathetic), Jeanine Cummins offers one fictional family

Meanwhile, she has bigger concerns than her career--her family is in grave danger, a man from her past

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

I loved listening to his soothing voice extol the virtues of dishes that were familiar to me and many calmly list ingredients, make a few corny-but-funny jokes, poke fun at himself or other cooks in his family

overwhelming emotions, the pressures of the world around him, and his reliance on his now-wife and family

skillfully builds the pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family But the rest of his family is a well-known, entrenched, powerful bunch of moonshiners (they operate in law enforcement career and the rest of the Burroughses' relentless lawbreaking make for difficult family Panowich offers a story about a complicated family and sense of duty, with ruthless mountain gangsters

is the only time I post about books I may not have read: promising reads for particular people in my family

Griffin Sisters also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future

is the only time I post about books I may not have read: promising reads for particular people in my family

Carolina setting, the character of Sherriff Winston Barnes, and the pulsing racial, class-based, and family

Roberts's Dragon Heart Legacy series, she set up a romantic fantasy about a chosen one, a long-lost family

The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--all centered around a young woman determined

And that it's the same pattern she's experienced within her own family.

maid in love with the lady, racy scenes, angst, wonderful details of a life in service to a wealthy family and by never realizing the value of the important and continual sacrifices she willingly made for her family

Duchess is a thirteen-year-old girl trying to keep her family together. Vincent, and when Vincent reappears, he disrupts the tenuous peace and calm that Duchess and her steady family

They have no electricity, no family, and almost no connection to the outside world.

Andrew, a second son, is exiled by his family from England to Canada for voicing unpopular opinions at

Family is pitted against family; those who worship the old gods clash against those who embrace Christianity

with the implausible details but appreciated the strong female characters and the cobbled-together family toward the end, with a search and some resolution, strong female characters, and a cobbled-together family

He's hardworking and loves his family, and he isn't planning on going anywhere. But competition for his business is pinching his ability to help support his family, and some old, bad-news

Meloy is also the author of Do Not Become Alarmed , Liars and Saints , and A Family Daughter as well

make changes--then increasingly felt that doing so was imperative and beneficial for herself and her family

Rachel seems to know things about Helen's life and family that she shouldn't.

It's been years since the tragedy, and Emery is home on the island of Saiorse, running her family's business

As the story progresses, Martin mentions each of women and their families, but keeps the story relatively happening and determine how best to cope with various aspects of the virus, and this felt uncomfortably familiar

In 1774, she is a printer with a husband and family, trying to protect them and prepare for the upheaval

But Jack's mother is sick, he wants to return home to Texas, and he doesn't want his family to know he's Jack's family is lovely, and there's a subplot in which Jack and his brother Hank are furious with each

recruitment for independent prep schools, she finds herself debating whether or not she should advise families

She and her family are surrounded by a cast of mountaintop characters intent on avoiding the constraints with words and faith rather than emergency medical attention, everything begins to unravel for the family

When handsome, bestselling author Vaughn Orr stumbles into her family’s remote world, Riley senses that

But things quickly take a turn as pirates and other dangers threaten the makeshift family on the Wayfarer

Viv to glamorous Harrod's, settle Grace in a dusty old bookshop, shakes their makeshift household and family