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minimum-wage earners and their inability to make ends meet--and, in this story, their deep bonding to each other The story ends with some satisfying resolutions, but other characters' lives remain suitably complicated Vuong is also the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous , Night Sky with Exit Wounds , Time Is a Mother , and other books.

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother In Rebecca Serle's One Italian Summer, Katy is reeling after the death of her beloved mother, who was She is determined to take the trip to Italy she and her mother had optimistically planned during her She's falling in love with the piece of Italy that helped shape her beloved mother into who she was. I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.

young Meg, who suffers cruelty in an orphanage after the disappearance and abandonment of her beloved mother , The Rom-Commers, Hello Stranger, What You Wish For, Things You Save in a Fire, The Bodyguard, and other

Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre in the region, and she'd prefer to literally Ali Hazelwood is also the author of Love, Theoretically and other books.

in real life but now can't stand each other. long-distance while Harriet pursues her residency and Win, a furniture repair person, helps his sick mother Then Iris spies a storefront familiar from one of her deceased mother's old photos, a gelato store... Iris may be able to help--if only she could also figure out the store's connection to her mother's past I found the family dynamic related to her mother's demands of Elsie absurd.

Denny lives a quiet life in small-town Minnesota, caring for his elderly mother with the companionship For some other novels featuring neurodivergent characters, please check out the Bossy books at this link

her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying single-mother You might also want to check out these other Bossy reviews of books about astronauts  and space .

His oldest daughter died, and the grief destroyed his marriage. So he simply packs them into the car, enlists his grown daughter to babysit, and hits the road.

But as they catch up on each other's careers and personal lives, explore, eat, drink, and celebrate, friends and ex-spouses, live in intimate solitude together, wondering about and worrying about their daughters , each other, themselves, and the world. Lucy's creation of an imaginary, supportive mother and her loving responses to and comfort for Lucy in Her father has a prominent position in the government, and the family has plenty of love and laughter

Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions I was fascinated by Pylväinen's explorations of how the old ways and new ways pushed against each other prominent figures, and circumstances within San Francisco for women, artists, people of color, and others The family's singing is romanticized, but Maria reveals that one daughter had extreme anxiety about performing as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after her father's death and mother's

Her mother dedicated her life to searching for her own brother, who disappeared decades ago, and enlisted daughter August in her obsessive research and in her driven questioning of even the most tangentially Some of the twists at the end felt implausible, but others wrapped up frustrating revelations in satisfying Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late

Young Dave Win, the son of a Burmese father he never met and a devoted, kind seamstress mother, attends He dodges unwelcome attentions, begins to love to act in plays, and explores his feelings about other Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.”

El-Arifi's Cleopatra offers a picture of a feminist, cutthroat, passionate, dedicated woman who is a mother Other Books to Check Out Saara El-Arifi is also the author of Faebound and The Final Strife .

Jane doesn't remember living in the Bay area, where her mother died. Janelle Brown is also the author of Pretty Things and other novels.

into pages of interviews and information detailing the young, naive choir member she was then, the daughter Notes on a Silencing is a memoir in which Crawford, now a wife and mother, faces the challenges of asserting The stories of Immanuelle's mother Miriam all have one thing in common: her defiance of the Prophet. a set of curses that threaten to destroy all of Bethel--unless Immanuelle can use the clues in her mother's

Odessa is the oldest daughter of a king, but she has always felt like a placeholder; her father has always More Books Like This I'm iffy on "romantasy," but for other books I've read along these lines, please

Gould grew up in Australia the daughter of a paramedic, and she follows in her father's footsteps, training

, Maine, and an interconnected group of neighbors, friends, spouses, and acquaintances support each other , sometimes struggle, and intersect with each other's lives. He and his wife Bridget, daughter of the wealthiest family in town, welcomed their new baby earlier than

logistics and the bullheaded man who ignored the coming flood and endangered the lives of countless others His devoted daughter is determined to stick by him, and the family's servants stay in order to keep an eye on the daughter. efforts are aimed at rescuing a bullheaded man who comes off as maddeningly foolish, while multiple others

01 Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young Daniella Mestyanek Young grew up the daughter of high-ranking Her mother was forced to marry the cult's leader when she was thirteen and worked as secretary for "The

Sue Trinder is a teenage orphan, the daughter of a hanged murderess who tries to live up to her fearless mother's bravery and strength. largely sheltered from the evils of the underbelly of Victorian London by her unofficial, doting adoptive mother It's not always clear if Eleanor has telekinetic abilities, if she is noticing events others aren't tuned Behind a door without a key--a door that is sometimes locked and other times mysteriously not--a "silent

Some aspects are resolved, while others are left in a limbo that feels appropriate in its uncertainties young cousin's preventable death has obsessively focused on learning about, combating, and teaching others She's somewhat of a loner, part of a beloved family, and a merchant's daughter, but she's plainly dressed But when the king personally arrives at her workshop, desperate for help with his sole surviving daughter Odessa is the oldest daughter of a king, but she has always felt like a placeholder; her father has always

proxy, lies, betrayals, and double-crossing, all within a claustrophobic, isolated, and codependent mother-and-daughter

together as a family; and Don't Look for Me, Wendy Walker's suspenseful, character-driven novel about a mother 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

Along with their ill, bedridden mother, young-adult sisters Sam and Elena struggle to get by on an island Their mother is failing, the bear is beginning to destroy their home, Elena is increasingly convinced

begin to be systematically assassinated in public shows of retaliation for their past crimes, Emi's mother Kristina goes missing, and Emi fears that her mother is in danger.

But when the king personally arrives at her workshop, desperate for help with his sole surviving daughter Kingfisher is also the author of many other novels.

This is a departure from many of my other Greedy Reading Lists: witchy books, young adult favorites, Other books on my to-read list that loosely fit within this category include: If you like memoirs, you with a potentially dangerous man in the vulnerable middle of nowhere, and her struggle to protect her daughter Yet there is no other way to live.” Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her

James is secretly teaching other enslaved people to read; sneaking to delve into the library of books book begins, James's escape is imperative--he hears that he is about to be sold, and that his wife and daughter Percival Everett is also the author of Erasure , Assumption , Wounded , The Trees , and other books.

largely feel like stereotypes when the story begins, but as they become more open and honest with each other Sue Trinder is a teenage orphan, the daughter of a hanged murderess who tries to live up to her fearless mother's bravery and strength. largely sheltered from the evils of the underbelly of Victorian London by her unofficial, doting adoptive mother

his best buddies, or how he might manage a sticky situation that involves his best girl or his pseudo-daughter While I don't think you must read the other books in the series before this one, I do think readers would You might also be interested in my Bossy reviews of other Tana French novels .

But Greta's beloved mother passed away recently, and the couples' trip to Alaska that her mother had But why any of this, when she is clearly happy and is not struggling--and when his soul mate, Greta's mother And why on earth did Greta's beatified, beloved mother put up with him and adore him? There are allusions within Greta's memories to her mother's "you don't know him like I know him" attitude drinking) on the cruise, and she uses alcohol to connect with her new beau, to dull the pain of her mother's

her future would end with her locked in chains in a casket, an essential, dark end used to benefit others Young Cordelia is becoming aware of her mother's significant power and reach, and she is terrified senseless She is made to be magically "obedient" to her mother, and as such she is incapable of warning others about how dangerous her sorceress of a mother is--and how extensive and dastardly her plans are for those Stonewater Kingdom series, The Knight and the Moth , considers Sybil Delling ("Six") and a group of five other

Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy Denny lives a quiet life in small-town Minnesota, caring for his elderly mother own sometimes dark writing, she is disgusted by the rest of her cohort--childish women who call each other

with a potentially dangerous man in the vulnerable middle of nowhere, and her struggle to protect her daughter Yet there is no other way to live.” create well-earned breaks; and his funny but often dark humor. 06 Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Bowler, a young mother and divinity professor coping with long-term stage IV colon cancer, shares her

Chapters are preceded by tips from Anne of France to her daughter (from Lessons for My Daughter ) urging

Dead by Mai Nguyen Cleo and her best friend since childhood, Paloma, live down the street from each other happily bring their new son home, whlie Cleo and Ethan find themselves in a nightmare of grief: their daughter

valuable, mysterious piece of technology on another planet, she banks on her wiliness and speed to beat other Seventeen-year-old Charlie, the twins, his father Noah, and his mother Lorelei, an AI leader, are all

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 mentioned in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories Set in the American West. 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 also search by category under the Bossy Book Reviews menu to find other historical fiction books

Now he lives life as a regular guy; he works in IT, he’s happily married, and he has a beloved daughter When he begins to have memory loss and other odd symptoms, he realizes it’s linked to his past time travel have to break all the rules of time travel to attempt the impossible: preserve the existence of his daughter Rebecca Serle is also the author of One Italian Summer and other novels. 04 The Ten Thousand Doors    Harrow is also the author of the wonderful The Once and Future Witches , Starling House , and other books

But unbeknownst to the other citizens in Purity, Maine, the town has drawn multiple  former intelligence her beloved young niece the sky and serves as a second parent alongside her sometimes-trying single-mother You might also want to check out these other Bossy reviews of books about astronauts and space . 03

resolution was based on a communication fail--a setup I usually detest, because: just talk to each other We track back through time to witness Wren's younger years, then farther back to understand Wren's mother's youth and the way her mother's mutation and diagnosis shaped her life and that of Wren. Lewis's transformation stirs up difficult memories and complex emotions surrounding Wren's mother's change Others keep sighting Freddie, and Laura herself feels that he is near.

Anna Gracia's debut, young adult fiction about a wonderful young protagonist navigating sexuality, others Millie and Reginald Thompson make what feels like an impossible choice: to send their eleven-year-old daughter Despite the unrelenting pressure and sky-high expectations from June Chu's Taiwanese mother, June has Her explorations threaten to destroy her relationship with her mother even past the world-war-level disagreements Margot Hammer, on the other hand, is miserable.

In Run for the Hills , Mad and her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's have built around their father pale in importance when compared to the unexpected gift of finding each other

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia Temminnick constantly tests her mother's patience, as she's more apt to occupy

journalist who in her personal life is trying to come to terms with the fact that her father and her mother Kira Peikoff is also the author of No Time to Die, Living Proof, Die Again Tomorrow, and Mother Knows

While characters struggle to make ends meet, support each other, and avoid giving in to the least generous And their mother Christine is strong-willed and a force within the family, yet she has barely extricated protagonist, despite the novel's title, yet he is central to the story in that his presence pushes others

alley in a gritty artists' area of 1990s Chicago, and they're immediately and powerfully drawn to each other But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves. Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre in the region, and she'd prefer to literally Ali Hazelwood is also the author of Love, Theoretically and other books.

Other books with Australian settings that I've been hooked by include Jess Kidd's The Night Ship; Christina Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper, The Lake House, The Clockmaker's Daughter His father's out of the picture, his mother's in jail, his stepfather is gone, and his best friend and in bloodshed, and one brother makes justifications for his actions and feels no remorse, while the other Cam had been bothered by something before he died unexpectedly in the Australian outback desert, but

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story out as a gloriously unapologetic competitor, an emotionally closed off romantic partner, a dedicated daughter I'll be curious to hear if others without this particular interest are as engaged with this prominent More than anything, the heart of this book is the poignant father-daughter relationship between Carrie Carrie and her father love each other, but sharing their intense tennis goals and communicating primarily