island off the coast of South Carolina and offers lots of heart, interactive ghosts, and friends like family The friendships that are forged into a sort of family were lovely.

the record straight, he'll have to stay the course, be brave, and uncover painful secrets about his family's

I was intrigued by the structure and by the peeks behind the curtains of a wealthy family and one woman's of those with money and power to manipulate the truth into pure fiction is chilling--and chillingly familiar

he makes up for with the desire to learn more about the forces that may have long ago destroyed his family

01 Wolvers by Taylor Brown Trace Temple is a disillusioned, angry young man whose family lost its ranch

Jack Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, In this sliding-doors story, the three paths diverge dramatically, and the whole family's destiny is brother deeply resents his presence; and conflicts and complicated dynamics underscore friendships, family

Books I'm Reading Now I took a break from posting (and everyday life) last week to spend time with family

Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most But when Monica's father dies suddenly, Monica and her three sisters begin to drift, and the family seems When We Were the Kennedys is a memoir about grieving deeply, leaning on family and community in a crisis Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence Hour by Sara Donati In The Gilded Hour, Donati shapes a historical fiction story about an eccentric family

James Willoughby is a na ï ve young medical student whose family fortunes have taken a negative turn,

A chance encounter blossomed into a glorious connection and a pact to meet up one year later at her family sudden death, unplanned pregnancy, substance abuse--and also the complicated joy of having friends like family Ann Liang's funny dialogue, characters' various interpersonal challenges and victories, and messy family Oh, and Florence's family runs the local mortuary business.

Espach leans into the concept of chosen family, a favorite of mine, and offers up second chances with

together to a tropical island for his sister's wedding, pretending to be soulmates, and fooling West's family

the book we learn more about these "abilities" and their role in the greater history of Cleopatra's family

Zamora's memoir of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United States without family at age nine desperate thirst and hunger; brushes with death; the hollowing, youthful loneliness of being away from family

Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside

In Getting Naked , the author dives into aging, menopause, family, relationships, insecurities, and rewriting

The man, who reveals that he was called Good Stab by his family and friends, appears mysteriously in

Alice's career as a photographer really began the summer she spent with her grandmother Nan at family

As a child, Misery was given up by her family and community as collateral to keep the peace.

What with working at her family restaurant and managing the Graham situation, Junie already has enough boy-girl best-friend pairings and was intrigued by the complications of an infant sibling and newly mixed family

an unlikely cast of characters, all murder suspects, into a heartwarming friendship that feels like family truth-telling inspires an unlikely group of friends to form a special bond that's more like that of a family

York City apartment is burgled, and at that time, all of her tenuous physical links to her past and family

Jack Troy and his oldest daughter Ronnie are coping with complicated family dynamics in their drafty, Sybil Van Antwerp has written letters her whole life--letters to dear friends and family, letters of brother deeply resents his presence; and conflicts and complicated dynamics underscore friendships, family explores alternate life paths for a set of characters, each set into motion by the name bestowed upon the family's In this sliding-doors story, the three paths diverge dramatically, and the whole family's destiny is

Sylvie Pelletier leaves her family's mountain cabin to work for the affluent Padgetts, who own the marble-mining is quickly shocked by the excesses she sees--and by the sometimes stark disconnect between what the family With her own family's livelihood--and the local industry--in the Padgetts' hands, tensions threaten to

, Jason Bennett is a suburban dad whose life takes a horrific turn when his car is hijacked–and his family They advise the family to enter witness protection immediately in order to save their lives. When bestselling author Vaughn Orr stumbles into her family’s remote world, Riley senses that he’s hiding But when Qian Wang and her family arrive in the United States, her parents go from professors to sweatshop When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared, the family's security and future may be

lavish estate, her adopted son Camden is determined to reject his sizeable inheritance, the McTavish family Ruby's past begin to surface, and Camden is forced to face questions about inheritance, legacy, and family

Mungo, Shuggie Bain author Douglas Stuart's most recent literary fiction about a working-class Glasgow family Shuggie Bain, which won the 2020 Booker Prize, Douglas Stuart offers the story of a working-class Glasgow family She was thrilled to travel to Japan to meet her father and the rest of her royal family for the first quickly realized that being a princess involved responsibility, political maneuvering, and mysterious family dating her gorgeous bodyguard boyfriend, living with her beloved dog, and having figured out the royal family

But her family's noble expectations are that she marry well and have babies.

Shared reminders of their new but unflinching, unquestioning faith help drive Tamar Loader, her family But due to family deaths and illnesses, she's desperate for stability, and she knows that her younger ("The majority of Mormons who immigrated to America came from factory-working families.... Mormonism shone before these desperate families as a real hope for a good life.")

Lisa Jewell is also the author of The Family Upstairs , None of This Is True , and other books.

pregnancy conditions and tasked with a goal of seven births, all so that the company's executives can build families

Brown's five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family Family secrets and conflicts come to a head as The Gods of Howl Mountain reaches a dark, brooding, beautiful Carolina setting, the character of Sheriff Winston Barnes, and the pulsing racial, class-based, and family The two had eloped just months after meeting, which led to Jacob's being disowned by his wealthy family But the familiar echoes of a story like "baby Jessica in the well," the media frenzy, and the public's

But I love a found-family story.

rural hometown to Oxford to beg her socialite, newly married sister for financial assistance for the family

Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe's exhaustive and infuriating nonfiction account of the Sackler family Radden Keefe I'm listening to Patrick Radden Keefe's fascinating, exhaustive history of the Sackler family dramas, multiple marriages, handshake deals, amassing of vast wealth, and the ruthless promotion of the family's The family distanced themselves publicly from the pharmaceutical giant they ran, Purdue--as well as from

In Ann Patchett's novel Tom Lake, Lara's three young-adult daughters reunite at the family's Northern Covid-19 has struck, and the family is experiencing more togetherness than they ever thought they'd have an unlikely cast of characters, all murder suspects, into a heartwarming friendship that feels like family truth-telling inspires an unlikely group of friends to form a special bond that's more like that of a family

Mark Sullivan explores a gripping, detailed, life-and-death period in the life of an ethnically German family In The Last Green Valley, Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky, tells a tale of a family's and survive, Emil Martel makes a haunting deal in order to keep his beloved wife, sons, and extended family Sullivan doesn't flinch from the difficulties this family undergoes, but I had faith that he would give Sullivan built this historical fiction around the true story of an ethnically German family running from

centered around Nora, an impulsive, hot-tempered, strong woman fighting for a hardscrabble life for her family the Australian outback at the end of the 19th century, Only Killers and Thieves centers around one family reluctantly ends up agreeing to transport a young, recently rescued Kiowa captive 400 miles to her extended family

Cushla is a young teacher (who also fills in at the family pub) living through growing violence outside The bear does ultimately shift everything for their family, and the story is brutal in its climax, yet After Annie , the abrupt death of the titular young mother--which occurs in the kitchen in front of the family

Clarke, published under the pseudonym Evelyn Clarke); I'm reading Jennifer Niven's story about the family

haunting, and intriguing, and the resolutions to the significant dangers at hand required the messy found-family And the found-family element is a favorite of mine; Kingfisher builds this aspect poignantly, messily But the shrouded girls, who have bonded over the years like family, begin to disappear, and Sybil doubts

revealed details of treachery, politics, relationships, and past and present elements, none of which I was familiar books, Maggie's entering into the fictional world she is obsessed with, the ragtag pack of friends-like-family

science fiction in Iron Widow, and Susan Conley's slim, powerful novel Landslide, about a modern Maine family born to a white mother and Cherokee father, and life in rural Breathed, Ohio, is tough for her and her family McDaniel was inspired to write Betty by generations of her own family's stories. 2021 title). 03 Landslide by Susan Conley Susan Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a modern family love they need--while navigating so much herself and as she desperately tries to protect her precious family

John Chenneville as he travels the country seeking vengeance for the brutal murder of his sister and family Now he's on a quest for revenge for the brutal, senseless murder of his sister and her family.

The split between the largely blue-collar area and the privileged Van Lear family is shown to be stark

fairy tale of a story that takes place within a small Russian village and centers around an extended family with Cold, Wintry Settings to Read by the Fire . 03 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Miryem comes from a family So Miryem sets herself the task of collecting the debts owed to her family, earning her the reputation

Bono explores his faith, family, loyalty, inspiration, and important activism efforts. He is a family man and fiercely loyal to his bandmates and friends.

Susan Conley's novel Landslide offers a portrait of a family in a remote fishing village in Maine after She does all of this in the frequently unforgiving Maine climate on the isolating island where the family Underlying all of the family's stresses is the grim, haunting specter of the imploding fishing business These not only complicate Jill and Kit's finances, but threaten Kit's identity and shake the family's

Cure for Being Human. 03 This Shining Life by Harriet Kline Kline's poignant, lovely book explores a family's joy-filled partner; and it tracks the grief and the resulting shifts within their close-knit extended family It's heartbreaking to witness various family members' attempts to do what they think is best for themselves joy and reflection, an irresistible young protagonist, and a wonderful array of friends who are like family

stepdaughter garners the attention of royalty , Lady Tremaine discovers a destructive secret in the noble family