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01 Where the Forest Meets the Stars Joanna is feeling adrift after her mother's death, and she disappears Joanna and her reclusive neighbor Gabe become drawn into Ursa's orbit and drawn to each other as they proxy, lies, betrayals, and double-crossing, all within a claustrophobic, isolated, and codependent mother-and-daughter and disabilities play and learn social and practical skills; on other set days she visits the library Yet there are bright points: rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls

Newlyweds Sam and Annie haven't known each other long. Sam's father left his mother for a younger woman years ago, which deeply fractured their father-son relationship Meanwhile, Sam's mother is suffering from dementia. Sam and Annie alternate visiting days with her. He's said he was with his mother, but he hasn't been showing up. Molloy is also the author of The Perfect Mother, which has its own twist and unreliable narrator.

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

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

01 Frog: The Secret Diary of a Paramedic by Sally Gould Sally Gould grew up in Australia the daughter

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

"I'm still trying not to be the daughter of a murderer. I'm still trying to redeem [my parents]. Allison Moorer is a Grammy- and Academy Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother of an understanding of the people her parents were and the forces that shaped their lives (and their daughters

trying to keep the peace between the Christians and those who follow the Old Way; and Languoreth's daughter Wrong Number , and other books.

fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, her mother apart feels plausible, and I accepted the difficulties each faces when considering a commitment to the other

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

every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and unforeseen connections to each other Chang. 06 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

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.

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

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.

Benjamin Rask is a ruthless, outrageously successful Wall Street tycoon, and his beloved wife Helen is the daughter

and included in the Greedy Reading List Six Great Historical Fiction Stories about the Civil War, and other She's from a working-class family, and this sets her apart from the other students at Highfield. Since her mother Defne went into a coma and never woke up, young loner Ada Kazantzakis lives in London

with his former partner, who reluctantly allows herself to get drawn into his search for his clients' mother's

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

must fight to not seem as though she is grieving him--this is made easier by how real he seems in this other A loyal sister and mother, work friends, and other stand-up characters help round out the story.

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.

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

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

outcasts in small-town Monta Clare, Missouri: Patch, a pirate-playing young man missing one eye, whose mother boarding school; now that they're close to the end of their schooling, they are playful, treasuring each other's

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

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

. 02 You Are Here by David Nicholls David Nicholls's characters, some of whom are strangers to each other Bob is defending a man accused of a terrible crime: killing his mother, a mean, reviled lunch lady long self-taught artist, is counting on Bob and an unorthodox approach to figuring out who really killed Bob's mother And the story weaves in characters from other Strout books, including Olive Kitteridge. and more about their own inner selves as they take their weekly walks and become more dear 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

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

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

His father's gone, his mother's in jail, and his best friend and most solid source of advice is a convicted each other long before becoming engaged and getting married. Sam's father left his mother for a younger woman years before, deeply fracturing their father-son relationship Meanwhile, Sam's mother is suffering from dementia. He and Annie alternate visiting days with her. He's said he was with his mother, but he hasn't been showing up. Now he's disappeared altogether.

She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work.

On a dare from her daughter, she hopped onto an open mic stage, spouted off comedic takes on her life

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?

Benjamin Rask is a ruthless, outrageously successful Wall Street tycoon, and his beloved wife Helen is the daughter

For my full review of this book--and for links to my reviews of other Leigh Bardugo books--please see Click here for my full review of A Song to Drown Rivers --and for links to my Bossy reviews of other Young Dave Win, the son of a Burmese father he never met and a devoted, kind seamstress mother, attends The story also explores Dave's and his mother's personal, individual paths through various experiences Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.”

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

You can click here for other historical fiction books I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. The two enchant each other within an unconventional, unacceptable relationship and a swirl of irresistible On the other side of the Shrines of Gaiety story line is Detective Frobisher, an upstanding outlier in O'Farrell turns her attention to Renaissance Italy to tell a historical fiction story of a precocious third daughter Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

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 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

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

She works alongside her family, caring for the plantation owners' daughter Violet, who is her own age

Maine, like other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey Bob is defending a man accused of a terrible crime: killing his 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

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

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 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.

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