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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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,

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

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 shop owner, Clay Cooper, who owns several other local businesses, is a town council member and have better prospects than Opal herself has had since the loss and disappearance of their single 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

This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family parents want her to marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), Grace heads to her deceased mother's

“I’m sorry that you lost your mother,” she said. “I suppose that the best ones are like mine.

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.

That is, until the cutthroat commanding general--who also happens to be Violet's mother--pushes her to Other characters aren't what they first seem, and while the initial enemies-to-maybe-lovers setup of It makes sense that Yarros is the author of a romance series, Flight & Glory, as well as other romance this is a book about dragons, and I am typically all in on a book about dragons (see the link below to other You might also like these other books I've read and reviewed about dragons.

Yunxian's eventual arranged marriage means she lives under the thumb of a controlling mother-in-law,

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

The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night. If you like books like this, you may want to check out these other Bossy books I've read that play with

Now Fern is trying to figure out how she ended up managing her mother's lakeside resort instead of living They're good young Muslim women...and they also know how to skirt the rules, cover for each other, and

Dad worked for the local paper mill alongside countless other immigrants, and the family had a steady Father Bob, their mother's brother, tried to be the ballast the family needed. Then Monica's mother became inspired after the tragic death of John F.

But when Zoe's headstrong daughter Cherry determines to become a star, she digs into the reasons for

She's a witch who has sworn off magic; she fled her powerful mother and coven, but they didn't want to There are instances of trickery as related to lineage and other similar surprises. Whenever characters believe other people are unequivocally good or evil, just know: they're about to Because our main protagonist is hiding from her mother and the coven, who desire to use Lou to further

the difficult relationship with his father to sharing how he attempted to cope with the loss of his mother good, in learning about worthwhile issues, and in being actively involved in improving the lives of others

Her mother is a street-smart, scrabbling single parent, while Adina is an unusually perceptive child- They're from other times in history. She's Barbara Van Lear, the daughter of the owners of the camp where many local residents work. They clash, hurt each other deeply, and wonder if they can ever reconcile. And for a bajillion other Bossy memoir reviews, check out the titles at this link .

That is the whole premise of this life, of this time we have with each other. Ash is struggling with her own imperfections as a mother, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out the premise that a strong middle-aged woman can find moments of sexual satisfaction with a range of others

Morton is also the author of Homecoming, The Clockmaker's Daughter, The Secret Keeper, The House at Riverton

Other characters in the novel face mutation-related difficulties--including Wren's new friend, who finds We track back through time to witness Wren's mother's youth and the way her own mutation and diagnosis

Her mother Star is old friends with Walk and Vincent, and when Vincent reappears, the tenuous peace and She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents a solitary young woman in a cold, neglectful, abusive family, and Connell, a popular athlete whose mother Connell's bond and the roots of their relationship aren't straightforward or simple, but their draw to each other

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 Meanwhile, Winston's wife is in cancer treatment and his daughter has just experienced a devastating John Hart has also written many other books, including The Hush, the second in the Johnny Merrimon series Hart has written many other books, including The Hush, which is the second in the Johnny Merrimon series

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 as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent on providing for her family after her father's death and mother's Her mother is a street-smart, scrabbling single parent, while Adina is an unusually perceptive child- But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other.

Lisa Gardner is also the author of two other Frankie Elkin novels, which I loved, Before She Disappeared a young girl, the forgotten granddaughter of a Scottish king, tries to cope with her guilt over her mother's

Luisa and Maddalena become fast friends--and hatch a plan where each of them helps the other achieve British parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make an impossible choice: to send their eleven-year-old daughter

Police officers, judges, lawyers, and other community leaders who were part of the white supremacist hate group looked out for each other, and they seemed impervious to inconveniences like the law or justice Her young daughter is missing, and Ella is in limbo, desperately hoping she hears news soon. centers around these three characters, their unlikely connections, and their growing importance to each other

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

of bided time, resistance, tragedy, abuse, resolve, and heartbreak, and Kidd grounds Handful in her mother's Handful and her mother are gifted seamstresses, somewhat more valuable than others on the plantation of her longtime ineptitude and inability to achieve any change in her own household for herself or others her fears of public speaking, it feels fitting that she does so in order to excoriate those enslaving others Sue Monk Kidd has also written other books, like The Secret Life of Bees, The Mermaid Chair, and The

rest of our lives, every time one of us goes somewhere and doesn’t return on time, doesn’t let the others Kim's missing-person story is also about a family deeply connecting to each other and going to extraordinary and have better prospects than Opal herself has had since the loss and disappearance of their single mother

North Carolina's Rash (he teaches at Western Carolina University) is also the author of other books set She's a photographer with mixed feelings about the idea of becoming a mother, and when a student in one

In the seven years since, Belle's mother has reinvented herself as a society woman and has remarried, Belle is fearful--particularly for her mother's sake--that her father's true origins may be uncovered Others keep sighting Freddie, and Laura herself feels that he is near.

But after the school opened, Ellingham's wife and daughter were kidnapped. It's an effective way to communicate if you don't have any other options.

isn't maudlin or sappy despite the tragedy and yearning at the book's heart; Soulmate Equation, my other In Namesake, Fable discovers the truth behind looming secrets whose answers her mother took to her grave When she stumbles across her daughter's elaborate road trip plan, which Talia created for her then-soon-to-be-empty-nester She's good at crunching the numbers for work, taking care of her daughter, and leaning on her grandparents Friends and siblings are pitted against each other, and some of our main protagonists are faced with

She's the primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; she pays the bills; her mother In this historical fiction, Marshall explores the goings-on at 1960s unwed mothers' homes in Canada-- The female characters' stories are deeply intertwined; I saw some of the events coming but not others Ash is struggling with her own imperfections as a mother, wife, and friend as she tries to figure out and demonstrating her ability to neutralize the supernatural abilities of werewolves, vampires, and other

She is, herself, an adoptive mother who believes in the process--and she has a complicated past that Kids are more sage in some ways and more youthful in others.

with her often-overlooked, glum, not particularly academic or talented middle brother Roric (whose mother

buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other. He teaches English to children and adjusts to the shock of living in a flat with many other people--and to accept impending doom, their wavering hope, and the incredibly powerful bonds they build to each other Her mother is a street-smart, scrabbling single parent, while Adina is an unusually perceptive child-