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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 .

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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-

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.

month and lays them alongside Big Moments of Realization--which often require grace and forgiveness, other musters forgiveness for painful events in his past while developing a mounting unwillingness to look the other Claire Keegan is also the author of Foster, Antarctica, Walk the Blue Fields, The Forester's Daughter

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

A few other recent-ish memoirs on my to-read list that I'm particularly excited about are: Reasons to full review of this book, see In Pieces. 04 Blood by Allison Moorer "I'm still trying not to be the daughter 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 place in the world, her responsibility to humans and animals, and how she might better the lives of others

Lena Papadopoulos is the daughter of the legendary illusionist Theo. When Libby goes to sleep she consistently wakes in her other life, alternating her realities reliably But she knows that when she turns 21, she must choose one life or the other, leaving the other behind Stories to Explore and Six Second-Chance, Do-Over, Reliving-Life Stories--or you can search this site for other

Which other books should I add to my science fiction to-read list? Now she must delve into the darkness of her history to try to save her mother--and uncover her own true When her mother disappears, Josie begins to track down the other Girls, and together the young women She's a little creaky and sore, sure, but she's ready to be reunited with the team, which includes her mother and the rest of her family, plus many others involved in the complex project.

brutalizing and intimidating classmates and teachers, smoking cigars, and drinking jug wine, among other watching an actress play the role of tough, questioning Imogene Herdman as she plays gruff, protective new mother

In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial

And which other books should I add to my food memoir to-read list? Reichl explores how one's appearance affects how others treat you--not a revolutionary concept, but I I found her teenage daughter's sections somewhat irritating, but it must be tough to be a teenager drawn She credits those who shaped her culinary journey: the Queen of Mold (her mother, a notorious food poisoner

the fifteen-year-old she was then--a choir member; a three-season athlete; an excellent student; the daughter In Notes on a Silencing, Crawford, now a wife and mother, considers the many infuriating, appalling intersections

Now his sister Amanda, a young adult who first learned of Dennis while researching her birth mother,

Kin Stewart will have to break all the rules of time travel to preserve the existence of his daughter 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

things to remain undisturbed; the intensity of love and annoyance of either being with the same two other the fanciful children's books in the Moomin series as well as the short stories and novels Sculptor's Daughter

Crying in H Mart is a complicated, layered love letter to Zauner's mother, who is dying of colorectal Her other selves seem uncannily apt to die, so Cara is able to visit 372 other Earths where her counterparts 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 The best friends and their love interests delve into their complex connections with each of the others

life and schooling in wealthy Kenilworth, then Hotchkiss and Yale and beyond—and her search to help other practical surgeon Thomas begins speaking aloud and at length to his long-dead Indian relatives, his daughter Amina is called home to try to soothe him and help her mother figure out what's going on. Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other I could have listed many other powerful books about immigrants (What Is the What, American Street, The

They clash, hurt each other deeply, and wonder if they can ever reconcile. But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves. Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young men set against each other But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept The reader sees what a mismatch Jen and Andy are, despite their real affection for each other, but the

She's the primary caregiver for her father, who has Parkinson's disease; she pays the bills; her mother young-woman Maddie making her way in the world in London in Maame reminded me somewhat of Girl, Woman, Other

His mother died when he was young, and he has no memory of her. The weight put upon Hiram's inability to remember early moments with his mother felt unfair and its resolution of the real-life Still family for the family portrayed in The Water Dancer but refers the reader to other