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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

In 1664, Alouette is the daughter of a master dyer at the famous Gobelin Tapestry Works.

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.”

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

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

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

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

noted that at the time, some significant blame for mental illness was typically laid at the feet of the mother—nurture the family, and as an adult she continues to try to assist ill siblings and her frail parents; the other Kolker explores the issues of duty and escape, especially as related to the two daughters, presenting

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.

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

"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

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

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

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

The stories Immanuelle hears about her deceased mother Miriam all have one thing in common: her defiance Darkwood, she encounters the legendary witches she's heard tell of her whole life--and finds that her mother's She's given a long-lost journal detailing her mother's exile, thirst for vengeance, and plans for enacting a set of curses that threaten to destroy all of Bethel--unless Immanuelle can use the clues in her mother's devastating journal, her own hard-won realizations about her mother's intentions for her, and her new-found

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.

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

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

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

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

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 .

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

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

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

rich folklore has grown up around her in the community, and the locals largely believe that she is the daughter

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

Have you read any other rom-com or romantic novels that you loved? They're polar opposites, and they drive each other crazy. They haven't seen each other since. But Gwendoline and Arthur detest each other. fell into the job years ago while trying to find herself--after a youth in which her father died, her mother