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Josie's studies and desire to learn more about her "virgin birth" drive a wedge between Josie and her mother Her mother's disappearance leads Josie to track down the other Girls, and together they discover strange , unique powers as they rely on each other and attempt to unravel their shared history.

for an extended period with Woodward, and there is an unhappy abandonment reaction expressed by his daughter --I can't recall if both daughters were interviewed or only Stephanie--that persisted for me through

Harriet and Win were attracted to each other from the start, but they spent ages trying to deny it for long-distance while Harriet pursues her residency and Win, a furniture repair person, helps his sick mother here, and you might like to check out its spot on Six More Great Light Fiction Stories plus the five other

You can find other lists of favorite fantasy reads from past years here . And you can c lick here for other science fiction and fantasy books that I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm Through unexpected attractions to each other and the uncovering of weighty secrets, the group works to Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre in the region, and she'd prefer to literally Ali Hazelwood is also the author of Love, Theoretically  and other books.

Angry, confused, and filled with dread, Robin drags her daughter Haley back to Four Points in hopes of without her past desperation, she wouldn't have found the strength to persist and take care of her daughter

months in the life of an extended family--including a stolid patriarch and matriarch, a free-spirited daughter , a spunky and fantastic granddaughter Gussie, a daughter with another grandchild on the way, a deadbeat Anything that was wrapped up a little too neatly didn’t bother me at all; I was all in and satisfied.

Which other books should I add to my to-read robot book list? 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. a puzzling murder and other strange occurrences that threaten their world. the other's history or personal motivations.

Her mother has died, and her father and friends have moved from Calcutta to Hrishipur, a booming city But others' visions for the story involve her eco-warrior main character morphing into a teen beauty

and Simon the Fiddler are two more by Paulette Jiles that I've waxed poetic about on this blog, and others If you like historical fiction, check out these other Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists: Six Historical And which other books should I add to my Civil War historical fiction to-read list? This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer. 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 of a real-life

Nessa's husband has died, and her twin daughters have left for college. She has a loving husband and a wonderful young daughter she adores.

They love each other, but they are able to stay married only because they push down the memories of tragedies So he packs them into the car, enlists his grumbling grown daughter to help him, and hits the road. The lonely, broken characters reach out to each other. They're drawn to each other and discover unexpected joy, emotional intimacy, steaminess, and maybe even For my full review, please see Kills Well with Others .

But when the boss's daughter begins tinkering with precious resources, our main protagonist is swept

His personal situation is complicated by his grief for his recently deceased daughter, and he aims to strange, affecting situations, including those in which: the virus causes organs to transform into other in-between world of floating, nebulous memories that highlights humans’ struggles to connect to each other chance to look back on pivotal moments from their life, and some do so with regret or wistfulness, while others Characters appear in the backgrounds of others’ stories; a necklace disappears from one story in the

She takes us through falling in love with her first husband Jay Molner, having their two daughters while work friendship with Matt Lauer, and her healthy professional competitiveness with Diane Sawyer and other I did find the personal, passing sharing of others' intimate details jarring, however (regarding lascivious

Rom-Com Reads of the Year , and Six More of My Favorite Rom-Com Reads of the Year Have you loved any other in real life but now can't stand each other. But in real life, Shane and Lilah detest each other. I found the family dynamic related to her mother's demands of Elsie absurd. Margot Hammer, on the other hand, is miserable.

points of view of the persecuted, disrespected, and dismissed: prostitutes, the poor, unwed teenage mothers Sometimes Dolly lets them fall, but other times her songs about freedom (with her metaphors of butterflies

Sharratt offers vivid historical fiction details of the everyday life of Margery of Kempe, a mother of begins to carefully share her vivid (and dangerously disruptive) loving religious visions with trusted others Julian's papers and her own visions; meeting largely with aggression, lies, and immense challenges; at other Sharratt has authored at least seven other historical fiction novels--including Illuminations, about

His father's out of the picture, his mother's in jail, his stepfather is gone, and his best friend and If he can just manage his mother's tendency to fall in with the wrong man; get the reporter Caitlyn Spies recurring dreams and his brother August's premonitions might mean; and determine whose voice is on the other He can't face any other possibility. In many ways, Boy Swallows Universe defies categorization. were fully implausible, with questionable, fleeting benefits that felt sure to end badly, and some other

complicated, sometimes fraught yet affectionate relationship with her dad, her youthful yearning for would-be mother mainly positive, almost dreamlike Saturday Night Live years, her writing and collaboration with various other

is putting a damper on things, in Malibu, California, famous model and skilled surfer Nina Riva--the daughter Nina's parents' tangled love story, Nina's youth, her famous surfer/photographer siblings' stories, and others Stories about Bands and Music, as well as the books The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, After I Do, and others

with a potentially dangerous man in the vulnerable middle of nowhere, and her struggle to protect her daughter O'Farrell is also the author of other books I've really liked: Hamnet, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox books I haven't yet read: After You'd Gone, The Distance Between Us, The Hand that First Held Mine, and others

After a terrible storm that took her mother's life, young Fable was abandoned by her father, who's a He becomes involved with the family whose daughter and ward died as he works to find clues, donning disguises

he calls himself "doctor"; his pleasant family pushes Sloane around regarding the wedding plans; his mother Yet by that point I was fully irritated by Arthur's careless cruelty--and others' eager exposure to it

You can click here for other historical fiction books I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. 01 Horse by Geraldine But Brooks also builds rich stories in each of the other interconnected timelines, as we see privileged Sharratt Sharratt offers vivid historical fiction details of the everyday life of Margery of Kempe, a mother No other book seemed to come up in conversation as frequently last year with my fellow book lovers as After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes

Morton is also the author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, The Forgotten Garden, The Secret Keeper, The

That is, until the cutthroat commanding general--who also happens to be Violet's mother--pushes her to You might also like these other books I've read and reviewed about dragons. 02 The Rachel Incident by

centers around Sunday Brennan, who has returned home to her New York hometown where her own secrets--and others Without other options, she skulks back to her hometown in New York. interesting that within the almost mythological family that is based upon so much lore, the deceased mother

collaboration, the characters of the president and Adams, political enemies, must quickly learn to trust each other I was particularly taken with the familial angle (Secretary of State Adams's daughter has taken over

On the other hand, Max is always crashing in late for their dates and dashing off abruptly in the middle marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), main protagonist Grace heads to her deceased mother's Holmes inserts the reader directly into the joy and heartache of two people who adore each other and After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes Garmus's characters test themselves and others, shy away from connection, dive into love, question the

The Coneses are a "respectable" family, her mother says approvingly, and the father of the family is suddenly has a front-row seat to wild behavior, musical experimentation, group therapy, and all sorts of other Blau is also the author of six other books.

Her mother is a street-smart, scrabbling single parent, while Adina is an unusually perceptive child-

She's facing her mother’s decline in health and exploring her own identity and meaning in her life, and As always, there are references to other parts of the David Mitchell universe, and the links to other She's Hollywood royalty, and her former movie star mother lives in a home on the same compound. Kolker ​ Robert Kolker retraces the lives of Mimi and Don Glavin as they raise their ten sons and two daughters She can serve as a muse; she can inspire music and art in others; she can learn what others want or need

In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial Wish For, Things You Save in a Fire, The Bodyguard, How to Walk Away, Happiness for Beginners, and other

The family farm in Nebraska has been foreclosed upon, his mother is gone, and his father has recently A woman recognizes him and impulsively spills the story of her mother Margot Bamborough's mysterious

I found the family dynamic related to her mother's demands of Elsie absurd.

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

husband will adhere to her wishes--and begins to carefully share her vivid religious visions with trusted others Julian's papers and her own visions, meeting at times with aggression, lies, and immense challenges; at other Jen married young and is about to become a mother, while Riley is poised to become one of the first Black Their lives have gone in different directions, but the women still care about each other.

If you like those too, you might like to search the site for other books in this vein, or check out the Reliving-Life Stories or Six Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore. 03 Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other her children's health challenges and takes the reader through her son's emergence of epilepsy and her daughter's

Mary Sharratt also wrote Revelations, historical fiction about the life of Margery of Kempe, a mother

Her widowed mother and her longtime best friend are each in love with wonderful partners, and Shay's exes in order to host a promising radio show about relationships, they're forced to get to know each other

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

She frequently focuses on her obsession with Real Housewives, the Kardashians, and other reality television Her experiences in television were interesting, and her account of coping with the loss of her mother

young adult science fiction novel Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, young Sena has lost both of her mothers But first she'll have to trust others for the first time and leave herself vulnerable to them--and she'll

And all of this seems potentially linked to his deceased, brilliant mother's life's work--from before chases; the most intense sibling rivalry imaginable, interesting scenes of superhumans' outsmarting each other ; and noble desires to "save the world" that conflict with others’ similar desires in crucial ways--and

But when she returns to the lake for Sam Florek's mother's funeral, she's swept back into the connection

When her mother faces a health crisis, as they’ve long feared one of them might, the family's security jobs (in a sweatshop, sewing factory, with cold, purpled hands rolling sushi for endless hours, and others immigrants in the US so terrifyingly tenuous and measures that could potentially shift this situation for others

In the northern Appalachian mountains, Cooper and his young daughter Finch live in complete isolation This series of unexpected events upends everything for Cooper--some in the best ways and others in the

But what if that isn't the whole story of Medea, the daughter of a sea nymph and granddaughter of a Titan

Kaikeyi is one of eight children and the only daughter of a king whose lands are ruled by the gods' powerful fights for autonomy, for a voice, for strength, for knowledge--and she is determined to secure these for other

for the affluent Padgetts, who own the marble-mining company that employs Sylvie's father and many other secrets, and doing "one right thing," a way of navigating the world that Sylvie has learned from her mother