Category: Families
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THE PARIS APARTMENT by LUCY FOLEY
Such a good mystery here! From the New York Times, bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess is ready to leave London. She has no money, and now, no job. She reaches out to her half-brother, Ben, in Paris,…
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THE YOUNGER WIFE by SALLY HEPWORTH
Sally Hepworth is back with another thriller of a tale! This book is about two sisters. Tully and Rachel Aston. Both have issues they cope with in different but not especially healthy ways. Their adored mother has just moved into an Alzheimer’s facility. Forgetting things, even those closest to her. But there are some things…
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What Happened to the Bennetts by LISA SCOTTOLINE
Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same.Now you have to choose between law…and justice. The story: The Bennett family is a typical suburban family. Dad, Jason, owns his own court-reporting business and does well. Mom, Lucinda, is a photographer. They have the required two children. A boy, Ethan, and a girl…
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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past–a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. This story begins in the present with siblings, Byron and Benny dealing…
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JOAN IS OKAY by WEIKE WANG
Joan is Chinese-American. At 36, a doctor at NYU. She has met her parents expectations and she works all the time. Taking all the shifts she can. She thinks a lot and a lot of this story is played out in her head. There were not a lot of ups and downs. The book was…
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A Dress the Color of the Moon by JENNIFER IRWIN
The follow-up to A Dress the Color of the Sky is finally here. And yes, it was worth the wait. Prudence Aldrich is a sex addict fresh out of 5 weeks of rehab. She learned a lot at Serenity Hills. She faced quite a few demons and struggled to maintain her control over that addiction.…
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Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author traces the enduring bond between a divorced couple in a poignant novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life. The amazing Ms. Strout has brought us back to Lucy. Reading a book by this author is like…
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THREE SISTERS by HEATHER MORRIS
From the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey, comes the latest from Heather Morris. Three Sisters. The story of three sisters. Cibi, Magda and, Livia, who in 1929 Slovakia, make a promise to their father that they will always stay together no matter what comes. It is years later when the youngest,…
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Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. I loved that description. It is perfect for this beautifully written memoir. The Chinese word for America, Mei Guo, translates to “beautiful country”. And when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York in 1994, coming with…
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THE FAMILY PLOT by MEGAN COLLINS
Author of The Winter Sister and Behind The Red Door is back with another twisty, shocking thriller! Twenty-six- year-old Dahlia Lighthouse is returning to her family home. A place she hasn’t been back to for years. Taking the ferry across to the island she was raised on with her twin brother Andy and much older…
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