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Family Relationships

Claire Fontaine and Mia Fontaine - Family Relationships, Memoir, Parenting, Travel

Claire and Mia, a mother-daughter duo each face a defining moment in their lives, and are determined to transform themselves and their relationship. Claire wants to shed her identity as her daughter’s savior and Mia needs to get over her role as recovery’s poster child and learn how to navigate the world. To accomplish these goals, the two embark on a sixteen-city twelve country tour that will include mishaps, mayhem, laughter, and unexpected joys.

by Mark Haddon - Family Relationships, Literary Fiction

Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husabnd and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over.

by Patrick Somerville - Family Life, Family Relationships, Mystery, Relationships

 

Two people, Lauren and Ben, are dealing with very different problems in their lives; Lauren came back home after a chain of violent events in the medicinal field left her jobless, Ben bottomed out after a series of bad decisions. Their paths intertwine, and it isn't too long before they are questioning if each is what the other needs, or the last thing in the world either one can handle, especially in lue of a murder.

by Kerry Reichs - Family Relationships, Romance, Women's Fiction

There’s the traditional couple, struggling for a child. The teacher and his partner who wish for a “normal” family but have the biological hurdles to overcome. The adoptive parents. The single mother. The couple who never wanted a child at all. The stories of five friends, five families and the very different ways they came together.