Fiction - Family Life - Marriage & Divorce

In her captivating debut, author Sarah Vacchiano tells an exciting "coming of adulthood" story about a young woman who takes a bold new path in her early thirties, leaving her old life--and starter marriage--behind.When Sam walked herself down the aisle at the age of...

A brilliant but restless dancer discovers the true meaning of love and intimacy through the ebbs and flows of her marriage in this exquisitely written novel--from the bestselling author and psychologist whose feminist classic, In a Different Voice, revolutionized our understanding of women's lives....

Author: Ann PackerPublisher: HarperPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 256Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.65h x 4.44w x 0.99dISBN: 9780063421493Review Citation(s): Booklist 10/01/2025Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2025About the AuthorPacker, Ann: - Ann Packer is the author of five previous works of fiction, including the bestselling novels The Children's Crusade and The...

Author: Ann PackerPublisher: Harper Large PrintPublished: 11/11/2025Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.93h x 11.04w x 0.81dISBN: 9780063474314About the AuthorPacker, Ann: - Ann Packer is the author of five previous works of fiction, including the bestselling novels The Children's Crusade and The Dive from Clausen's...

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK"Extraordinary. . . . This novel about marriage and friendship and life and dying is a marvel."-- Elin Hilderbrand"A moving meditation on love's many forms and how a marriage can surprise you--right to the end." --People MagazineWhat if your partner's...

Buried secrets, environmental disaster, and a legacy of corruption hit too close to home when a California native and her family make a fresh start in small-town Texas--and find trouble just beneath the promising surface in this powerful novel for readers of Terry McMillan,...

Something like Desire is an emotional, romantic, and humorous story of family, loyalty, and finding love in the most unlikely of places.Lexi Callen's world is turned upside down when her mother announces she's leaving her father because she's having an affair. With her sister's...

Named a Publishers Weekly Editors' PickA most anticipated book from New York - Bustle - Lit Hub - The Millions - Foreign Policy - Our Culture - & more In his provocative, crackling new novel, Andrew Lipstein spins a wicked web through the heart...

"Witty, romantic, and deeply satisfying." --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words...

"Witty, romantic, and deeply satisfying." --Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow A charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship, from award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed...

Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment. Sometimes finding your own voice is a matter of listening to the heart... For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego...

Winner of the Book of the Year (Fiction) at the British Book Awards Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction"Brilliantly faceted and extremely funny. . . . While I was reading it, I was making a list of all the people I wanted to...

A grief-wrought creature comes to terms with the suicide of his only child and a subsequent marital demise. He tries any and nearly every aid possible to buoy his sanity: drugs, sex, talk therapy and family gossip; travel near and far (real+imagined?), church and...

What does it mean to call a place home?From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins comes a deeply felt multigenerational family story On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she...

What does it mean to call a place home?From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins comes a deeply felt multigenerational family story On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she...

Author: Jeanine CumminsPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 06/25/2025Pages: 671Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.91lbsSize: 8.77h x 5.84w x 1.42dISBN: 9781420523690

What does it mean to call a place home?From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeanine Cummins comes a deeply felt multigenerational family story On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she...

An uncompromising and sensually charged collection from one of the great practitioners of the short story. Squandering the Blue is Kate Braverman's debut story collection, a fierce, hallucinatory vision of Southern California and the women who move through its heat, glamour, and wreckage. Set...

A New York Times Notable Book - "A thoroughly contemporary--and deeply moving--portrait of a marriage.... In the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie." --The New York Times Book Review Ilesa, Nigeria. Ever since they first met and fell in...

An enemies to lovers, forced proximity Viking romance! Swords are drawn... sparks will fly! For years, shieldmaiden Kara has suffered her stepfather's cruelties to ensure her secret daughter's safety. So being seized at swordpoint by Aksel, her stepfather's ruthless enemy, feels like switching one...