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Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
A riotously funny, emotionally raw New York Times bestselling novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind—whether we like it or not.
The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. There is, however, one conspicuous absence: Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with his radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. Simultaneously...
The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has congregated in years. There is, however, one conspicuous absence: Judd's wife, Jen, whose affair with his radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public. Simultaneously...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Settling her late father's affairs only to discover evidence that contradicts understandings about her sister's suicide 20 years earlier, Riley MacPherson learns that her sister is still alive and has been on the run from dangerous family secrets.
5) Whereabouts
Author
Language
English
Description
Follows the routines of a misfit city dweller who experiences a year of remarkable transformation in the aftermath of a parent's death.
Author
Series
Slammed novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Layken struggles with holding her family together after her father dies, until she develops a relationship with her new neighbor, Will, who has a passion for poetry slams and gives her a new sense of hope.
10) Distant shores
Author
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Hannah examines whether love and commitment are enough to sustain a marriage when two people who have put their individual dreams on ice get a chance to defrost them . . . in fast-moving prose punctuated by snappy asides.”—People
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance,...
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance,...
Author
Language
English
Description
When he begins hearing voices one year after his father’s death, 13-year-old Benny Oh, seeking refuge in the library, meets a colorful cast of characters, including his very own Book, a talking thing, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
14) Sons of Texas
Author
Series
Sons of Texas volume Bk.1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Summer beach volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord—families who summer at Martha’s Vineyard—and the inner circle of...
Author
Series
Isaiah Dunn volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Referring to his late father's journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules and manage without superpowers.
18) The pond
Author
Publisher
Graffeg
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A young child and his family struggle to overcome the loss of their father using the small pond that he had begun to build as part of the healing process.
19) Kaddish.com
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An atheist son in an Orthodox Jewish family refuses to recite the Kaddish for his father after he dies, horrifying his mother and sisters, but then decides to hire a stranger through the Internet to recite the daily prayer.
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