Family Saga Fiction

Captivity, Colonization, and Courage: The Story Behind The White Cheyenne

The White Cheyenne brings readers into a richly layered world where history, identity, and survival collide. In this Q&A, author Ann Kilgore discusses the inspirations behind Catherine’s character, the challenges of writing across cultures, and how personal experience and historical research shaped the novel’s depth and authenticity. Catherine, or “K-Ox,”…

BookTribAugust 15, 2025

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Western Coming‑of‑Age Story Rides Well Beyond the Usual Trail

In Ann Hardcastle Kilgore’s "The White Cheyenne", a young girl raised by the Cheyenne embarks on a journey of self-discovery and survival in the Old West. This captivating coming-of-age Western brims with adventure, heartfelt family bonds, and the enduring power of identity.

BookTribJuly 29, 2025

Listicles

5 Books About Family Secrets

Compelling books that explore family secrets resonate with readers by weaving together mystery, drama and emotion. These stories captivate us by peeling back the layers of seemingly ordinary lives to reveal events and experiences that sometimes shape families across generations. The suspense of unearthing long-buried secrets keeps us turning pages,…

RaeAnne ThayneJune 6, 2025

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Woman’s Life Upended When Web of Secrets Begins to Unravel

A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl is the triumphant debut novel by Guyanese-American writer Nanda Reddy that grabs one’s attention from the first paragraph. It’s the potent story of Maya Augustina, a wife and mother with a career as a dental hygienist/office manager who resides in an upscale…

Linda HitchcockApril 14, 2025

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Awaiting Loss, a Family’s Final Reunion Uncovers Cracks in the Foundation

There’s a point early on in James Gilbert’s Reunion by the Lake when Grace, entering the twilight of her life as she and her husband Richard confront his terminal illness, loses her grip of a glass in the kitchen, and it breaks in the sink into long sharp slivers. The…

Jim AlkonJanuary 13, 2025

Fiction Listicles

‘Tis the Season for Moving Family Sagas

As we ring in the holiday season, WFWA is celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase the ups and downs and delights of family stories. Whether the saga continues across generations and timelines or is rooted in the present, the drama, love and secrets will keep you glued to the page.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationDecember 24, 2024

Book Club Network Fiction

Latest Masterpiece in Elizabeth Strout’s Literary Repertoire, “Tell Me Everything”

Tell Me Everything is the latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout, selected as the 107th pick for Oprah's Book Club. Going into this novel knowing beloved Strout characters Bob Burgess, Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge would have a part to play, I wondered if we’d spend equal time…

Sophie CampbellSeptember 9, 2024

Fiction

Breaking the Destructive Cycle in “This Will Never Stop”

The title of Joan Spilman's novel, This Will Never Stop (Xlibris), is spoken by Carmen Amber, the character around whom most of the book revolves. Her mother, Lizzie, has hold of her wrist. “This has to stop,” she tells her daughter: the drinking, the grieving, the locked doors and child…

Sherri DaleyDecember 18, 2019

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Haunting and Powerful Story Explores Man’s Tumultuous Relationship with the Land

“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” —William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice In the desolate landscapes of the Oklahoma Panhandle, Alex Woodard’s Ordinary Soil (Greenleaf Book Group Press) is a powerful and haunting story that delves into themes of generational trauma, family, love, global…

Dawn IusNovember 14, 2023

Fiction Listicles

Family Sagas on Audio with Creative and Unconventional Structures

I often tell people that family sagas are my favorite kind of novel. I have read hundreds, probably, and I haven’t gotten sick of them yet. There are so many different kinds of families, and there's so much rich emotional territory to explore in familial relationships — I don’t see…

Laura SacktonOctober 6, 2023

Fiction

Identity, Relationships and a Past That Comes Back to Sting in Jodi Picoult Collab

I knew absolutely nothing about Mad Honey before I picked it up and I am so glad I did! With two accomplished authors writing opposing characters’ voices, the partnership of Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan has created an important book that encourages dialog surrounding relationships, secrets, abuse and gender identity. Olivia…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 8, 2023

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Gripping Historical Novel Captures Pre-Civil War Complexities

Author Stephen A. Carter presents a gripping story of historical fiction that captures the complexity of the years preceding the US Civil War. He illustrates the greed, bloodlust and political manipulations of both the North and South that pushed America towards the abyss. Battlegrounds (Outer Banks Publishing Group), the first in…

Michael FerryJanuary 17, 2023

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Touching Historical Novel Follows Seamstress in Quaint Italian Town

The Seamstress of Sardinia (Harper Perennial) is a lovely dream of a book, soothing, pleasant and welcome in a complicated world often filled with obligations and stress. It is not an inconsequential novel. It chronicles the emancipation and independence of a modest peasant girl into a resilient, self-educated young woman…

Linda HitchcockDecember 22, 2022

Fiction

Tennis Champion Returns to Court to Reclaim Her World Record

Attention Tennis Lovers! So much to love in Carrie Soto is Back! I love how the former tennis champion decides to come out of retirement to defend her title; I love her relationship with Javier Soto, her handsome and proud father and coach; I love the developing romance with a fellow…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 20, 2022

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A Unique Perspective on #MeToo in Paulette Stout’s New Romance

Many of the high profile #MeToo cases and accusations we’ve seen in the news are focused on accused famous men. Whether the victims are men or women, many of the alleged and proven perpetrators are men. I had never really considered a female predator harassing a male, even with over…

Y. M. NelsonNovember 4, 2022

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BookTrib Giveaway: Discover the Inspiration Behind an Artist

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BookTribApril 21, 2022

Family Saga Fiction

Captivity, Colonization, and Courage: The Story Behind The White Cheyenne

Western Coming‑of‑Age Story Rides Well Beyond the Usual Trail

5 Books About Family Secrets

Awaiting Loss, a Family’s Final Reunion Uncovers Cracks in the Foundation

‘Tis the Season for Moving Family Sagas

Breaking the Destructive Cycle in “This Will Never Stop”

Haunting and Powerful Story Explores Man’s Tumultuous Relationship with the Land

Family Sagas on Audio with Creative and Unconventional Structures

Gripping Historical Novel Captures Pre-Civil War Complexities

BookTrib Giveaway: Discover the Inspiration Behind an Artist

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