Family

Fiction

ABC’s ‘American Housewife’ Writer Sarah Dunn Delivers Laughs in ‘The Arrangement’

Suburban young couple, Lucy and Owen are looking to feel energized and happy in their relationship as well as bring back the butterflies, so their exciting but not so well thought-out solution was The Arrangement. An open marriage for six months; Break all the rules; Do what you want, with…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 28, 2017

Book Club Network Fiction

The Elegance and Beauty of a Struggling Family

In her heartfelt and elegantly written debut of a beautiful, struggling family, it's clear that Fatima Farheen Mirza is a gifted writer. She is more than able to make you feel every character's emotions, while offering compassion for different views, gradually revealing different aspects of each story to create a multilayered…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 19, 2018

Fiction

“After Happily Ever After” Comes a Winning Novel by Leslie Rasmussen

Welcome to After Happily Ever After (She Writes Press), the debut novel by the multitalented TV screenwriter Leslie A. Rasmussen. This highly entertaining and thought-provoking book portrays the struggles that millions of women in the “sandwiched generation” face. In the story, Maggie Dolin is 45 and she isn’t dealing with…

BookTribApril 8, 2021

Fiction

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

A book about the struggles of new motherhood in modern-day Manhatten and surviving hostile living situations in the Ural Mountains circa World War II is not what comes to mind when one hears the phrase “laugh-out-loud funny”; however, that is the case for Maria Kuznetsova’s Something Unbelievable (Random House). In…

Madison HillApril 14, 2021

Fiction

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

An engaging and fast read, Little Pieces of Me (William Morrow Paperbacks) by Alison Hammer is perfect for a weekend away! Paige had a special connection with her beloved father, Mark, and with his recent death, she was missing their closeness. Her relationship with her mother, Betsy, was tenuous yet…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 15, 2021

Fiction

‘This Is Us’: 5 Moving Books About the Love and Acceptance of Family

Like a TV show, the American family is the sound stage of our lives and we are the actors. We live, we laugh and we love, never really knowing what will happen in the next episode. Last year, NBC brought us a wonderfully complex story about a family throughout various…

Aisha K. StaggersSeptember 26, 2017

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

I remember high school as an extreme time. One day you’re outrageously happy and everything is right in the world; the next day, you’re immensely sad and nothing you attempt goes right. (This is not unlike being a writer, but I digress). I can’t imagine what that journey is like…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 22, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

One Family’s Love and Loyalty in Depression Era Oklahoma

Momma Was Home, But She Wasn’t There is a beautiful collection of memories told in a distinct style that reads like an oral history, rather than a traditional memoir. The cadence of the speech and establishment of the timeline feels like a grandmother recounting her life to her grandchildren, teaching…

Madison HillOctober 7, 2022

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Appalachian Author Encourages Us to Look Back on the Landscape of Our Childhood

Reminiscent of the work of Alison Stine, Hilary Varner and Barbara Kingsolver, Jo Ann Kiser captures the essence of Appalachia in the snapshot-like stories that make up The Guitar Player and Other Songs of Exile (Atmosphere Press). Set in Eastern rural Kentucky, Kiser weaves wistful tales of identity in an…

BookTribNovember 7, 2022

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Mental Health Professionals Henry and Elaine Brzycki on the Road to Real Well-Being

Henry and Elaine Brzycki deeply know both the science and humanity necessary to truly make a difference in mental health and well-being. The couple are veterans of the industry (40 years working for others’ happiness is quite an admirable timeline indeed!) and also are already accomplished authors, having written three…

Judy MorenoAugust 2, 2021

Author Spotlight Book Club Network Fiction

Interview with Dianna Rostad, the Debut Author of “You Belong Here Now”

Ever since I read Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train I was struck by the stories of the orphans sent from New York to the wild Midwest. Now Dianna Rostad, my former critique partner and dearest friend with whom I celebrated with lemon cake, cried at seafood dinner, and hiked over the…

Weina Dai RandelAugust 3, 2021

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Ben Levin on Turning His Writing Talent Into a Mission for Helping the Homeless

This poignant story, In the Hole (Jumpmaster Press), is about eight-year-old David Kimball who experiences homelessness after his father loses his restaurant. David undergoes every kind of trial, from having his toys sold to dealing with incredible humiliations to physical trauma stemming from inevitable malnourishment. Yet, somehow, the book carries…

BookTribJuly 26, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

Politics, Family and Priorities Collide in “Her Sister’s Tattoo”

This is a powerful story of political activism, family betrayal, allegiance and love. When two sisters get arrested during a Vietnam War protest in 1968, they must decide where their loyalties lie. In Her Sister’s Tattoo (Red Hen Press) by Ellen Meeropol, politics and family are important for both Rosa…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 15, 2020

Audiobooks Listicles Miscellany

Four Witty Audiobooks About Family Togetherness

I love my family, in all its born-into, married-into, blended, extended exuberance. Yet it’s around now in the family-togetherness season—generally while navigating a gluten-free, paleo, plant-based meal—that I want to shout, Enough already! Trusting that you might feel the same, I recommend comforting yourself with the following audiobooks about family life…

Aurelia C. ScottSeptember 17, 2018

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured

7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

We are living through a tumultuous time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, political tension — every day, it seems, we experience a new event in keeping with the recent theme of crazy-high levels of change. This isn’t the first time, however, that this country has gingerly picked its…

Judy MorenoApril 23, 2021

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured Miscellany Nonfiction

Chosen or Discovered: 6 Books About Finding New Family

“You don’t choose your family,” Desmond Tutu famously said. “They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” But sometimes, there turns out to be more to our families than we know: Connections are hidden, bonds are broken, secrets slip from one generation to the next. In…

Jessica StrawserFebruary 24, 2022

ABC’s ‘American Housewife’ Writer Sarah Dunn Delivers Laughs in ‘The Arrangement’

The Elegance and Beauty of a Struggling Family

“After Happily Ever After” Comes a Winning Novel by Leslie Rasmussen

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

‘This Is Us’: 5 Moving Books About the Love and Acceptance of Family

Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

One Family’s Love and Loyalty in Depression Era Oklahoma

Appalachian Author Encourages Us to Look Back on the Landscape of Our Childhood

Mental Health Professionals Henry and Elaine Brzycki on the Road to Real Well-Being

Interview with Dianna Rostad, the Debut Author of “You Belong Here Now”

Ben Levin on Turning His Writing Talent Into a Mission for Helping the Homeless

Politics, Family and Priorities Collide in “Her Sister’s Tattoo”

Four Witty Audiobooks About Family Togetherness

7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

Chosen or Discovered: 6 Books About Finding New Family

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