Mothers & Children Fiction

Books & Looks Podcast: Discovering “The War Librarian” With Author Addison Armstrong

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

Blaine DesantisFebruary 28, 2024

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Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

Claudia Ermey’s new novel, The Confessional, is a sweeping narrative that spans multiple continents and follows several generations of mothers and daughters, bound by familial ties yet separated by secrets. The novel opens in California, 1978, just after Julia has given birth to a baby girl whom she knows that…

Nikki ErlickJanuary 31, 2022

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A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

This is what Larissa Whitcomb is experiencing in Jennifer Collins’ debut novel, Comfort in the Wings. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in four days,” she muses in the very first sentence of the book. Collins drops her readers right into Larissa’s helplessness: she cannot open her mail, answer her phone…

Sherri DaleyMarch 23, 2022

Recommended

Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

What an emotional whirlwind! Anyone who has been through loss, grief, finding your way through the tough times and leaning on family and friends, will fully embrace Wonders in the Waves by Jennifer Collins and find healing in the process. Continuing the story of Larissa Whitcomb from Collins’ first novel,…

Barbara WilkovJanuary 6, 2023

BooksToScreen Fiction

What to Expect From Highly Anticipated “Lessons in Chemistry” Adaptation

For more than a year, Bonnie Garmus’ debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, has clinched a berth on the New York Times bestseller list. On October 13, the beloved characters will leap off the page and into an Apple TV+ miniseries. Oscar-winner Brie Larson stars as the uncompromising chemist-turned-television-chef Elizabeth Zott,…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 18, 2023

Listicles

8 Moving Stories of Solo Parenting

This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase stories of solo parenting. Perhaps your protagonist is a parent who is widowed, or abandoned, or their partner has gone missing. They may be a grandparent suddenly with the responsibility of a grandchild, or an adult caring for…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJanuary 25, 2023

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A Poignant Tale of Pursuing Romance in the Face of Loss and Long-Kept Secrets

When We Let Go (Lake Union Publishing) is a love story for grown-ups, with all the life-stuff grown-ups must deal with — from first loves, shattered hopes and losses to family dynamics and teenaged angst. Rochelle Weinstein is good at telling stories like this. This is her sixth such novel,…

Sherri DaleyAugust 3, 2022

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ITW Spotlight: Madness Takes Hold as Sleep Evades a High-Powered Lawyer

For Emma Averell — the protagonist in Sarah Pinborough’s twisty new thriller — her crippling insomnia has made her question whether she’s slowly going insane, like the mother she’s worked so hard to forget. For years, Emma has happily balanced her life as a high-powered lawyer, mother to two beautiful…

Dawn IusApril 12, 2022

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A Young Surrogate Mother Has Last-Minute Second Thoughts

“Hold on, just hold on,” I said to the duffel bag, willing it not to jiggle, not to whimper. In my head I called her Nell, even though the contract said the intended parents would have sole naming rights...” In Toni Halleen’s The Surrogate, (Harper Collins) it is the middle…

Neil NyrenOctober 29, 2021

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The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

"A mystery Mrs. Christie would have approved of.” — Jane Simons, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY —∞— Bridget Kelly would prefer to stay in London to complete her nursing training and aid the injured, but her matron has other plans for her. As World War II rages, children are…

Amanda GardnerOctober 12, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Quarantine Engagement Trips Over Family Secrets on the Way to “I Do” in Weiner’s Latest

When I saw the description for Jennifer Weiner’s The Summer Place (Atria), my eyes zeroed in on the word “pandemic,” and I thought, I was trying to avoid this. I wasn’t sure that my fragile psyche could handle reading about families struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, no matter how fictional…

Y. M. NelsonMay 10, 2022

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Letters From “Little Women” Craft Intimacy Between Reader and Alcott’s Beloved Characters

What would it be like to read actual letters from the March sisters? How would their handwriting appear? What could the composition of such letters reveal about the characters, and how would it affect your reading experience? You can discover the answers to these intriguing questions and more in an…

Susan BaileyJanuary 13, 2022

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ex-Best Friends Take an Absurdly Humorous Road Trip

During the past several months, who hasn’t dreamed of shaking things up, grabbing her girlfriends, heading on a road trip, and seeing lots of new places along the way? Samantha Arias and Holly Dunfee, the protagonists of bestselling author Ann Garvin’s latest page-turner, that’s who. In I Thought You Said…

Kristy Woodson HarveyMay 27, 2021

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Lisa Harding’s Latest Is Full of “Bright, Burning Things” That Haunt Your Mind and Memory

When we first meet Sonya, the young mother at the center of Bright Burning Things (HarperVia) by Lisa Harding, she is frolicking at the beach with her son, Tommy, and dog, Herbie. While it feels like a normal outing on a warm and sunny day, it is not long before…

Laura McCaffertyDecember 7, 2021

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Tall Poppy Review: “In a Book Club Far Away” There Lives a Once-Beautiful Friendship

Book clubs and friendships go together like peas and carrots, chocolate and peanut butter, and toddlers and mud puddles. Secrets get shared, food and wine are enjoyed, and maybe a book is discussed, but let’s be honest, that last part is secondary. The focus is on friends getting together on…

Amy ReichertApril 8, 2021

Fiction

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

The Good Sister (St. Martin's Press) by Sally Hepworth is entertaining, captivating and addictive. I love her storytelling, atypical characters and the tricky twists and turns which are always surprising in the end. Rose and Fern are sisters: Rose is the responsible one, married with a white picket fence and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 3, 2021

Mothers & Children Fiction

Books & Looks Podcast: Discovering “The War Librarian” With Author Addison Armstrong

Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

What to Expect From Highly Anticipated “Lessons in Chemistry” Adaptation

8 Moving Stories of Solo Parenting

A Poignant Tale of Pursuing Romance in the Face of Loss and Long-Kept Secrets

ITW Spotlight: Madness Takes Hold as Sleep Evades a High-Powered Lawyer

A Young Surrogate Mother Has Last-Minute Second Thoughts

The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

Quarantine Engagement Trips Over Family Secrets on the Way to “I Do” in Weiner’s Latest

Letters From “Little Women” Craft Intimacy Between Reader and Alcott’s Beloved Characters

Tall Poppy Review: Ex-Best Friends Take an Absurdly Humorous Road Trip

Lisa Harding’s Latest Is Full of “Bright, Burning Things” That Haunt Your Mind and Memory

Tall Poppy Review: “In a Book Club Far Away” There Lives a Once-Beautiful Friendship

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

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