Family life fiction

The story of Joey Frascone, a boy from Yonkers, NY and his eccentric Italian-American familyJoey Frascone is a young kid growing up in tense, violent, racially divided Yonkers, New York in the Seventies and Eighties.

A warm, humane, and sharply observed tale of small town life that is by equal turns hilarious and moving.

The new No.

A dramatic novel about the power of a father's love.

No-one thought she had the courage.

Sometimes a damaged child becomes a broken man.

"e;A masterpiece of American fiction"e;Sam Tanenhaus, The New York Times Book ReviewA novel from the author of The Corrections.

You will love this best-selling novel by Sunday Times best-selling author Fern Britton.

An emotional portrayal of the lives of four women as Valentine's day approaches, in 1941 wartime London'Life brought enough problems and upsets for young hearts, especially young female hearts, without them having to carry the added burden of the war.

A stunning tale of four young women thrown together by war.

The brilliant second collection of stories from Germany's answer to Zadie Smith.

Orange Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning Carol Shields' tender, funny and wonderfully insightful portrait of two sisters struggling to rediscover themselves amidst the perplexing swirl of family life.

An extraordinary collection of short stories from an author who is set to become one of America's leading literary voices.

Discover a sumptuous and haunting novel of medieval loves, lies and loyalties.

From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, Commonwealth and Bel Canto, Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the Pen/Faulkner Award.

A man who has everything, a girl who has nothing, and a woman who has to fight to keep what's hers.

The second book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.

The Orange Prize-winning novel of Larry Weller, a man who discovers the passion of his life in the ordered riotousness of Hampton Court's Maze.

First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability - in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one.

A warm, dark novel of family, distance and time from the author of the much-loved, highly-praised, prize-nominated Sister Crazy.

The bestselling author of THE THORN BIRDS returns with a novel of laughter, passion and more than a little magic .

'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion' Steve McQueen, director of Small AxeEast of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen's Small AxeIt is 1981, and Brixton is on the verge of exploding.

The Cottingley Secret tells the tale of two girls who somehow convince the world that magic exists.

A timeless classic dealing with the complexity and hardships of relationships, addiction and faith.

The final short story collection that completes the extraordinary literary voyage of Harold Brodkey, a modern master of short fiction; his most forceful and incisive collection of all.

The Sunday Times No.

Reminiscent of Frank Capra's 'Its a Wonderful Life', Eileen Campbell's second novel is set once again in a small highland community, this time in the mid-Sixties, and exposing the complex relationships and love affairs of its inhabitants.

This remarkable novel tells the story of three women, each of them far from where they came, all of whom are still searching for somewhere that can be called home.

A San Francisco ChronicleBest Book of the Year, A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, A New York Post Best Book of the WeekRecommendedby Vogue, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Skimm, The BBC,Southern Living, Pure Wow, Hey Alma, Esquire, EW, Refinery 29, Bust, and Read It or WeepMind-blowingly brilliant.

The long-awaited Liverpool-at-war novel from an author whose tales of love and loss, passion and pain during the great wars are in a class of their own.

A sparkling saga from the author of Platinum Coast.

Everybodys Sonprobes directly into the tender spots of race and privilege in America.

Will she ever find a home where she can belong?

Apowerful, urgent novel that wields issues of gender and class like a blade.

In the tradition of Ira Levins A Kiss Before Dying and Donna Tartts The Secret History comes a suspenseful thriller from the international bestselling author of The Bronze Horsemanan utterly captivating story about four Ivy League students whose bizarre friendship leads to a twisted maze of secrets, lies, betrayal, and murder.

A witty, charming romantic comedy from the author of Clouds Among the Stars.

Will Daisy Dwerryhouse's love for childhood friend Keth Purvis, survive the combination of geographical divide and the trials and tribulations of a world at war?

A Great American Novel - from the author of 'Borrowed Finery'.

The author's most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.

The author's most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.

The author's most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the second volume of her collected short stories.

The first book in a brand new trilogy from the author of Prospero's Children.

A beautifully written novel of family secrets and wartime heritage, sweeping across Cornwall, London and Warsaw.

From the author of GUILTY CREATURES comes a novel of family life turned upside downKate's got her life sorted out, with her own business, run from her trendy townhouse in London, where she's lucky enough to have best friends in the same street, a workable marriage, two kids, the occasional visit home to her roots.

A novel of the American West narrates the story of a dying man's attempts to make peace with his daughter, their struggle to rescue his granddaughter from renegades and slave traders, and his lifelong search for inner peace.

Set in New England, 'The Forms of Water' is a superb exploration of the complexities of family life, grief and the ties that continue to bind us to the past.

'One of the funniest and truest writers we have.

A New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceThe Wall Street Journal calls The Sun in Your Eyes one of "e;the season's most exciting fiction reads.

A fast-paced literary thriller in which ex-belly dancer Evangeline's fight to protect three-year-old Lily draws her into the seedy underworld of her past - the first book in Louisa Young's celebrated Anglo-Egyptian trilogy of Evangeline Gower novels.