Family life fiction

On a weekend in late summer, Jo is fleeing to London with her children when, a few miles into the journey from the Kent coast, her teenage daughter jumps off the train.

If you loved William Boyd s Restless, you ll enjoy this Viv Groskop, Red Cambridge University in 1937 is awash with ideas and idealists to unworldly Joan it is dazzling.

Let much loved author Maggie Bennett sweep you away with this powerful and gripping Southern saga of poverty, pride and passion.

Ryan's Bakery is at the hub of Liverpool life in the late thirties: its driving force, Kathleen, who loves her quiet husband, Michael, and her family, and is fiercely ambitious for them all - Rita, soon to be a teacher; stage-stuck Shirely Anne; Chris, a baker like his dad, and carefee young Joey.

Can she hold on to hope?

A heart-tugging read - Yours Heartwarming - My Weekly You won't be able to put this down until you have read every word - No.

From the author of Mums Like Us comes a fun, witty novel about what it's like when an ordinary mum has had enough.

It s Mums Like Us vs Mother Superiors.

THE FOURTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANFebruary 1941.

Twenty-two-year-old Galen is a New Age believer on a warpath towards transcendence.

** SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REN E ZELLWEGER, LOUIE ANDERSON AND OWEN TEAGUE **Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I can t remember when I read anything that moved me quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison.

One mother's last trip to see her son on death row.

In a small Kent town in the 1950s, a bewildered little girl is growing up.

Sonia, Lady Duntan, loves the family seat rather more than she does her husband.

**Now adapted for the stage by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti as a Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep co-production running 22nd May 21st June 2025**SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD AND LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZEFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BOY WITH THE TOPKNOT AND EMPIRELAND'Enormously enjoyable' SUNDAY TIMES'A satirical masterpiece' TELEGRAPH'Sanghera's tender and funny book is a cracking and pacy read' OBSERVER'A stunning novel .

When Samantha Morrow's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son she is faced with the terrifying prospect of having to recreate her whole life.

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Harris, Nancy Revell and Catherine Cookson, this is the richly moving and powerful story of one girl's struggle to protect her family, come what may, from much loved author Maggie Bennett.

'Stunningly sensual and visceral' NEW YORK TIMES'Smart, beautiful .

On his way back up from the yard Bird had seen something white and round a girl who had curled herself into a ball.

In the quiet village of Great Barking, strange doings are afoot.

How did Robert Purcell, distinguished barrister and perfect specimen of the British Establishment, end up in prison?

Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "e;the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest"e;.

Anna knows that if you want something really badly, you have to plan it.

In an attempt to escape his bizarre family and stagnation up North, tv soap-addict Alistair Strange moves to Fulham where he lands a job editing for a vanity publisher.

When Jochen left his father behind in East Germany he carried his resentment with him.

The Hardings are teetering on the brink.

Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf.

Julia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society.

The stories and legends of the Bushmen were told to Conrad when he was twelve years old.

Let #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey take you on a captivating and sweeping romantic adventure.

Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, this scintillating page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey is the perfect historical romance to settle down with.

Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, this sizzling page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey is the perfect historical romance to sweep you away.

Scathing dialogue and heated romance combine in this fiery romantic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey, for fans of Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly.

If you like Bridgerton, Georgette Heyer and Jenny Hambly, you will love this sensational and sexy romantic adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey.

The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin s best-selling San Francisco saga.

Mentioned in the same breath as The Little Prince, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Alchemist,Serdar zkan s enchanting debut novel The Missing Rose has the power to change your life.

In 'A Summer Remembered', as Laura is busy with the Christmas preparations, while looking after her children Richard and Millie, she can't help but wish she were back on their summer holiday in Normandy.

In 'Leave it to Mavis', Mavis has been helping to make the arrangements for her daughter Julie's wedding - most importantly, booking the village hall for the reception.

In 'A Matter of Time', Martin has inherited a house from his late aunt in New York, and his girlfriend Linda has moved over there with him.

Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy will love this warm-hearted and moving novel from multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes.

For Fidgie, living in pre-war Wales, the long school holiday stretched blissfully ahead.

'Immensely moving and readable' The Times'My name is Lily Daniels and I live in The Valley .

A delightfully touching and uplifting saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.

Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius.

The moving story of a brother and a sister caught in the tide of the Cold War K the is a Jewish sculptor living in East Berlin.

When Dorothy came back from the dead, it seemed to Aaron that some people simply didn't notice.

'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.

'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.

An innocent little girlA phenomenal fortuneA mother like no otherTen-year old Bettina and her mother, Babs, are heiresses to one of America's biggest fortunes.