Family Life Archives

4.5-STAR REVIEW: AFTER ANNIE by Anna Quindlen

Women's Fiction JoAnne - 12 March 2024

Publication Date: February 27, 2024 When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her children, and her closest friend are left to find a way forward without the woman who has been the lynchpin...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS by Jessamine Chan

Dystopian Sandy Saucier - 21 July 2023

Publication Date: February 7, 2023 Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger...

5-STAR REVIEW: PETE AND ALICE IN MAINE by Caitlin Shetterly

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 July 2023

Publication Date: July 4, 2023 A powerful and beautifully written debut novel that intimately explores a fractured marriage and the struggles of modern parenthood, set against the backdrop of the chaotic spring of...

5-STAR REVIEW: MY MAGNOLIA SUMMER by Victoria Benton Frank

Family Life Amy Wilson - 5 June 2023

Publication Date: June 6, 2023 Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry, where family bonds and hidden secrets run deep. In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, struggling...

5-STAR REVIEW: THERE ARE NO RULES FOR THIS by JJ Elliott

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 16 May 2023

Publication Date: May 16, 2023 People like Feeney Simms don’t commit suicide. Beautiful, charismatic, mother of two, wife to a handsome, successful husband, beloved by her friends—this is not the typical picture of...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Marcia Bradley

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 April 2023

Publication Date: April 4, 2023 While other adolescent girls are listening to grunge rock or swooning over boy bands and movie stars, Loretta knows little of life beyond the Home for Wayward Girls,...

5-STAR REVIEW: FORGET WHAT YOU KNOW by Christina Dodd

Mystery Amy Wilson - 7 March 2023

Publication Date: March 7, 2023 A submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake. The driver has been shot in the back of the head and no other bodies are found....

3-STAR REVIEW: ONLY AND EVER THIS by J.A. Tyler

Family Life Amy Wilson - 21 February 2023

Publication Date: February 21, 2023 A mother clings to twin sons, desperate to keep them from becoming their father, a pirate forever sailing away. In this rain-soaked township, she will attempt to mummify...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE MOTHER I NEVER HAD by Gary Goldstein

Romantic Comedy Amy Wilson - 11 October 2022

Publication Date: October 11, 2022 It's tough enough for L.A. landscape designer Nate Cronin when his professor father, Jim, who raised him alone since birth, dies, leaving Nate an orphan at thirty years...

4-STAR REVIEW: OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE SKY by Kristan Higgins

Women's Fiction JoAnne - 7 June 2022

Publication Date: June 7, 2022 From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all—and getting back more than you ever expected. Lillie Silva knew life as...

SPOTLIGHT: FINDING LIGHT IN A LOST YEAR by Carin Fahr Shulusky Plus Giveaway!

Family Life Dayna Linton - 27 May 2022

Publication Date: May 8, 2022 Roni Wright thought she had everything; huge home, successful husband, kids, and a brilliant career. That is until the worse pandemic in 100 years swept away the shallow...

5-STAR REVIEW: FINDING LIGHT IN A LOST YEAR by Carin Fahr Shulusky

Family Life Amy Wilson - 27 May 2022

Publication Date: May 8, 2022 Roni Wright thought she had everything; huge home, successful husband, kids, and a brilliant career. That is until the worse pandemic in 100 years swept away the shallow...