Results for: books tagged ‘Families’
After Juliet: Sharman Macdonald
A tense truce holds between the Capulets and the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin; but Rosaline ... More
Amongst Women: John McGahern
Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in old age, living out ... More
Amy's View: David Hare
It is 1979. Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The ... More
And Still I Rise: Doreen Lawrence
This is the heartbreaking story of a mother's loss. It is also the story of how one ordinary black woman and her husband changed the face of British policing and ... More
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver, author of the internationally bestselling The Poisonwood Bible, opens her home to us, as she and her family embark on a year of eating locally, and mainly from ... More
Anywhere But Here: Mona Simpson
Published to extraordinary critical acclaim in 1987, Mona Simpson's exceptional first novel tells the story of a mother and daughter, Adele and Ann, making their way west from Bay City ... More
The Birthdays: Heidi Pitlor
The Millers, an ordinary American family, are travelling to a small island off the coast of Maine where they will celebrate their father’s 75th birthday. All three adult children are ... More
Blood Wedding: Federico Garcia Lorca and Ted Hughes
Lorca's Blood Wedding is a classic of twentieth-century theatre. The story is based on a newspaper fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran away with ... More
A Boy of Good Breeding: Miriam Toews
Knute is a twenty-four-year old-single mother who returns home to Algren with her daughter, Summer Feelin’ to look after her father Tom, who has suffered a heart attack. Hosea Funk, ... More
Bright Angel Time: Martha McPhee
Set in the early 1970s, Bright Angel Time is a dazzling first novel about eight-year-old Kate and her two sisters, whose lives are turned upside down when their mother falls ... More
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