"The story of a family whose single mom, fighting mental illness, slowly becomes unable to raise her family, told from the perspective of each of the three children. As the novel opens, a mother drives her eldest son Walter from their home in Los Angelesto the University of California at Berkeley. It will be her last fully responsible act before breaking down completely and being committed to a mental hospital, leaving her children behind. Holding...

Older siblings welcome and enjoy showing love to the new baby.

After the death of her wealthy husband, a young widow must settle the estate with his son — the same man who once broke her heart.
Caroline Dawson survived the town gossips who whispered behind her back. She survived the slow death of her husband, Roscoe Lancaster, the richest man in the county and her senior by three decades. But she feared she might not survive Rink Lancaster, her husband's son. Years before she married, when she and...

"Rosemary and Aaron Harker have been effectively, unofficially sidelines. There is no way to be certain, but they suspect their superiors know that their report on Brunson was less than complete and that they omitted certain truths. Are they being punished or tested? Neither Aaron nor Rosemary knows for certain. When they are sent to a town just outside of Boston with orders to investigate suspicious activity carefully, the Harkers suspect that it...

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible...

"The new novel from the critically acclaimed author of Want, told through the shifting voices of a family gathering for Christmas in upstate New York after the death of their beloved matriarch, at odds over the settling of her estate--a novel about art, grief, shame, ambition, joy, and the American safety net"--

"Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is more traditionally feminine; she loves boys and staying out late. They are sisters ... Their dad has long been out of the picture, and their mom lives at the mercy of her next drink. When their mom lands herself in enforced rehab, Anna and Eli are left to fend for themselves. Eli and Anna have each gotten used to telling lies...

One winter day, the girls made a big snowball. It rolled down the hill and stopped on old Mr. Fogel's front walk. That snowball made Mr. Fogel cross, but he cheered up, when the three little girls came to say they were sorry.

"Jack and Anna go on a hike. They duck under trees, hop over streams, and see many animals along the way. They wish they could go on a hike the next day, too, but Mom says no. Can they have their own outdoor adventure in their backyard?"--

"A brother explains to his new baby brother all the fun adventures they will have together because they are brothers and friends"--