families

Tassie Keltjin, a twenty-year-old girl from a small town, comes of age as a college student while the U.S. prepares for war in the Middle East, and when she takes a part-time job as a nanny, she encounters various emotional and political issues and learns more about herself.

Contains over one hundred brief, inspirational stories about families.

Frank Russell, known as Shanks, wishes he could have gone with his father and brother to fight for Mississippi and the Confederacy, but his experiences with the war and his changing relationship with the family slave, Buck, change his thinking.

Sweta reflects on her family's history and modern India in general, discussing the unhappy marriage between her grandfather, an Indian independence fighter who is committed to his principles, and her grandmother, who only cares about fashion, and her father's childhood as a film star.

After the wedding Elizabeth is happy living in relative seclusion with Mr. Darcy and his sister, and as Christmas approaches she decides to invite her mother and sister for a visit, but what begins as a small family party soon grows out of proportion.

The death of Liam Hegarty, found drowned in the sea at Brighton, England, sparks a crisis in the life of his middle sister Veronica, who goes to retrieve the body and bring Liam home to Dublin where the Hegarty clan is gathering to mourn and remember.

The inhabitants of a lakeside Victorian mansion undergo a combination of mundane and dramatic events, beginning with the loss of his lordship's artificial leg.

A particularly trying--and unexpected--guest disrupts the life of a well-to-do family.

Contains thirty-six readings that reflect the various opinions that exist in American society regarding marriage and family diversity; grouped by topic in five general categories.

Emma Watson rejoins her ailing father and sister Elizabeth and becomes involved in the lives of her family members. Completes the novel, "The Watsons, " begun by Jane Austen but abandoned after only seventeen and a half thousand words.