family

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Sincerely

sincerely, Sophie & sincerely, Katie
2011
Presents two volumes in which Sophie and Katie, eleven-year-olds living on opposite sides of the country, are brought together as pen pals by a school assignment and find comfort in their growing relationship when problems at home and at school disrupt their lives.

Julia and the hand of God

1977
A series of crises lead 11-year-old Julia to see her family in a different light and help her reaffirm her ambition to be a writer.

Mending the world

stories of family by contemporary Black writers
2004
Provides a collection of writings by Black writers discussing family and includes selections by Alexis De Veaux, Alice Walker, and Jamaica Kincaid.

Purple America

a novel
1998
A son comes home to care for his ill mother but everything soon falls apart.

A delicate balance

a play
1997
A drama which examines the lives and values of two middle-aged couples and two younger women.

Bellefleur

1991
A saga of the Bellefleur family--a prolific group whose members include millionaires, a murderer, seekers, and various eccentrics--as seen through the eyes of the clan's youngest member, Germaine,.

The American

1997
Christopher Newman, a wealthy American, goes to Europe to enjoy his wealth and becomes engaged. Her family is against the engagement and has it annulled. Newman is confronted with a moral dilemma when the possibility of revenge presents itself.

The temple of my familiar

1997
Three couples, two in crisis, talk about themselves and reconstruct the missing pieces of the past and in the end, they deeply affect one another.

Amelia Bedelia's family album

1989
Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.

The Simpsons treehouse of horror

2011
Presents a humorous collection of unusual Halloween stories as the Simpsons encounter the world of the paranormal.

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