family

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family

The house of the seven gables

2008
The Pyncheons, having lived for generations under the curse of a supposed witch who once occupied the land on which the family mansion was built, gain a new lease on life with the arrival of young Phoebe Pyncheon.

Ground rules

what I learned my daughter's fifteenth year
1997
The author discusses her attempts to understand and deal with her rebellious fourteen-year-old daughter.

Intimate worlds

life inside the family
1995
Author explores some of the factors which relate to the formation and functioning of a family and offers advice on how family life can be improved.

Family

a celebration
1995
A collection of short stories, poetry, and essays by well-known writers about various aspects of families, complemented by black and white photographs.

Spring break

1993
Laura has to spend spring break with her family at a remote lakeside cabin. But the surrounding woods hold dark dangers and it's up to Laura to save her family.

Blind spot

1998
A Congresswoman running for election to the U.S. Senate confronts the tragedy of drug abuse within her own family and is forced to examine her life as a result.

The grapes of wrath

1998
The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.

The winter people

1982
Collie Wright lives alone with her baby in a cabin in western North Carolina. A recently widowed clockmaker happens by with his daughter, and Collie takes them in. Then her erstwhile lover arrives for a violent showdown.

Family life and school achievement

why poor black children succeed or fail
1983

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