domestic fiction

The McCready sisters have just settled into their new home on Pine Island when they get word that an unwelcome houseguest is coming to visit for months.

Gabi Hernandez chronicles her crushes, tensions with her Mexican American family, and the struggles she and her friends experience during her last year of high school.

When Margot gets grounded, her parents make her work at the deli in their grocery store. Worried she's losing her carefully cultivated prep school reputation, Margot will do anything to make sure she's at the school's biggest beach party.

Despite her parents' divorce, her father's coming out as gay, and his plans to marry his boyfriend, ten-year-old Bea is reassured by her parents' unconditional love, excited about getting a stepsister, and haunted by something she did last summer at her father's lake house.

Marty and Clark return from a visit with their daughter Missie and must adjust to being home, Clark's handicap, and the changes that have occurred within their family during the months they were away.

Continues the pioneer adventures of Clark and Marty as they face the joys and trials of life on a homesteader's farm and the marriage of their daughter.

Clark and Marty visit their daughter Missie and her husband Willie in the far West and meet their two little grandsons, but their faith is tested once again when the visit is marred by a tragic accident.

"On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its . . . climax"--OCLC.

Mary, a quiet young girl, finds herself at odds with her loud family. Mary is so quiet that she seems to fade from her family's sight. When calling loudly for Mary gets no result, her family tries quiet waiting instead and finds both Mary and the simple beauty in slowing down to listen to the world. Includes tips for being mindful.

Georgia is still mourning the loss of her famous artist father. Nothing seems right these days, not her art and not her best friend Theo. When Georgia discovers pencil marks on the back of one of her dad's paintings, she knows she's discovered his sketch for the painting he was supposed to do next--one of Georgia herself. As Georgia digs deeper into the mystery of the sketch, she hopes that she will find a way back to normal again.