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Time’s Witness by Michael Malone
This fascinating literary mystery offers a penetrating look at the
long-term effects of southern racism.
Dog People
by Merry McInerney-Whiteford
Life is becoming unbearable for 12-year-old Trisha as her parents’
relationship grows more volatile.
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
Three generations of a middle-class family struggle with emotional and
physical issues in the early 1900’s.
The Ventriloquist’s Tale
by Pauline Melville
Set in Guyana in 1919, this funny and sensuous saga engineers a resounding
clash between European Christianity and South American nature-based
spirituality.
Family Pictures
by Sue Miller
A child born with autism alters the family picture for the next 40 years.
Evening
by Susan Minot
Facing certain death from cancer, a woman recalls a summer weekend 40
years ago when she found and lost the one true love of her life.
Desirable Daughters
by Bharati Mukherjee
The youngest of three sisters in an orthodox Hindu Bengali family, Tara
has done the unthinkable: she’s left her husband and taken up with a
Buddhist ex-biker carpenter.
Linden Hills
by Gloria Naylor
The well-off denizens of a black suburb believe that they have created
paradise.
Living to Tell
by Antonya Nelson
This graceful, lushly detailed family portrait features the Mabies,
insomniacs all.
South of Resurrection
by Jonis Agee
A woman returns to her hometown after 20 years and is drawn into a
controversy between small landholders and a greedy agricultural
conglomerate.
Bedrock
by Lisa Alther
A New York photographer leaves her husband, children, and friends to set
up an idyllic new life in a tranquil Vermont town.
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
by Julia Alvarez
Recounts the experiences of four young sisters as they leave their
Dominican Republic home in the early 1960s for the U.S.
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
Stories spin within stories in this spellbinding novel of avarice, love,
and revenge.
Naming the New World
by Calvin Baker
An intensely beautiful novel that spans several generations of an African
American family.
In the Night Season
by Richard Bausch
When Jack is killed in a freak bus accident, his wife and son must deal
with the fallout of the many secrets he kept.
Century’s Son
by Robert Boswell
Ten years after the suicide of their 12-year-old son, a man and his wife
are still in mourning. When her father moves in with them, he brings the
family alive once again.
Before and After
by Rosellen Brown
Brown explores what a couple’s life was like "before and after" they learn
that their son has been charged with murder.
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine
by Bebe Moore Campbell
Examines the effect of the murder on three generations of black and white
families.
The Great Santini
by Pat Conroy
A father treats his family as if they were recruits in need of discipline
as he draws on his marine fighter pilot experiences.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
by Roddy Doyle
A tragic tale of a woman who endures the violence of her husband for the
sake of her children.
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
A family follows the trail of a son in flight from the law.
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Five sisters, who committed suicide in the early 1970s, haunt the memories
of the boys next door in a wealthy Detroit suburb.
Billy
by Albert French
In 1930s Mississippi, a 10-year-old boy ventures into a white neighborhood
and is attacked by a 15-year-old girl.
The Undiscovered Country
by Samantha Gillison
A couple and their seven-year-old daughter, leave the comforts of Boston
for the rugged highlands of Papua, New Guinea.
Jump and Other Stories
by Nadine Gordimer
Set in contemporary South Africa, these clear, beautiful stories explore
themes of personal guilt and shame in the lives of people under political
repression.
The Gun Runner’s Daughter
by Neil Gordon
A man well-connected enough to avoid arrest for arms export violations
finds his dire predicament extraordinarily complicated.
Mister Sandman
by Barbara Gowdy
A bizarre and moving account on the nature of family bonds.
More Than You Know
by Beth Gutcheon
Focuses on the nature of memory and the bitterness of family secrets.
East of the Mountains
by David Guterson
A man dying of cancer makes the decision to commit suicide to spare his
remaining family the pain of a lingering death.
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Oscar Hijuelos
Conflict between brothers is a major theme in this story of two Cubans who
come to the U.S. to be stars.
The Last Magician
by Janette Turner Hospital
A disorienting trip through the interconnected pasts of a group of
Australians, several of whom share a terrible secret from childhood.
Mona in the Promised Land
by Gish Jen
This exuberant comedy explores the porous nature of cultural identity.
Suspicious River
by Laura Kasischke
This beautifully written page-turner dissects the genesis of a destructive
relationship.
Autobiography of My Mother
by Jamaica Kincaid
A black child’s search for truth about a parent becomes a search for self.
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
When someone leaves an abused child in the front seat of a young woman’s
Volkswagen, she decides to become the child’s guardian.
Eddie’s Bastard
by William Kowalski
A thoughtful meditation on the power of family bonds.
Hearts & Bones
by Margaret LawrenceThrough a combination of diary entries, trial records,
and autopsy reports, the story of a brutal crime is revealed.
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
A unique twist on the detective story: a man suffers from Tourette’s
syndrome, which makes his quest to find the murderer of his boss and
mentor unpredictable.
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