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The Sun Sister

Lucinda Riley · 848 pages

Multigenerational FamilyWomen's FictionSprawling EpicNew York City
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Very Valentine

Adriana Trigiani · 371 pages

Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. *Very Valentine* is the first novel in a trilogy and is sure to be the new favorite of Trigiani's millions of fans around the world. In this luscious, contemporary family saga, the Angelini Shoe C

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyNew York CityContemporary Fiction
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We Are Not Ourselves

Matthew Thomas · 620 pages

"Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on whether guests are over and how much alcohol has been consumed. Eileen can't help but dream of a calmer life, in a better neighborhood. When Eileen meets Ed Leary, a scientist whose bearing is nothing like those of the men s

Multigenerational FamilyNew York CitySprawling EpicContemporary Fiction
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Winter Garden

Kristin Hannah · 448 pages

Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn’t know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her chil

Multigenerational FamilyWomen's FictionOrphansContemporary Fiction
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A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty

Joshilyn Jackson · 344 pages

"A novel that follows a young woman's search for the truth about who her mother really is"--Provided by publisher.

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Porch Lights

Dorothea Benton Frank · 330 pages

When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman with the NYFD, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island. Crossing the bridge from the mainland, Jackie and Charlie

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Ya-Yas in Bloom

Rebecca Wells · 336 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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How to Bake a Perfect Life

Barbara O'Neal · 611 pages

Multigenerational FamilyWomen's FictionContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Sins of the Fathers

Susan Howatch · 718 pages

This family saga traces the fortunes of the Van Zales of New York City from post Word War II through the 1960's. Cornelius Van Zale, czar of a Wall Street investment bank, lords it over his family, friends and underlings. His cut-throat tactics have far-reaching adverse effects on everyone around him, particularly on his vulnerable daughter, Vicky.

New York CityWomen's FictionMultigenerational FamilySprawling Epic
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Sweetgrass

Mary Alice Monroe · 431 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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A Woman of Substance

Barbara Taylor Bradford · 843 pages

Emma Harte Lowther Ainsley is seventy-eight years old and one of the richest most powerful women in the world. Self-reliant and ruthless, she uses money as a weapon and adversity as a tool. In her poverty-stricken youth, Emma exhibited an uncommon amount of initiative and intelligence even as a maidservant on a Yorkshire estate. Pregnant and unwed at fifteen, she fled her shameful situation to s

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilySprawling EpicFemale Lead
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Garden Spells

Sarah Addison Allen · 290 pages

A successful caterer in Bascomb, North Carolina, Claire has always remained tied to the legacy of the Waverley family, until her peaceful life is transformed by Tyler Hughes, an art teacher and new next-door neighbor, and by the return of her prodigal sister, Sydney.

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Master of the Game

Sidney Sheldon · 471 pages

WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL? She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned. And she's a survivor, indomitable as her father, the man who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the bleak South African earth. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birt

Multigenerational FamilySprawling EpicContemporary FictionWomen's Fiction
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Patty Jane's House Of Curl

Lorna Landvik · 288 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Circle of Friends

Maeve Binchy · 560 pages

It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains

OrphansWomen's FictionContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 416 pages

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an

Multigenerational FamilyOrphansWomen's FictionFemale Lead
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Going Home

Harriet Evans · 448 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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The Friday Night Knitting Club

Kate Jacobs · 384 pages

Gathering for their weekly knitting club at a small yarn shop on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a group of friends shares such challenges as raising children, navigating the ups and downs of their careers, and pursuing uncertain relationships.

Women's FictionNew York CityContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Round Robin

Jennifer Chiaverini · 304 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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The Girl Next Door

Elizabeth Noble · 331 pages

The bittersweet story of friendship and love in an apartment building on New York's Upper East Side.

Women's FictionNew York CityContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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The Trip of a Lifetime

Monica McInerney · 464 pages

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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Table for Five

Susan Wiggs · 400 pages

When Derek and Crystal Maguire are killed in a car accident, their three children are left to be raised by their designated guardians-Lily Robinson and Sean McGuire. Brought together by tragedy, the two strangers are joined in grief and their mutual love for these orphaned children. Sean and Lily are about to embark on the journey of ups and downs, patience and understanding that makes a family. A

OrphansWomen's FictionContemporary FictionFemale Lead
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The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 817 pages

"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present day America and a drama of enthra

OrphansNew York CitySprawling EpicContemporary Fiction
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Edward Kelsey Moore · 307 pages

Follows three high school friends--dubbed "The Supremes"--as they weather life's highs and lows, but always gathering each Sunday at the same table at Earl's diner in Plainview, Ind., to talk it all out.

Women's FictionMultigenerational FamilyContemporary FictionFemale Lead

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