A Monthly Collection of Librarian-selected Books by Topic
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November 2024: All in the Family
Oh, Brother!
(Family Anecdotes and Advice)
- Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters: 101 Unforgettable Stories About Our Nutty but Lovable Families by Jack Canfield (DB 75417)
- Family: The Ties That Bind-- and Gag! by Erma Bombeck (DB 26030/BR 07152)
- Lies We Tell Mothers by Suzy K Quinn (DB 101644)
- Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life by Richard Carlson (DB 46533)
- Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting by Lesley Stahl (DB 84228)
Broken Homes
(Dysfunctional Families)
- Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (DB 90188/BR 22656)
- Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships (DB 113708), and the Drama Free Workbook: Practical Exercises for Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships (DB 123684) by Nedra Glover Tawwab
- The Erratics: A Memoir by Vicki Laveau-Harvie (DB 100625)
- When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping with Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and the Problems that Tear Families Apart by Joel L. Young, MD, and Christine Adamec (DB 78064/BR 20419)
- Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (DB 61540/BRC00809)
The More We Get Together, the Happier We’ll Be
(Fictional Family Reunions)
- One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day (DB 122576) – Mystery. Sisters come together to claim the hotel in Maine their father left to them when he died.
- Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (DB 118020) – Mystery. Family reunion turns murderous.
- Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland (DB 105740) – Two families meet at a summer resort in the Catskills, but relationships have changed.
- A Family Reunion by Brenda Jackson (DB 57034) – Four African American cousins meet for the first time in fifteen years at their family reunion in Georgia.
- Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott (DB 117923) – Newly married and with a baby on the way, a couple goes to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to visit her father, but the idyllic meeting isn’t all that it appears.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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