Joanna Trollope
Author
Publisher
Chivers
Pub. Date
p1998
Language
English
Description
"..concerns the expanding unit, the stepfamily, and explores the myths, the truths and the difficulties of trying to deal simultaneously with present relationships, past relationships and above all, with other people's children." --container.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Lizzie was the twin who always got everything right, while Frances never quite measured up. Now, Frances will shock her family by taking a married Spanish Catholic with no intention of leaving his wife, and Lizzie will be left to cope with her own surprising reaction.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
And what's going past is the life of Guy Stockdale, a 62-year-old judge, who has been married forever, has two sons--Simon and Alan--and three grandchildren. For the past seven years, he's also had a mistress. Merrion Palmer is intelligent, attractive, and half Guy's age, which also makes her younger than both Simon and Alan. Her dad died when she was a toddler and she's well aware that Guy is something of a father substitute. For years the role of...
Author
Publisher
Mantle, an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rose Woodrowe is getting married to Tyler Masson - a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter ... Who to listen to? Who to please? Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After Richie Rossiter, a pianist and songwriter, dies suddenly, his companion, Chrissie, with whom he had three daughters, and the wife he left behind, with whom he had a son, are left to deal with each other and the unexpected terms of his will.
7) Mum & Dad
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's been 25 years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it's left to their three grown-up children in London to step in . . . Sebastian is busy running his company with his wife, Anna, who's never quite seen eye-to-eye with her mother-in-law. Katie, a successful solicitor...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic follows the Dashwood sisters - Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret - as they, after the death of their father, must come to terms with the cruelties of life without the status of their country house, the protection of the family name, or the comfort of an inheritance.