Family & Relationships
That Office Boy
A new story by Father Finn! It will be glad news to many to learn that Father Finn has found time from his many duties to write a new story,…
The Mother
Life is difficult for The Mother, with a household of husband and children, when her crone of a mother-in-law comes to live with them. It is…
On Angel's Wings
Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene was an Irish author of children's books. However, like any good book for children, this book is also for adults…
The Blacker the Berry
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
A Family Well-Ordered
An essay to render parents and children happy in one another handling two very important cases: I. What are the duties to be done by pious p…
Pratt Portraits
Sketches of a family's life in a New England suburb at the end of the nineteenth century. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle
Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
Product DescriptionTwelve-year-old Benny wants a pet-a dog or a cat. You know, the kind of pet every else has. But other kids don't have his…
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
Oliver's Bride
Betrothed to one woman but married to another whose heart will be broken. Summary by Michele Eaton
Fairhaven
Fairhaven is the story of a very wealthy couple who lived in New York City in a palatial mansion. They had all the trappings of the super ri…
The Girl Scouts at Home
Little Rosanna Horton was a very poor little girl. When I tell you more about her, you will think that was a very odd thing to say.She lived…
On The Trail
Lina and Adelia Beard, co-founders of the first American girls' scouting group, originally called the Girl Scout Society, then the Girl Pion…
Nami-ko
Nami-ko, a young woman of a noble Japanese family, has recently married the naval officer Takeo, the only heir of a friend of her father's. …
All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
The Art of Kissing
The Art of Kissing by Will Rossiter explores the rich history and cultural significance of one of humanity's most universal expressions of a…
Concerning Isabel Carnaby
Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…
The Children Of The Abbey
Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…
Rosemary in Search of a Father
Rosemary lives at home with her mother. She hopes to find her father one day. - Summary by ShrimpPhish
The House by the Medlar Tree
In a nineteenth century Sicilian fishing village, the Malavoglia family gambles everything on being able to profit from a cargo of lupin nut…