Download or read book The Perfect Family written by Samantha King and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relentlessly twisting, Samantha King’s debut novel is a dark and brilliant slice of psychological suspense in which even the happiest family can awake to a nightmare . . . Maddie Castle is broken. Ever since the tragedy that struck on her twins’ tenth birthday, she’s been trying to fit the pieces together, to get back to the life she led before. Maddie, her husband, Dom, and their children, Aidan and Annabel, lived in a comfortable home on a quiet street in a London suburb. Life was busy and satisfying. They were happy. Weren’t they? Now, a disoriented and grieving Maddie floats like a ghost through each day, hardly sleeping, eating, or speaking. It’s easier to stay locked in her own head than to torment herself by reliving what happened. And yet, the harder Maddie tries to pin down her memories, the more they slip out of reach. Is her guilt and remorse justified? Is it Maddie’s fault that everything was ripped apart? Or could it be that the real terror is still to come? “A beautifully written, chilling psychological thriller. Taut, tense and very clever with twists I didn't see coming.” --Claire Douglas, Sunday Times bestselling author “A completely gripping psychological suspense that had me glued to the pages and rushing through to the end. It's an edge-of-your-seat kind of read that you can't put down until it's done.” --Jenny Oliver

Download or read book The Perfect Family written by Delena P. Lewis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicagos Bestselling Author Delena P. Lewis has done it again with her 2nd phenomenal novel. The Perfect Family Lloyd Strong faced the hardest obstacles any human being could ever encounter, yet he worked hard and achieved his goal of creating a Strong family. He and his wife Ann raised three Strong sons, but the Strong family will be weakened by greed and lustful temptations. Jason is the oldest son, hes married to Karen they have a set of handsome twin boys. Jason is selfish all he cares about is his freedom, lusting after women and money. However, embezzling money from his employer has him feeling the heat of losing his six figure income job. Troy the middle son, a savvy hustler and truly a playboy, the ladies are mesmerized by his bold street swagger. The only young lady that has his heart is his baby girl, Jasmine. His love for her has him struggling between doing whats right or continuing to live his life on the edge. Ross is the baby and a mamas boy. His mother spoils him rotten and caters to his needs. His father detests his flamboyant ways and he lets it be known. Ross has a sharp eye for designer fashions and cosmetology and he uses it to his advantage in spite of his fathers homosexual innuendos directed towards him. Ann is the glue that holds the Strong family together. Her husband and sons have the utmost respect for her, until they find out the deep dark secret shes been hiding, that has gotten out of control. The Strong family is strong, but theyre about to be crushed under the weight of its burdens. In the end, not even the innocent family member will be spared.

Download or read book So You Want to be the Perfect Family written by Josephine Feeney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie and her family are chosen to appear on a new TV show, 'So You Want to be the Perfect Family?' A panel of experts try to bring the family to perfection, tackling one 'problem area' (such as clothes, eating habits and inter-personal relationships) each week. The ensuing chaos thrusts the family into the limelight, and eventually they begin to wonder whether becoming 'perfect' is really such a good idea...

Download or read book The Perfect Family written by Robyn Harding and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of the The Swap takes you “on a wild psychological ride with this addictive thriller” (Palm Beach Daily News) about what happens when a seemingly perfect family is pushed to the edge. Thomas and Viv Adler are the envy of their neighbors: attractive, successful, with well-mannered children and a beautifully restored home. Until one morning, when they wake up to find their porch has been pelted with eggs. It’s a prank, Thomas insists; the work of a few out-of-control kids. But when a smoke bomb is tossed on their front lawn, and their car’s tires are punctured, the family begins to worry. Surveillance cameras show nothing but grainy images of shadowy figures in hoodies. And the police dismiss the attacks, insisting they’re just the work of bored teenagers. Unable to identify the perpetrators, the Adlers are helpless as the assaults escalate into violence, and worse. And each new violation brings with it a growing fear. Because everyone in the Adler family is keeping a secret—not just from the outside world, but from each other. And secrets can be very dangerous…. “Unsettling and darkly sublime, Robyn Harding deftly explores twisted family dynamics and devastating secrets in suburbia in this stunning novel that will shock readers by the final page” (Christina McDonald, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell).

Download or read book I Love Us a Book about Family with Mirror and Fill In Family Tree written by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the many different ways that families show their love for one another, in a text with a mirror and fill-in family tree.

Download or read book The Perfect Family Man written by M. M. DeLuca and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years ago, Olivia's little boy went missing. Now her husband Nate has vanished too. As Olivia investigates, she discovers a web of secrets and lies that lead her to question her husband and her marriage. When Olivia's husband disappears on a work trip, she calls his office to find out what’s going on, and they tell her the truth: her husband, Nate, hasn’t worked at the company for six months. His disappearance is especially shocking and suspect since Olivia's son also vanished five years earlier. Once Olivia discovers Nate's lie, she finds it hard not to pick at the scab of her marriage and see what other secrets lie beneath their union. Within a week, she has uncovered enough that she hopes she might finally learn the truth about her husband and about really what happened to her little boy. The Perfect Family Man is a jaw-droppingly good rollercoaster ride of a novel with twists that will leave readers going "OMG." Written by M. M. DeLuca, author of The Secret Sister, this thrilling tale is perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and writers Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.

Download or read book Louanne Pig in The Perfect Family Revised Edition written by Nancy Carlson and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louanne s an only child. She thinks that it would be fun to have a big family, just like her neighbor George. He has five sisters and four brothers the perfect size. When her parents have to leave town for the weekend, Louanne jumps at the chance to stay with George. But during her stay, there s too much snoring, a long line for the bathroom, and absolutely nowhere to be alone. Maybe three is the perfect number after all!

Download or read book The Perfect Family written by Jacquie Underdown and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three everyday couples, from one ordinary family ... and an astonishing murder plot. Outwardly, The Radcliffes are a typical suburban family. But anyone close enough to them will know that it's all for show. Matt and Nikki's life is perfect. They're happily married, work great jobs, and are raising two loveable teenage sons. Anthony and Belinda have it all--the looks, the big house by the water, and a successful business. Vaughn and Paige couldn't be more in love, and they can't wait to start a family of their own. But underneath, each couple is in crisis and there is one cause. Out of options and their backs against the wall, they discover that murder isn't a tool reserved only for criminals.

Download or read book The Perfect Family written by Kathryn Shay and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17-year-old Jamie Davidson doesn't think being gay should be such a big deal, until he comes out to his parents and friends. Even as Jamie celebrates no longer needing to hide his true self and looks forward to the excitement of openly dating another boy, the entire Davidson family is thrown into turmoil.

Download or read book A Not Quite Perfect Family written by Claire Sandy and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny, feisty and all-too-true, A Not Quite Perfect Family by Claire Sandy is for anyone who loves their family so much they’d just like a weekend away from them. Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It’s a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she’s the one who washes their pants, de-fleas the dog and runs her own business. A hearty meal is the one thing that brings the Carliles together – but over the course of a year, the various courses also pull them apart. Around the table sits an eight-year-old militant feminist, a pair of teenage accidental parents, and a cantankerous OAP. Fern’s husband needs an extra seat for his spectacular midlife crisis. Will Fern’s marriage be over by the time coffee is served? Perhaps she’ll give in and have the hot new dish that looks so tempting. Decisions, decisions . . .

Download or read book Perfect Family written by Jerrie Oughton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome Marie O'Neal is finally starting to enjoy her 15th year and can't wait to turn 16. She meets Nicholas Canton and, though her parents don't approve, the two start dating. Soon Welcome is head over heels in love and she can't believe it won't last forever. But the romance ends with the summer and when things fall apart, Welcome finds herself confused, heartbroken, and...in trouble. There aren't many people Welcome can turn to for help or advice in her small Southern town in 1955, especially not in her "perfect" family. The decisions Welcome has to make will change her life forever.

Download or read book One Perfect Family written by Anna Jacobs and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Perfect Family . . . can bring a whole village together Lancashire, 1934. When Tam Crawford is unexpectedly bequeathed some money, he can finally realise his dream of settling down in the beautiful village of Ellindale. Tam knows he can be impulsive - his nickname isn't Crazy Tam for nothing! - but this time he is determined not to be ruled by his big heart and hot head. Yet somehow, within just one day, he has taken on a fiancée and two children to keep them out of the poorhouse - or worse. Despite their unconventional start, as Tam and his new family get to know and love each other, they come to realise that his act of charity is the best thing that could have happened to all of them. But there are still problems and they struggle to find somewhere to live. Tam and his makeshift family are not the only ones facing difficulties. Local benefactor Finn Carlisle's attempts to help the unemployed are being sabotaged by an unscrupulous local councillor, and Tam's cousin-by-marriage Hilda Kerkham has been widowed and is struggling even to feed her son. Will the people of Ellindale be able to help one another in these hard times? Praise for the Ellindale series 'One of the most lovely and heartwarming books I have ever read! *****' - Between the Pages 'A book of family, love, friendship and loyalty. *****' - Stardust Book Reviews 'I was gripped from the very first word on the very first page and I wasn't released until the last word on the last page . . . When I finished I felt like I had been through an emotional wringer. *****' - Ginger Book Geek

Download or read book M Is for Mama written by Abbie Halberstadt and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully rise to the high calling of motherhood without settling for mediocrity or losing their minds in the process. Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. As a daughter of Christ, you have been called to be more than an average mama. Attaining excellence doesn’t have to be unsettling but it will take committed focus and a desire to parent well according to God’s grace and for His glory. M is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom. Mama, you are worthy of the awesome responsibility God has given you. Now it’s time to start believing you can live up to it.

Download or read book Percy S Imperfectly Perfect Family written by Renée C. Bauer and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your children may not understand what the word divorce means, but they understand how it makes them feel. Their little worlds are turned upside down. Percy the perky penguin feels the exact same way when he learns that his parents are no longer going to live together. Even though he has lots of friends and does well in school, he suddenly doesnt feel so perky anymore. But he explores his concerns about what life will be like, and he learns that talking about his fears helps him work through his feelings. Change is hard, but he decides to adjust and find his perkiness again. Percys fears and those of other children stuck in the middle of a divorce may sometimes seem trivial to adults, but theyre very real. While you cant promise them things wont change, you can work as hard as you can to make sure theyre happy. It will take listening to them and talking with themand starting a conversation becomes much easier with Percys Imperfectly Perfect Family.

Download or read book Perfectly Imperfect Family written by Amie Lands and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brother shares how his family honors his sister, even though she died before he was born. Oftentimes referred to as a rainbow baby, children born after the death of a sibling often wonder about the one who came before them. Perfectly Imperfect Family gently acknowledges the stigma associated with loss, grief, and including a baby who has died by offering loving ways in which a beloved baby can be celebrated during special days and every day.

Download or read book Molly s Family written by Nancy Garden and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2004-04-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a family? The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. But when Tommy looks at her picture, he tells her it's not of a family. "You can't have a mommy and a mama," he says. Molly doesn't know what to think; no one else in her class has two mothers. She isn't sure she wants her picture to be on the wall for Open School Night. Molly's dilemma, sensitively explored in words and art, shows readers that even if a family is different from others, it can still be happy, loving, and real.

Download or read book Hillbilly Elegy written by J. D. Vance and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING AMY ADAMS, GLENN CLOSE, AND GABRIEL BASSO "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.