Another story full of humour and humanity about marriage, family dynamics, the wounds of past arguments and moving forward.
Tag Archives: family relationships
The Night Garden: Of My Mother by Sandra Tyler
Sandra Tyler in her memoir has crafted something which at times is hard to read in its candour but whose essence is deeply touching
The Sacrifice by Indrajit Garai
A small collection of stories which are strong in what they depict from family bonds to the resilience of the human spirit
Trading Dreams at Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
The story of four women in Philadelphia and the dynamics in their family relationships, exacerbated by the shadow of mental illness
One August Night by Victoria Hislop
Continuing where The Island finished, One August Night takes us back to Crete and the families of Plaka and their subsequent dramas
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
Not for the fainthearted due to its controversial subject matter, The Roanoke Girls is intense, compelling, unsettling -not easily forgotten
The Ice-Cream Makers by Ernest van der Kwast
The Ice- Cream Makers by Ernest van der Kwast – The story of two brothers in a family of Italian ice-cream makers is full of family tradition, the binds of familial expectation, and poetry
They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson
An exploration of family relationships and the memories that can be rediscovered when clearing out a family home.