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Dreams of joy [sound recording] / by See, Lisa.; Song, Janet.;
Read by Janet Song.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Families; Family secrets; Sisters;
© p2011., Random House Audio,

Too many to mourn : one family's tragedy in the Halifax Explosion / by Mahar, James G.; Mahar, Rowena.;
Subjects: Jackson family.;
© c1998., Nimbus,

The hidden child : a novel / by Fein, Louise,author.;
"Eleanor and Edward have wealth, status, and a happy marriage. But the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they're harboring a terrible, shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life-even if it means abandoning their child to a horrific fate?"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Epilepsy in children; Families; Family secrets;

Daughters of Castle Deverill / by Montefiore, Santa,1970-author.;
It is 1925 and the war is long over. But much has been lost and life will never truly be the same again. Castle Deverill, cherished home to the Deverill family in the west of Ireland for hundreds of years, has burned to the ground. But young and flighty Celia Deverill is determined to restore the sad ruin to its former glory. Celia married well and has the wealth, after all, to keep it in the family and she cannot bear to see it stand neglected. But dark shadows are gathering once more, as the financial markets start to shake. And everything that felt so certain is thrown once again into doubt.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Castles; Families;

The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois : a novel / by Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne,1967-author.;
The 2020 National Book Awardnominated poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic - an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of 'Homegoing', 'Sing, Unburied, Sing', and 'The Water Dancer' - that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era. A Dewey Diva Pick. #OwnVoices.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; African American women; African American families; African Americans; Identity (Psychology);

Mightier than the sword / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Families; Social classes;

After Camelot [sound recording] : a personal history of the Kennedy family 1968 to the present / by Taraborrelli, J. Randy.; Petkoff, Robert.;
Read by Robert Petkoff.
Subjects: Kennedy family.; Audiobooks.;
© p2012., Hachette Audio,

Return to Valetto / by Smith, Dominic,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The story of an heir's return to an abandoned town in Italy, the secrets of the family who stayed, and the long shadow of fascism and collaboration in World War II"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Family secrets; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;

The sins of the father [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-; Fox, Emilia,1974-; Jennings, Alex.;
Read by Alex Jennings and Emilia Fox.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; British; Families; Family secrets; World War, 1939-1945;
© p2012., Macmillan Audio,

Ancestry : a novel / by Mawer, Simon,author.;
The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at this mysterious land. Who were the people who populated it? Almost two hundred years ago, Abraham, an illiterate urchin, scavenges on a Suffolk beach and dreams of running away to sea. Naomi, a seventeen-year-old seamstress, sits primly in a second class carriage on the train from Sussex to London and imagines a new life in the big city. George, a private soldier of the 50th Regiment of Foot, marries his Irish bride, Annie, in the cathedral in Manchester and together they face married life under arms. Now these people exist only in the bare bones of registers and census lists but they were once real enough. They lived, loved, felt joy and fear, and ultimately died. But who were they? And what indissoluble thread binds them together? Simon Mawer's compelling and original novel puts flesh on our ancestors' bones to bring them to life and give them voice. He has created stories that are gripping and heart-breaking, from the squalor and vitality of Dickensian London to the excitement of seafaring in the last days of sail and the horror of the trenches of the Crimea. There is birth and death; there is love, both open and legal but also hidden and illicit. Yet the thread that connects these disparate figures is something that they cannot have known, the unbreakable bond of family.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Mawer, Simon; Census; Families; Genealogy;

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