Books tagged: dysfunctional family

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Running Wide Open    by Lisa Nowak
Price: $2.99 USD. 96470 words. Published by Webfoot Publishing  on June 2, 2011. .

When 15-year-old Cody gets shipped off to live with his uncle, Race, he's sure he'll be in for the same disappointment and abuse he's gotten from every other adult in his life. The last thing he expects is for Race and his speedway buddies to become the family he's always longed for. But can Cody get a handle on his super-charged temper before it messes up his last chance to get his life on track?
Stairs of Sand    by Eileen Granfors
Price: $2.99 USD. 73650 words. Published on July 15, 2011. .

A powerful family novel about buried secrets and unraveling families, "Stairs of Sand," is a funny, fast-paced, realistic portrait of a perfectionist mother and a free-spirited daughter. Both battle Borderline Personality Disorder.
Renting My Damn Mind    by Eduardo A. Borges
Price: $0.99 USD. 14990 words. Published by Maximum Qualities on September 5, 2011. .

Michael is in a psychiatric ward waiting for a solution to his problem: He has three imaginary friends that have made his life a torment. His family never visits, his doctor will only prescribe him medications and his love life is a mess. Michael seems to have hope again when he learns that his family will come to visit for the first time in three years. However, his three imaginary friends decide
Marcelino and the Curse of the Gold Frog    by Daniel Chavez Sr.
Price: $5.99 USD. 97920 words. Published by Brighton Publishing LLC  on September 8, 2011. .

Marcelino was born in a remote Mexican village where life was tolerable until his loving mother’s death. His evil father gave him to an uncle who worked him like a beast of burden. Running away, he spent years in search of work to provide for his family, enduring hardships beyond comprehension. Branded as a sorceress his wife lapsed into insanity threatening the entire family with her evil plan.
Life Affected    by Steven Rosenberg
Price: $9.99 USD. 100510 words. Published on October 26, 2011. .

Growing up can be difficult, and when your parents take you away from your friends and all that is familiar, growing up slides a little closer to impossible. When the worst possible tragedy befalls the Hobart family, the children go their separate ways, both emotionally and physically. In the end, a great many lives have been affected in ways that could not be predicted.
Dysaffirmation: Because this kind of stupid takes work    by Lee and Paul Reyes-Fournier
Price: Free! 3840 words. Published on November 13, 2011. .

A dysaffirmation is a dysfunctional affirmation. If you are truly committed to your own dysfunction, this is the book for you. Download it, go back to your cave, blacken your windows and repeat each dysaffirmation until you pass out.
First Noel    by Philip Wooldridge
Price: $0.99 USD. 4730 words. Published by Four Moons Books  on December 4, 2011. .

A forty-something Southerner, who never really cared much for the holidays, is thrown head first into his wife's family and enters a world of lavish decoration and an abundance of yuletide cheer. Although jaded by his past experiences and irritated by new relatives, through patience and his wife's love, he starts to believe in the power of Christmas and the beauty of this Holy season.
Call Me Tuesday    by Leigh Byrne
Price: $2.99 USD. 78250 words. Published on February 23, 2012. .

A child is being tortured. Who will have the guts to step in and stop it?
Strange Occurrences    by Ashlee Craft
Price: $1.99 USD. 33110 words. Published on February 28, 2012. .

Cathy’s dying grandmother tells her about something called “Strange Occurrences”. When Cathy returns home that night, she is thrown into the past by the Strange Occurrences, forced to relive her past and see things from different viewpoints. Through the knowledge she learns on her journey of self discovery, will she be able to overcome the darkness in her life and change things for the better?
The Last Visit    by Katherine Mayfield
Price: Free! 3130 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Winner of the Honorable Mention Award in the 2011 Warren Adler Short Story Contest, "The Last Visit" is based on the author's final visit with her 92-year-old father when he was in hospice care.