Books tagged: family struggles

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Disconnected    by Andy Meyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 4360 words. Published on April 14, 2010. .

"Disconnected" is a story of a newly homeless family lost in an unfamiliar city and the struggle of Millie to keep her children safe after she and the children get separated from her husband.
Evergreen A Christmas Tale    by Richard Taylor
Price: Free! 3100 words. Published on June 28, 2010. .

A dying grandfather tells the story of the first Christmas tree to a family wrenched by strife.
A Daughter's Love    by Lorraine Sears
Price: $0.99 USD. 1330 words. Published by Untreed Reads on August 6, 2010. .

A young woman attempts to take care of her father who struggles with inner demons from his time at war. Can a daughter's love overcome the ferocity of a battle being waged in the mind? A tale from the Nibs literary short story line.
Report From The Heart    by Consuelo Saah Baehr
Price: $0.99 USD. 62800 words. Published on September 14, 2010. .

Mommy isn't happy. Should she stay? Should she go? Would she be better off single? Mommy had no choice. “If I hadn’t had children, I would have made the begetting of a child my life’s work. There was no other way for my generation.” One ordinary day in a woman’s life. A book about the pleasures, irritations, and yes, rage of marriage; children; the anxieties of sex; the compromises.
Pallbearer    by E. G. Fabricant
Price: $0.99 USD. 5970 words. Published on October 2, 2010. .

From "Matters Familiar." Two boys, one mother; two lives, separated from birth.
We Don't Know Where You've Been, Mr. Jones    by Terry Hayman
Price: $1.99 USD. 4030 words. Published by Fiero Publishing  on October 21, 2010. .

In an effort to help an aging population retain their independence as long as possible, an entire village has been set up with sensors and bumpers, high-tech devices to track and protect those who wander. But there are some things you just can't catch and choices you have to make.
Southern Fried Women    by Pamela King Cable
Price: $7.99 USD. 83340 words. Published by Satya House Publications  on November 26, 2010. .

Cable has woven together the music, language, religions, and traditions of the South in a collection of stories about Southern women, and a few men, struggling to find answers to unanswerable questions, hoping for forgiveness, seeking righteousness, and questioning the existence of God. These are stories about women brave enough to start over again and again. They never give up, they just go home.
Tamales for Sale: The Untold Story of an Immigrant Family    by Niccole Martinez
Price: $0.99 USD. 2350 words. Published on October 10, 2012. .

The short biography of the struggles a real, undocumented family faced in the United States and the unlikely road they travelled to success.
Life Everlasting    by Linda Mickey
Price: $0.99 USD. 3090 words. Published on February 9, 2013. .

The trip west wasn't what Josh had expected. He hadn't counted on walking all the way to Oregon. But the hardships didn't end with sore feet. When an unseen enemy attacked the wagon train, his loss inspired future generations.
I Can Hear Them Singing Now    by Hilton Hamann
Price: $4.99 USD. 57870 words. Published on March 18, 2013. .

Set in the 1980s at the height of political unrest in South Africa's black townships, this is the riveting story of a policeman, caught between two worlds and forced to make a terrible choice that could have catastrophic consequences. It is a universal story of a man and his family's desperate struggles when they must face a crisis and from which there appears no escape.