Three adult siblings carry different memories of their unconventional childhood with a difficult mother after their father's desertion.

A man with a troubled past relocates with his children to his ancestral home in coastal Newfoundland and starts anew while working for the local newspaper.

A contemporary publishing editor wrestles with a missing final chapter and a real-life death tied to a recently published mystery novel.

A nonlinear novel centered on fraternal twins whose childhood in a small Kerala town is shaped by family tensions, the arrival of an outsider cousin, and a social order marked by caste and colonial legacies.

A mother narrates her struggle with fear and suspicion about her child and her own capacity to parent, with rising suspicion and consequences that test family bonds. The setup focuses on maternal doubt and the social and personal fallout of mistrust within a family unit.

Set around 1959 and the Congo's decolonization era, the novel follows an American missionary household transplanted into a rural African village.

Set in an early 20th-century Brooklyn neighborhood, the novel follows a young girl growing up amid economic hardship and complex family dynamics. It traces the pressures of poverty, education, and personal ambition as the child negotiates loyalty to family and the desire for a different future.

Set in 1960s Southern California, the novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a trained chemist who, after being fired from her lab, becomes the host of a popular television cooking show.

Two twin sisters from the same small town take divergent paths—one remaining close to home, the other leaving and living under a different racial identity—and the novel follows how that split shapes their lives, their families, and the next generation across decades.