10 books like Family ties

What to read after Family ties — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Monsters of Templeton Lauren Groff · 1998 · ★ 3.9 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A rollicking memoir by one of the greatest (and most outrageous) supermodels of the 1970s.Janice Dickinson was not only the first of the supermodels, she endured a nightmarishly traumatic childhood at the hands of a sadistic, sexually and emotionally abusive father, and emerged in the early 1970s as the first lush-lipped 'exotic' brunette to break into a modelling world dominated by sunny… Shares: Parent and adult child, Single women, New york

Define Normal Julie Anne Peters · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Now in its fourth hardcover printing, Define "Normal" has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. This is a thoughtful, wry story about two girls--a "punk" and a "priss"--who find themselves facing each other in a peer-counseling program, and discover that they have some surprising things in common. A brand-new reading-group guide written by the author is included in the back of this paperback edition. Shares: Parent-child relationship, Parent and child

Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary · 1983 · ★ 4.0 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Shares: Parent-child relationship, Parent and child

Big Girl Danielle Steel · 1911 · ★ 3.7 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family. A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her father, Jim, is tall and slender, and… Shares: Parent-child relationship, Parent and child

The redemption of Sarah Cain Beverly Lewis · 2000 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A thoroughly modern woman, Sarah Cain has long disdained her sister's Plain lifestyle. But when news comes of her sister's death, Sarah is stunned to learn she has been named guardian of her children. How can Sarah sacrifice her successful career and a life she enjoys to raise five Amish orphans she barely knows? Besides, Sarah is harboring a secret grief of her own...Will the sorrow that divides… Shares: Aunts, Orphans

Out of the night that covers me Pat Cunningham Devoto · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 434p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In Bainbridge, Alabama, eight-year-old John Gallatin McMillan III has been the center of his mother's world, cloistered and pampered, until she unexpectedly dies. Taken away by his one remaining relative, his mother's sister, John soon learns that the new home awaiting him in Lower Peach Tree is a run-down tenant farm in the heart of the Alabama Black Belt. There he is thrust into a life alien to… Shares: Aunts, Orphans

The Long Road Home Danielle Steel · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, seven-year-old Gabriella watches the guests arrive at her parents' lavish Manhattan home. The click, click click of her mother's high heels strikes terror into her heart, as she has been told that she is to blame for her mother's rage - and her father's failure to protect her. Her world is a confusing blend of terror, betrayal and pain, and… Shares: Parent and child, New york

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton · 1905 · ★ 4.0 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton masterpiece. But it is her very taste and moral sensibility that render her unfit for survival in this world. Shares: Single women, New york

Midnight Whispers V.C. Andrews · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate HAPPY AND INNOCENT, DAWN'S DAUGHTER CHRISTIE HAS GROWN UP IN THE SAFEST, MOST LOVING OF HOMES... Yet Christie can't help feeling as if a dark cloud hovers over Cutler's Cove... a cloud whose origins lie in her family's troubled history, and the many questions no one, not even Dawn, will answer. Only one person can always chase away her blues: Gavin, Daddy Jimmy's young and handsome… Shares: Orphans, New york

Cross My Heart Sandra Brown · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lacey Kincaid is a classic New York success story. As the owner of Odd Jobs, she's gone from rags to riches…sort of. Because Lacey's harboring a secret: she was born Lillian Dumont, and spent her childhood with a silver spoon in her mouth, until the deaths of her wealthy parents and the evil schemes of an abusive uncle forced her to take drastic measures. She'd never planned to return to her… Shares: Orphans, New york

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