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Gilead Marilynne Robinson · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate WINNER OF THE 2005 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames’s life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He “preached men into the Civil… Shares: Iowa, Children of clergy, Conflict of generations, Clergy

The way of all flesh Samuel Butler · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly… Shares: Children of clergy, Conflict of generations, Domestic fiction

The Whiteoak brothers Mazo de la Roche · 1953 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Jalna household is electric with secrecy and excited expectation. It is now 1923, and while young love blossoms between Pheasant and Piers, Aunt Augusta's friend, Dilly Warkworth, arrives at Jalna and tries to snare the heart of Renny. Eden, meets a persuasive mining broker whose new venture promises miracles. Shares: Domestic fiction, Families

The Wapshot Scandal John Cheever · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity. Shares: Domestic fiction, Families

Beyond the Gathering Storm (Canadian West #5) Janette Oke · 2000 · ★ 4.2 · 348p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Two compassionate hearts at risk of being broken As a youth, Henry was rescued from terrible circumstances by the Delaneys, whose loving care helped to heal his painful memories. Now, as a young man of character and deep faith working as a representative of the law, his duties bring him disturbing news of the world outside his own family. Henry meets a young widow and baby boy whom he longs to… Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Christian Fiction

Sons Pearl S. Buck · 1932 · ★ 3.9 · 467p · ≈ 15h · Challenging "Wang Lung lay dying." Thus the action of SONS begins immediately after that of the last chapter of THE GOOD EARTH. This new novel carries on the saga of the house of Wang, of Pear Blossom and the aging Lotus, of the three sons of Wang Lung, their wives and their children. The chief character is the youngest son, Wang The Tiger, leader of men, who through raids and sieges and pitched battles… Shares: Conflict of generations, Fathers and sons, Families

In the beauty of the lilies John Updike · 1996 · ★ 3.7 · 491p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Faith ultimately bursts into flame as Updike's major new novel, charting the lives of one family through four generations, shows readers an America whose dream of perfection is translated into an obsession with God and the Moving Picture. Paterson, New Jersey, 1910: When a Presbyterian minister suddenly loses his faith and leaves the pulpit to become a salesman, he becomes a movie addict as… Shares: Clergy, Domestic fiction, Christian Fiction, Families

Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope · 1858 · ★ 4.2 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 3: Dr. Thorne Mary Thorne, orphaned (and illegitimate) niece of Dr. Thorne, has long been a favorite at Greshamsbury House--until Lady Arabella Gresham learns that her only son Frank is in love with Mary. The unhappy Mary is banished forthwith, because the Gresham family fortunes are so depleted that Frank must marry money. Frank, however, is one of the few… Shares: Children of clergy, Clergy, Fathers and daughters

Coming Out Danielle Steel · 1774 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Demanding When Olympia Rubinstein's twin daughters are invited to a debutante ball chaos erupts. One twin and Olympia's ex-husband are anxious to go, while the other twin and Olympia's current husband refuse to go. Shares: Conflict of generations, Domestic fiction

The final beast Frederick Buechner · 1965 · ★ 4.0 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A young widowed minister's actions are misconstrued when he leaves his parish, seemingly because he is in search of a wild young matron in his congregation. Shares: Clergy, Christian Fiction

Relentless Pursuit Kathy Herman · 2011 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Rich with the Cajun flavors of south Louisiana, this final book in the Secrets of Roux River Bayou series is a story of what it means to find true peace in an uncertain world. Sax Landry left home at seventeen to escape his father's abuse, leaving his mother and sister to fend for themselves. Now, twenty-eight years later, both parents are dead, and guilt compels him to find his sister and make… Shares: Siblings, Brothers and sisters, Christian Fiction

Deerskin Robin McKinley · 1993 · ★ 3.9 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate From the award-winning author of Sunshine comes a novel that "will involve readers from the first to the last page with its sheer beauty, its anguish, agony, horror, despair, and, ultimately, its joy" (Kliatt). As Princess Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her breathtaking beauty she is the mirror image of her mother, the queen. But this seeming blessing forces her… Shares: Conflict of generations, Fathers and daughters

Delilah Shelia M. Goss · 2011 · ★ 4.9 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Thirty and fine, Samson Judges is preacher of the Peaceful Rest Missionary Baptist Church . He's beloved by his congregation, but temptation is about to strike in the form of divalicious beauty Delilah, and only the Good Lord knows if Samson will be able to keep his head on straight with her. Especially considering he's about to be married to Julia Rivers. Julia helped shape Samson into the man… Shares: Clergy, Christian Fiction

The Condition Jennifer Haigh · 2008 · ★ 3.5 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Unaware of the long-standing grievances harbored by their divorced parents, three adult siblings embark on a tumultuous summer when the oldest, a successful Manhattan doctor, investigates his sister's chromosomal disorder against his mother's wishes. Shares: Siblings, Domestic fiction, Brothers and sisters, Families

The Englisher Beverly Lewis · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Annie Zook, the preacher's daughter, struggles to keep her promise to her father--to abandon her art for a full six months. Will Annie's intention to join the Amish church be derailed by the attention of a handsome Englisher?"--Provided by publisher. Shares: Children of clergy, Christian Fiction

The Brethren Beverly Lewis · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The stirring conclusion to Annie's People, by New York Times bestselling author Beverly Lewis. Annie Zook, the Amish preacher's daughter, is caught between two worlds. Living with shunned friend Esther, Annie longs to return to her forbidden art and the idyllic days spent with Englisher Ben Martin, before her father ordered her never to see him again. Stunned when family secrets come to light,… Shares: Children of clergy, Christian Fiction

Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith · 1111 · ★ 3.3 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Children of clergy, Clergy

The silver spoon John Galsworthy · 1921 · ★ 4.1 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Books for All Kinds of Readers Read HowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new… Shares: Domestic fiction, Families

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