In family drama novels, readers encounter the most confusing family stories, discover how certain decisions affect offspring and later generations of the family, make them rethink their personal values. The online bookstore vavespirkirti.lt shares the most interesting novels about family dramas that will help you calm down and accept that no family is perfect.
i will follow you
Lina Nordquist
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Lina Nordquist “I’ll Follow You”
Swedish doctor, scientist and politician Lina Nordquist entered the world of literature with a bang. Just published, her book “I will follow you” in 2022. won the Swedish book of the year title and won the hearts of readers. This year, this novel also reached Lithuania.
The book takes readers to the 19th century. Scandinavia – Uni, Armūdas and little Ruar are forced to leave Norway and find refuge in Sweden. There, after a long and tiring search, they found an abandoned homestead in the middle of the forest, and they had to settle down and adapt to the new nature of the country and the not always benevolent inhabitants.
More than seventy years later, Cora is sitting at the old kitchen table in the same farmhouse, planning the funeral of her six-year-old Roar with her mother-in-law Briken. Although he was not born in this house, he spent his whole life here. As she listens to her mother-in-law’s stories, Cora discovers more and more cracks in the family history that she never suspected. “I will follow you” is a poetic dark story about family life in a harsh land where love and death, grief and unexpected family secrets prevail.
disappearing links,
Brit Bennett
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The Vanishing Links by Brit Bennett
How to make the right decision that will affect future generations? American writer Brit Bennett’s novel The Losing Ties is a provocative and wise story about family, identity and complex relationships.
The main characters of the novel are two sisters – identical twins Desirė and Stella Vignë. The girls grew up in the black community of the Louisiana town, distinguished by the extremely light skin color of the residents. When the girls grew up, they went to New Orleans, where they hoped to fulfill their dreams, but their lives took radically different paths. Desiree married a black man, had a very dark daughter, and returned to the city she once tried to escape. Meanwhile, Stella pursues a white life, marries a white man who knows nothing about her past. Although the sisters are separated by a great distance, their destinies remain intertwined. What influence will their past have on the next generation?
The themes of racism, different social worlds, respect for the family and its renunciation, and the struggle with one’s nature are unraveled in the novel. The book, which became an international bestseller, is an emotional family saga that allows you to dive not only into the complex lives of families, but also to turn the pages of American history.
another world
O Gyasi
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O Gyasi “another world”
Ghanaian writer Yaa Gyasi takes readers to dramatic and distant Africa with her work, a foreign world with its own rules. The novel “Another World” tells the story of the dark core of one family’s destiny, marked by the share of immigrants, love, loss, redemption and faith.
As a teenager, Gift kept asking her mother to tell her the story of their family’s journey from Ghana to Alabama. Thus she sought solace in heroic family myths and the romance of a love story. However, the dream life in America quickly slipped out of her hands – when her father and brother plunged into the harsh reality of immigrants in the American South, out of four family members, only two of them and their mother remained. Years later, in order to understand the drug addiction that destroyed her brother, Gift turns to science. But when her mother stays with her, it doesn’t take long for Gift to realize that the roots of their family’s trauma run much deeper than she ever imagined.
Our happiest days,
Claire Lombardo
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Our Happiest Days by Claire Lombardo
The debut of the young American writer Claire Lombardo, “Our Happiest Days” is an impressive and engaging novel about the joys and burdens of marriage, the relationship between parents and children, full of tenderness, ruthlessness and bitterness.
In the book, readers are invited to travel through the life of a Chicago family. 20th century In the 1970s, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love. Young, naive and full of idealism, they are light-hearted about the future, but both believe that the most fun days of their lives lie ahead. Forty years later, the Sorensons are still in love and have four very different daughters, each seeking happiness in their own way, but nowhere to find peace.
The consolation of young widow Wendy is alcohol and younger men. Violeta, a former lawyer, struggles with anxiety and self-doubt. Teacher Lisa is expecting a baby, even though she doesn’t know if she wants it, from a man she probably doesn’t love. Grace, an idle girl, lives a lie that no one in the family suspects. The destinies of the sisters are marked by the desire to find love similar to the one seen in their parents’ house – they have been competing with each other since childhood, each looking for their own way. A rich family saga, “Our Funniest Days” paints an exciting and complex family story.
A completely ordinary family,
Mattias Edvardsson
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Mattias Edvardsson “A Totally Ordinary Family”
What is that ordinary family and do they really exist? Swedish author Mattias Edvardsson invites readers to immerse themselves in the psychological thriller “A Perfectly Ordinary Family”, where family love and the web of lies surrounding their lives intertwine.
In the center of the book – a lawyer mother, a pastor father and their daughter – ordinary and unremarkable members of society, whose lives were shaken by an unexpected news. One day, the scion of the family, nineteen-year-old Stella, is accused of the brutal murder of an older man. The parents are determined to do everything to help her, but this means that the facade of a perfect life will be destroyed and everyone will have to reveal their true faces.
In the psychological thriller, each character gets a chance to tell their own story – one part of the book dedicated to each important family member. A perfect father, a rebellious daughter and a strong mother tell their stories, revealing dysfunctional family relationships, deep-rooted secrets and doubts.
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Min Jin Lee “Pačinko”
Min Jin Lee, a writer from South Korea, is compared to such literary greats as Charles Dickens or Leo Tolstoy due to his exceptional work. His novel “Pačinko” is a great proof of this. This is a fascinating story about the experiences of a Korean family after emigrating to live in Japan.
In the novel, readers are transported to the 20th century. Ave. Korea. Sundja, the daughter of a crippled fisherman who has barely reached her teens, meets a rich man who charms the naive girl and soon Sundja realizes that she is expecting a child. The wonderful illusion of the world crumbles when it turns out that her lover is a married father of three children. Sundja proudly refuses to remain his mistress and, in order to avoid the shame brought on the family, accepts the marriage proposal of Isak, a mild-mannered clergyman in poor health. The new family goes to live in Japan, where in a foreign country, poor and discriminated immigrants will have to fight for their existence and relationships.
Spanning nearly a century, the family story spans four generations, touching on the most important historical events of the time, various Korean and Japanese traditions, and delving into themes of values, discrimination, and identity.
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2024-09-23 01:06:29
