Middle Age Relationship

Emotional Regulation for Middle School Parents delivers 43 evidence-based strategies to help your child manage emotions, reduce conflict, and grow emotionally — while strengthening your connection at home and at school.

A sensuous and richly-imagined historical novel that centers on a skilled young carpet weaver, her arranged marriage, and her quest for self-determination in 17th-century Persia. In 17th-century Iran, a 14-year-old woman believes she will be married within the year. But when her beloved father...

Instagram star and comedian Ellen Skrmetti shares stories behind her wildly popular “Hey Jesus, It’s Me” sketches of a middle-aged, southern-woman's opinions on mamas, menopause, and menus—and on giving the Lord a bit of advice about those unspoken prayer requests. As a young girl, Ellen...

From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret—and it’s not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians comes a must-read, wholly original middle-grade debut perfect for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia and Roald Dahl. "I loved every page. This is middle grade fiction at its best." —Ann Patchett Dear Uncle Herbert,You've never met me...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Today Read With Jenna Book Club Pick "I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find our way home...You will laugh on the first page and you will keep...

Bloomsbury presents From Strength to Strength written and read by Arthur C. Brooks. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' – The Dalai Lama 'This book is amazing' – Chris Evans 'A valuable guide to finding...

After turning 50, losing her former life partner to cancer and seeing her kids move on as young adults, Kate Christie was faced with the fact that life is too short. And it was time to do something about it. So Kate created the concept of a “life list”: A list of everything she wanted to do and be while she was still young enough to enjoy it. A list of abundant, joyful new discoveries and opportunities. Using her unique framework to inspire not only big goals but also real action, Kate shows you exactly how to design and implement your own life list. Why? Because it’s your turn.

Bloomsbury presents The Hungry Forest by Kaela Rivera, read by André Santana In this fast-paced middle grade horror for fans of SMALL SPACES, a boy must confront his grief and save his younger brother from a cursed forest. Ryan’s dad had a lot of rules: Never let others see you cry. Never let...

Gwen Harper never planned on becoming a stand-up comedian at fifty-three. She planned on growing old with her husband, watching her kids find their way, and living quietly in their small Kansas town. But Tom is gone, and the one promise she made him—to finally chase the dream she'd always talked about—is the thing keeping her moving forward. So Gwen drives two hours to open mic nights at questionable venues, clutches a notebook full of uncertain jokes, and tells herself the nerves mean she cares. It's a strange kind of life for a widow with a grown daughter living over her garage, a ...

Blake Brady is gruff and irresistibly chiseled, with a just-right enough amount of salt in his hair to make me swoon. He’s a talented restaurateur and devoted dad to his daughter. In other words, he’s the only man who has ever tempted my confirmed bachelorette status. Then I find out Blake’s business is in crisis, thanks to the embezzling accountant I recommended when I walked away from him three years ago. He says my skills with a spreadsheet makes me the only person he trusts to turn his restaurant around. Heaven help me, because I can’t say no to his gorgeous, weary eyes. His ...

Help your tween thrive in middle school without stress, even if social scenes and homework drama seem overwhelming. Are you worried your child will struggle to find their squad, with homework, or stand up to peer pressure? Do you wish you had a real guide to help them confidently navigate rumors, group chats, and the not-so-friendly moments? Every parent and teacher wants their kids to feel empowered. Middle school brings new social rules, academic pressure, and emotional ups and downs for kids and the adults who support them.

Through the stories of kids and parents in the middle school trenches, a New York Times bestselling author reveals why these years are so painful, how parents unwittingly make them worse, and what we all need to do to grow up. “As the parent of a middle schooler, I felt as if Judith Warner had...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADULTS AND ANIMALS 'Compulsive and hilarious, like a brilliant gossip with your best friend. Emma Jane Unsworth is my favourite' Sara Pascoe 'Her best yet – funny, gritty, delightfully feral and, as ever, painfully truthful' DOLLY ALDERTON ‘An...

A neglected housewife enjoys a passionate weekend at the beach with a college student. Is she a bad person? Karen Walker was 44 when her affair with the college student occurred. It happened in a time before smartphones, personal computers, and reality television. Karen was drinking wine on a Friday night when Ryan appeared at her house with a duffle bag of dirty clothes. Ryan didn’t know he was at the wrong house. Ryan left Karen’s suburban house, and never expected to return. But an offer of free rent enticed Ryan to return for the misplaced duffel bag. Karen had questions for Ryan, ...

Some mysteries don't start with a question. They start with a single word, crackling out of a radio that hasn't made a sound in years. At Carver & Sons Repairs, siblings Mara and Theo Carver are settling back into the rhythm of their late grandfather's shop when a strange old shortwave radio arrives — one that's supposedly been silent for decades, until it suddenly isn't. A single word crackles through the static: hello. And then, nothing. With the help of Mr. Whitaker, the shop's resident expert in things that don't quite make sense, Mara and Theo trace the signal from a mysterious ...

"Both romance and historical fiction readers will enjoy this lovely story." – Readers' Favorite "It's a well-written story that is full of adventure that will leave you sweetly satisfied, yet somehow craving more. As the first in a series, it ticks all the boxes!" – Reader Views Step into the Sun-Dappled Glade - A Place of Love, Pain, and Redemption A Damaged Hero Sir Lennox Brodie has returned from fighting in the Crusades. He is famous, scarred, and wealthy—with his soul in tatters. All he wants is to be left alone, until he meets Maggie Weaver when she mistakenly enters the quiet, ...

Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call her—too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance...

During the course of a long summer, it becomes clear to two young, lost, and bored Korean War vets that their future lies outside Indianapolis—amid the gleaming towers of Manhattan, where they will find glory, fame, and lots of women. Set in the 1950s, this novel by acclaimed author Dan...

The tide in Widow-by-the-Sea doesn't bring in shells. It brings in memories — and once you read one, it's yours to keep. Everyone in town knows the rule: when a bottle washes ashore, you leave it be. Eleven-year-old Genna has followed that rule her whole life. Until the day she doesn't. One ordinary afternoon of summer boredom, Genna opens her first bottle — and finds herself carrying a stranger's grief home in her own chest, as real and heavy as if it had always belonged to her. She can't explain it. She can't stop it. And she definitely can't stop reading the next one, or the one ...