Family Humor

From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive-aggression.

Farrah "Digit" Higgins may be going to MIT in the fall, but this L.A. high school genius has left her geek self behind in another school district so she can blend in with the popular crowd at Santa Monica High and actually enjoy her senior year. But when Farrah, the daughter of a UCLA math professor, unknowingly cracks a terrorist group's number sequence, her laid-back senior year gets a lot more interesting. Soon she is personally investigating the case, on the run from terrorists, and faking her own kidnapping - all while trying to convince a young, hot FBI agent to take her seriously.

Corey’s cell phone rings at three a.m. His father is dying. Along with his wife and two children, Corey journeys back to his hometown to say goodbye. Immersed in his childhood home, he journeys even further back in memory to the summer of 1982, when he was 14 years old; obsessed with arcade games, movies, and rock ‘n’ roll music; forming lifelong bonds with friends; and starting to date girls. A heartfelt, humorous coming-of-age story, In a Town Without a Name explores topics that are just as relevant today as they were in the '80s.

Liz Millanova has stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn’t speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage.

Even if you’re not familiar with solving riddles or you’ve never been good at it, once you’ve heard some of the questions in this audiobook, the creative juices will start flowing, and you will become sharper with each passing puzzle. The key is to be persistent! The best part? It’s an activity everyone can join in, and it can be done just about anywhere. During long car rides, as you go for a nice afternoon stroll, or even before bedtime as a story - every moment is a good moment.

Feeling the weight of mom guilt? Feeling all alone in this stay-at-home-mom life? Well, you’re not! I can't be the only one that constantly loses my phone while holding it, or make out my grocery and errand list just to leave it behind on the counter. I feel like I am constantly being pulled in thousands of different directions and lost the entire time. If you think this is just another audiobook on “how to parent” you are wrong. This audiobook is about how I am barely surviving life as a stay-at-home mom.

Davis Winger has it all. A respected engineer who designs roller coasters in theme parks across the country, he is deeply in love with his wife and has a beautiful young daughter and a happy home. Until an accident strikes on one of his rides. Nothing fatal - except to his career. And to his marriage, when a betrayal from his past inadvertently comes to light. In one cosmically bad day, Davis loses it all.

Topper is a hilarious, ribald comedy about a mild-mannered bank manager and two capricious ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, who make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life.

Stuart has been married to Tiffany for five years now, and though they have their issues, he is full of unconditional love for his family. Last time it was his outrageous relatives they had to deal with, and now they're headed on a trip to visit Tiffany's family for Christmas. His stepdaughter, Angel, has grown into a rebellious teenager. Tiffany's parents are divorced but still living together, and their tendency to say exactly what they're thinking leads to some dramatic arguments.

Kids today spend way too much time in front of a screen. The numbers are alarming, and many experts on child development are urging parents to provide their children with some “non-screen” activity. Of course, if you’re a parent you know that’s easier said than done. Kids love video games because they’re fun and challenge them to explore, team up, and express their creativity. That’s exactly why our unique dog author, Cooper The Pooper, came up with a fantastic game of "Would You Rather" - a thought-provoking conversation game.

Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech, and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business - in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news.

Claire Flannery has just quit her office job, hoping to take some time to discover her real passion. The problem is, she's not exactly sure how to go about finding it. Without the distractions of a regular routine, Claire confronts the best and worst parts of herself: the generous, attentive part that visits her grandmother for tea and cooks special meals for her boyfriend, Luke, and the part that she feels will never measure up and makes regrettable comments after too many glasses of wine.

Helen Moran is 32 years old, single, childless, college educated, and partially employed as a guardian of troubled young people in New York. She is accepting a furniture delivery in her shared studio apartment when her uncle calls to break the news: Helen's adoptive brother is dead. According to the Internet, there are six possible reasons why her brother might have killed himself. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for "the abyss".

Wo eine Mama ist, da ist ein Zuhause. Und Mathilde weiß, ihre Mama – das Mädchen, das sie zum Leben erweckt hat – lebt an dem Ort, an dem die Sonne untergeht. So macht sich die Vogelscheuche abenteuerlustig auf den Weg, gemeinsam mit Mats Piep. Mats ist ein Schwatz (halb Schwalbe, halb Spatz) und hat wegen seiner Flugangst den Vogelzug gen Süden verpasst. Auf ihrer Reise erleben die beiden viele bunte Abenteuer an fantastischen Orten, und bald werden der Vogel und die Vogelscheuche die allerbesten Freunde.

Eine Mutter, die mit verführerischer Sogwirkung schwarzsieht. Ein Vater, der mit Nebelkerzen wirft, wenn er von sich erzählen soll. Und ein vermeintliches Unglückshaus, das es endlich zu verlassen gilt. Miriam Böttgers aberwitziger, tragikomischer und abgründiger Roman für alle, die sich auch mit ihrer Familie herumschlagen. "Eigentlich ist jede Familie eine Sekte für sich, mit irgendeiner speziellen Idee oder Wahnvorstellung, um die alles kreist", grübelt die Ich-Erzählerin in Miriam Böttgers Roman.

Felicity Lewis' 50th birthday party in her newly renovated home, loving husband and daughter Greta by her side, is going off with a bang when disaster strikes. Her father, Franklyn, with his usual impeccable timing, has keeled over and died. For some members of the family, his wife Hazel, for example, Franklyn's death is not the great loss it first appears to be. But when his toxic and inexplicable will is read out, it becomes clear that long-buried secrets are about to surface, starting with the astonishing reappearance of Hazel's long-lost sister.

You used to be a person. A real one—with hobbies, expendable income, and sex that was at least semi-annual. But then you had kids, and the more you became a parent, the less you became yourself. You love your children deeply, but most days you feel like nothing more than their service animal. That ends today ( ... just the second part. You can still love your kids.) Wow, You Look Terrible! is a beacon of hope to beleaguered parents across the globe.

Emily Glass knows she’s neurotic. But she’s got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she’ll soon call husband - assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly dysfunctional family. Emily’s therapist mother, Marla, who’s been diagnosing her children since they were in diapers, sees their homecoming as the perfect opportunity for long-overdue family therapy sessions. Less enthused are Emily and her two siblings.

Patchwork ist mehr als ein Fleckerlteppich! Thessa ist mit ihrem Leben ganz zufrieden, doch als ihr Mann Wolfgang einen Posten als Förster in Voralberg annimmt, bleibt sie mit Sohn Nicky in Wien. Dennoch verbringen die Drei ihre Urlaube nach Möglichkeit gemeinsam. Doch dann verliebt sich Wolfgang in seine Praktikantin und Thessa stellt fest, dass ihr Chef eigentlich ein ebenso angenehmer wie begehrenswerter Mann ist. Sohn Nicky gefällt das gar nicht und als Wolfgang dann noch erfährt, dass er in Hamburg eine fünfzehnjährige Tochter hat, ist das Chaos erst einmal perfekt.

This is a story about a man, his son, and their three-day mission to cheat death. Sometimes funny, often sardonic, with shifting perspectives and unpunctuated dialogue, Nearly Dead in North Dakota is a fast and loose journey through history, science, religion, pop culture, and a closer examination of the kind of world we live in but never get enough time to really think about.