Books like When Megan went away by Jane Severance

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

Two teens on the brink of heartbreak and despair find an unlikely friendship that turns their worlds upside‑down, teaching them that hope can bloom even beside the darkest thoughts.

At Pirriwee Public, a beachside school, a routine trivia night spirals into chaos when a parent dies—raising questions of murder, accidental death, or toxic truths. Parents discover how small lies can become deadly.

Two college friends discover that love can span continents and a decade when they reunite after life‑changing choices thrust them apart.

Heather attends playgroup and feels uneasy about her two‑mother family, but soon discovers that many different family structures share a common truth: love matters most.

Donovan, a young boy, carefully prepares for the wedding of his two loving mothers, discovering the joys and challenges of an alternative family.

A rhythmic, heartwarming board book that celebrates a toddler’s day with two loving moms, showing the everyday joys of a modern, same‑sex family.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

A lively picture book celebrating the diversity of modern families, from single parents to same‑sex parents, big and small, quiet or noisy, showing that every family is special and alike.

When Bean’s grandfather dies, her life turns upside‑down as she uncovers hidden truths about her family, her mother, and a father she never knew.

A tender black‑and‑white picture book that follows five‑year‑old Jenny as she navigates everyday life with her father Martin and his boyfriend Eric, while her mother Karen visits nearby.

Nick, a boy with a three-legged dog and two loving mothers, faces a family crisis when the parents’ marriage falters, forcing him to confront and rebuild his relationships in uncertain times.

A Brooklyn teenager grapples with his mother’s sudden gay identity and her white partner, confronting family bonds, identity, and acceptance while navigating friendships and his own future.

A young woman with a deep-seated secret of love, and a small-town girl’s quest to find the courage to ask the right questions, is met with unexpected challenges and surprising outcomes.

Gloria, a young girl with two loving lesbians as mothers, joins them in a vibrant parade celebrating Gay Pride Day, sharing a heart‑warming family moment.

Ex‑soldier Logan Thibault, haunted by Iraq memories, seeks the woman in a photograph he found in his pack. He embarks on a journey that uncovers a startling truth while Beth, the woman in the picture, battles her own turmoil.

A complex plot intertwines with the intricate relationships between January 30, Sean Dillon, and the Angel of Death, leading to a thrilling investigation into the forces behind the violent and deadly January 30 alliance and their plan to spark another war in Ireland.

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