Books like Vous les entendez? by Nathalie Sarraute

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Samuel Butler’s 1903 novel, The Way of All Flesh, sharply critiques Victorian domestic life through a sardonic portrayal of a Christian family across generations.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

A German cruise ship's tragedy that changed the course of history.

"The first major book by one of Italy's most distinguished novelists to appear in America - an award-winning fictional memoir of a man's transfiguring experiences raising a son whose disabilities were caused at birth by the carelessness of a single doctor.". "After thirty years of visits to specialists, Professor Frigerio - the articulate, unsentimental, powerfully expressive narrator - remembers what one doctor told him only months after his son Paolo was born: "These children are born twice. Their second birth depends on you, on what you are able to give to them. But in the end you too will be reborn." And as he recounts this journey - his tone ranging from lyrical to angry, humorous to philosophical - we are witness to the emotional and intellectual vicissitudes he has faced: from his guilt at having had an affair during his wife's pregnancy to his son's endless medical struggles to his moments of denial and rage as he navigates a world full of obstacles, cruelty, and indifference. But at the heart of this story is Paolo, an extraordinary child we witness grow up to become a teenager who teaches his parents a thing or two while coping exceptionally well with all the questions, curiosities, and dreams of any young man his age. Here, too, is a finely drawn portrait of Paolo's mother and brother, and of the life of a family bearing the weight of both great tragedy and great love."--BOOK JACKET.

A mother-daughter team from Louisiana's past reappears six decades later, solving past misunderstandings and forging new alliances.