The Jane Austen novel also focuses on family, specifically honing in on the happenings in the Bennet family.

The Maria Semple novel is in the process of becoming amajor motion picturestarring Cate Blanchett.

Elizabeth Strout,Amy and Isabelle

Friction between mother and daughter runs amuck inAmy and Isabelle.

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HarperCollins; Little, Brown and Company; Back Bay Books; Penguin; Vintage

The Elizabeth Strout novel depicts plenty of love and loathing between mother and teenage daughter.

Each home comes with its own lessons to be learned.

Alison Bechdel,Are You My Mother?

The Joy Luck ClubA NOVELBy AMY TANCR:Penguin

Penguin

The uplifting tale has received rave reviews.

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Knopf Doubleday

9780451530783

Signet Classics

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple – book cover

Little, Brown and Company

Amy and IsabelleA NOVELBy ELIZABETH STROUTCR: Vintage

Vintage

WHITE OLEANDERby Janet Fitchcr: Back Bay Books

Back Bay Books

RosieBy ANNE LAMOTT

Penguin

4511105-01

Mariner Books

Ya-Ya+Sisterhood+Cover

HarperCollins

Breath, Eyes, MemoryBy EDWIDGE DANTICATcr: Soho Press

Soho Press