Family Humor

No. 1 Best Seller in New Zealand Travel, Family Travel, Australia & Oceania Travel, Humor Essays, Off the Beaten Path, Guidebook Series, Senior Travel and Auto & RV Travel. No. 1 New Release in Italian Travel, South Pacific Travel, Travel Writing & Food, Lodging & Transportation When Denise is captured by a policeman on her first day of school and kicked off the bus for having crabs, little does she know that it will be the beginning of a hilarious romp through life. Will she and her family survive a mysterious UFO encounter, deadly gas, ghostly goings-on, a cataclysmic quake, Cockney ...

Sink or swim. Or at least that's what Annette Feldman tells herself when she books a cruise for her entire family. It's been over a decade since the Feldman clan has spent more than twenty-four hours under the same roof, but Annette is determined to celebrate her 70th birthday the right way. Just this once, they are going to behave like an actual family. Too bad her kids didn't get the memo.

★★★★★ "A refreshing read in a world of turmoil!" - Reader Review ___ Was it a chance meeting in the Daisy Cafe that brought a father and his boys from Macon, Georgia, descendants of slaves, into the life of a descendent of Swiss Mennonites, or was it the mysterious workings of the father’s grandmother, Momma Daisy? August Kibler tells the stories of his own life and the lives of Tyler, Johnny, and Jimmy through the tragedy and grief, and the joy and gratitude, that each discovered along the way. The generous spirit they share is a gift to any seeking greater understanding when ...

All Georgie Turner wants is to keep her family together. But with her daughter growing up fast, her sister married to a man Georgie hates, and their aging aunt getting more and more outrageous, nothing’s simple. So when her brother-in-law makes his biggest mistake yet, Georgie sees the chance to reunite the ladies in her life. And after a little persuasion, three generations of Turner women head off on a very unusual road trip. Georgie’s confident that some sun, sea and a bottle or two of prosecco will make this an adventure they’ll never forget. What could possibly go wrong?

Deportation Content is what happens when the line between citizen and outsider shifts overnight and nobody wants to admit they saw it coming. Sam was born on the right side of the border but ends up hiding like he never belonged at all. His dad said talking might save him. His girlfriend said caring might save him. Neither worked out. Now, somewhere between the last protest chant and the next knock on the door, Sam records the mess the way he remembers it: half sarcasm, half slow-motion horror show, and all American. There are no heroes here. Just people. And paperwork. And a country very ...

“Highly amusing, risqué and calamitous is a description of it, just like Lillian’s life.” If you could go back and do life differently, would you? He sat on the curb, bloody. All but his daughter murdered, and she was missing. I should have just called 911 and waited in my car. I didn’t. I felt pulled to prove the man’s innocence as he became the number one suspect. And then, I became the number one target. Can I do life differently? Good lord, I’ll still struggling to answer this question. “Although Lillian's future and happiness would benefit greatly from her NOT getting ...

An unsent letter in a first-edition copy of Charlotte's Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle-grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Now that Truly Lovejoy's father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work back home, the family moves from Texas to tiny Pumpkin Falls, New Hampshire, to take over Lovejoy's Books, a struggling bookstore that's been in the family for 100 years.

He offered me a place to stay. And I made the worst decision of my life. He’s a cowboy billionaire. And we used to be high school sweethearts. I thought he’d change his ways after he broke my heart. But no. He’s still a playboy. Still hot AF. And still… trouble. I had no choice but to accept his offer. I’m now his roommate. And I have a feeling that he won’t like what I have to tell him. I’m pregnant. He’s about to be a father. But this news doesn’t mean that we get a second chance at love… Does it?

Trixie, Daddy and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood laundromat, but their adventure takes an unexpected turn when Trixie realizes something is missing.

"Nuevo perro" **************** Fue un día terrible para el alegre y negro gato ¡Sus padres adoptaron a un perro, en un solo rato! Un caniche tan pequeño que no podía dañar a un ratón Actuaba como si mandara en la casa y creía tener la razón.

Where did the ghost’s baby brother go during the day? TO DAY SCARE! These funny family jokes will have you saying, "Uncle!"

At any given moment in other people's houses, you can find...repressed hopes and dreams...moments of unexpected joy...someone making love on the floor to a man who is most definitely not her husband.... As the longtime local carpool mom, Frances Bloom is sometimes an unwilling witness to her neighbors' private lives. She knows her cousin is hiding her desire for another baby from her spouse, Bill Horton's wife is mysteriously missing, and now this....

These love stories have other names. Mothering. Fathering. Befriending. Comforting. Helping. And, yes, holding on while letting go. For loving others is often as much about letting go as holding on—and never too tightly. If you are looking for a self-help book about caregiving, this isn’t it. But if you are interested in a thoughtful exploration of tending, taking care, and letting go of the need to attach other labels to stories about love, then you will enjoy this tender and uplifting collection of true stories written by a member of a big sprawling Southern family who knows how to ...

If you’re a thirty-year-old, Southern male from a Christian family and have never brought a girl home to meet Momma, then you must secretly be up to no good. And if you also happen to be an only son with five older, happily married sisters, the pressure to find the one and only love of your life is like digging through a pile of leaves for the pin to the grenade you’re holding. Those were the first two lines of the first video post of Mark Griffin’s to go viral, and his popularity has steadily risen over the two years since. He decides to use his platform to find someone to share ...

In this heartwarming follow-up to Laurel Snyder's award-winning beginning chapter book Charlie & Mouse, the two brothers prepare to celebrate one very special birthday: their mom's! Follow along as they choose the best pancakes, hunt for presents, decorate with snakes, and more. Things don't go exactly as planned...but with plenty of humor and heart, Charlie and Mouse prove that sometimes when things aren't perfect, what they turn out to be is even better.

Seventh Dwarfstar, a solar mining vessel, is cruising past a dwarf star when they pick up a capsule floating through space. Aboard the capsule, Sierra has just barely escaped the tyranny of Hatcheta, ruler of Nagiha Space Station, alive. She’s welcomed on board Seventh Dwarfstar by its ragtag crew. She keeps her past a secret from the others until betrayal shatters them. Seventh Dwarfstar is a retelling of Snow White in space.

Between school events and teaching spin classes, Jen finds herself fully immersed in sports mom competitiveness. These parents seem perfectly unassuming, until their kids start to wrestle, and they become raging pubescent monsters. Learning to navigate this new world while fielding calls from the principal because of Max’s newfound misogynistic behavior, Jen steels herself for the indignities of middle-school life—with her loyal spin class attendees and her bossy four-year-old granddaughter giving her the strength she needs to press on.

A woman obsessed with what’s proper, a cowboy from the wrong side of the tracks, and a second chance spurred on by doing what’s wrong because it feels right. I’m trying to bring in more people and businesses to Tall Pine, Montana. Our town deserves so much more than one tree and one tavern. It’s not my fault the pub I’m pushing to open will be in direct competition with Dawson’s tavern. If he's so worried, he needs to up his game. The cowboy claims to have plenty of tricks up his sleeve, so when I give in to his challenge of playing a game of poker and I lose… big… I can’t...

If you write an email to a friend about a fantasy involving your gorgeous boss, don't send it to All Staff... Meg It’s not easy to reinvent yourself, but my thirteen-year-old son and I are ready for a new start. Old Maggie was a magnet for disaster, but New Meg is going to be elegant, sophisticated… and blonde. I’ve landed a dream job at the other end of New Zealand as PA to three rich directors who spoil me rotten, I’ve found a beautiful new apartment, and I feel reborn. Then I write an email to a friend describing in vivid detail what I want to do to the sexiest of the directors...

Hendrik Groen is 83¼ years old, and he has decided that it is time to make something of his life. He may be rich in years, but he refuses to give in to all the trappings of old age just yet. Hendrik's hilarious and touching diary documents his life as an OAP living in a care home. When he recruits some similarly young-at-heart friends to join his Old but Not Dead Club, Hendrik proves that love can blossom, rules can be broken and fun is within reach, even at their age.