My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman

“Having a grandmother is like having an army. This is a grandchild’s ultimate privilege: knowing that someone is on your side, always, whatever the details. Even when you are wrong. Especially then, in fact. A grandmother is both a sword and a shield.”

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

“But home isn’t where you land; home is where you launch. You can’t pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two of them are yours to keep: family and native land.”

American War by Omar El Akkad

“But I’ll love you anyway. And your brother will love you anyway. And your nephew will love you anyway. That’s what family does. Take what time you need, Sarat. Heal how you want to heal.”

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

“It’s a pleasant place to return to. A home.”

The Orchard by Theresa Weir

“The first one taught me that family ties meant nothing without love and mutual respect. Blood or marriage was no reason to endure mental or physical abuse.”

The Orchard by Theresa Weir

“Sometimes there are people you must forget because of the damage they cause- blood ties or not.”

The Orchard by Theresa Weir

:”The lesson I learned was that some people will take what they want, whenever they want, with no guilt or thought of the consequences, and that evil people existed to prey upon the innocent. But from my experience, I also knew that cruelty wasn’t always delivered by strangers. Sometimes abuse came directly from the people who should have cared the most, and it could take place in the dark heart of any family.”