6 must-read family books like A Mother's Promise by K.D. Alden

Cover of A Mother's Promise by K.D. Alden

A Mother's Promise

By: K.D. Alden

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision, K.D. Alden’s debut is a rich…

If you liked the family plot in A Mother's Promise by K.D. Alden , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The McCaffertys: Thorne (The McCaffertys, #1) by Lisa Jackson

1. The McCaffertys: Thorne (The McCaffertys, #1)

By: Lisa Jackson

4.04

Format: 248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

THE PAST IS NEVER TOO FAR BEHIND… When Thorne McCafferty rushes home to the family ranch, he is … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jackson's The McCaffertys: Thorne (The McCaffertys, #1) book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
Cover of Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

2. Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

By: Kathleen Grissom

4.30

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen … read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Grissom's Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Pan, I said. "Do you know who can help?" He shook his head. "I will," I said. "What can you do?" he asked. "I don't know yet. This is new to me."

-Kathleen Grissom, Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House

3. Like Dandelion Dust

By: Karen Kingsbury

3.72

Format: 640 pages,

Jack and Molly Campbell enjoyed an idyllic life in their small hometown outside Atlanta with their … read more

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4. The Secret Daughter

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

As I saw my new-born baby's face for the first time I tried desperately to capture her face in my m… read more

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5. Two Rivers

By: T. Greenwood

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In Two Rivers, Vermont, Harper Montgomery is living a life overshadowed by grief and guilt. Since t… read more

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6. The Mothers

By: Genevieve Gannon

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What if you gave birth to someone else’s child? An emotional family drama about two couples, one ba… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Gannon's The Mothers book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • family
Cover of A Mother's Promise by K.D. Alden

7. A Mother's Promise

By: K.D. Alden

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story behind a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision, K.D. Alden’s debut is a rich… read more

Similar categories in K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • drama
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8. The Perfect Daughter

By: D.J. Palmer

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Perfect Daughter is a thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple… read more

Similar categories in D.J. Palmer's The Perfect Daughter book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
Cover of Because You're Mine by Rea Frey

9. Because You're Mine

By: Rea Frey

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An “insidious, suspenseful tale” (J.T. Ellison) with a “shocker of an ending you won’t see coming” … read more

Similar categories in Rea Frey's Because You're Mine book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • drama
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10. My Husband's Daughter

By: Emma Robinson

4.23

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Cara took a deep breath and let it out slowly. ‘She’s not just my daughter,’ she said as she turned… read more

Similar categories in Emma Robinson's My Husband's Daughter book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • family
  • drama
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11. Letters from Home

By: Kristina McMorris

3.92

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Inspired by her grandparents' WWII courtship letters, New York Times bestselling author Kristina M… read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's Letters from Home book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side"

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"Life is too short not to say how you feel to the people you love."

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"But there was something else. A feeling of understanding, a comfort that defied reason. It was as though kissing her, a near stranger, would have made all the sense in the world."

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

"It’s odd, isn’t it? People die every day and the world goes on like nothing happened. But when it’s a person you love, you think everyone should stop and take notice. That they ought to cry and light…"

-Kristina McMorris, Letters from Home

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12. The Pieces We Keep

By: Kristina McMorris

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

In this richly emotional novel, Kristina McMorris evokes the depth of a mother's bond with her chil… read more

Similar categories in Kristina McMorris's The Pieces We Keep book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"War doesn’t start with an explosion….It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil."

-Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep

"Maybe heaven entailed more than a soul residing in a single place, but instead having pieces of yourself spread among the hearts and memories of people you've touched."

-Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep

"Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst kind, also arrived through the deafening quiet of an absence."

-Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep

" Good had defeated evil, people proclaimed, a justification for atrocities best left forgotten. They would cling to this oversimplified truth while trading pats on the back and placing flowers on gra…"

-Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep

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13. When Cicadas Cry

By: Caroline Cleveland

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney, Zach Stander, a lawyer with a past, and Addie … read more

Similar categories in Caroline Cleveland's When Cicadas Cry book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
Cover of When I Was Yours by Lizzie Page

14. When I Was Yours

By: Lizzie Page

4.13

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls… the adults surge forward to choose and s… read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Page's When I Was Yours book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The English Wife

By: Adrienne Chinn

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women, a world apart. A secret waiting to be discovered… VE Day 1945 As victory bells ri… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Chinn's The English Wife book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Lost Boy Found

By: Kirsten Alexander

3.50

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Perfect for fans of the NYT bestseller Sold on a Monday, this Southern historical novel based on th… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Alexander's Lost Boy Found book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. Off the Wild Coast of Brittany

By: Juliet Blackwell

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

An unforgettable story of resilience and resistance set during WWII and present-day France on a sec… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Blackwell's Off the Wild Coast of Brittany book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Ursula Hegi

18. The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

By: Ursula Hegi

3.27

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of … read more

Similar categories in Ursula Hegi's The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Under the Tamarind Tree

By: Nigar Alam

3.74

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize A compellingly heartbreaking debut no… read more

Similar categories in Nigar Alam's Under the Tamarind Tree book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • historical
  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction
Cover of Such a Good Family by Caitlin  Weaver

20. Such a Good Family

By: Caitlin Weaver

3.94

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

An unforgettable and emotionally charged story of two mothers whose lives are changed forever by a … read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Weaver's Such a Good Family book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • family
  • drama
Cover of A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther

21. A Perfect Explanation

By: Eleanor Anstruther

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the Desmond Elliott Prize Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded b… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Anstruther's A Perfect Explanation book and K.D. Alden's A Mother's Promise

  • fiction
  • family
  • historical fiction

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Lisa Jackson

4.04

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Kathleen Grissom

4.30

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4.00

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Pam Howes

4.30

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Helen Fripp

4.43

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Ann Bennett

4.56

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