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Hey all, I love those kind of books that spand 50 years or a few generations of a family. Here are few I've enjoyed; hopefully people can add more to the list.
Seattle Green, by Jane Adams
Notes
A MAJESTIC ROMANTIC SAGA SET AGAINST THE MYTHS AND REALITIES OF THE RUGGED PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. IN 1866 MADDY DOUGLAS CAME WEST WI TH A DREAM AND BECAME THE FIRST MAIL-ORDER
BRIDE OF STOLID, LAND -RICH ABEL BLANCHARD. THEIR MARRIAGE PROSPERED WITH THE COUNTRY
DESPITE MADDY'S GUILTY PASSION FOR ABEL'S BROTHER CALEB, A LOVE THAT PRODUCED HER
DEAREST CHILD, CATHERINE, WHO SHARES HER MOTHE R'S FIERCE LOVE FOR THE LAND ENOUGH
TO SACRIFICE HER OWN HAPPINE SS TO BUILD AN EMPIRE. ONLY NATALIE, CATHERINE'S SPIRITED
DAUGHTER, ESCAPES THE PULL OF FAMILY AND LAND TO BECOM
Act of Will, by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Notes
TALE OF THREE GENERATIONS OF TALENTED AND AMBITIOUS WOMEN, EACH OF WHOM IS DETERMINED
TO BREAK WITH THE STIFLING TRADITIONS THAT HOLD HER BACK. SET IN THE LUSH AREAS OF
YORKSHIRE, LONDON, PARIS, AND NEW YORK, THE NOVEL SPANS FIFTY YEARS, BEGINNING IN
1926. BESTSELLER 1986
Her Mother's Daughter, by Marilyn French
Notes
Notes
EXPLORES HOW A WOMAN'S LIFE EXPERIENCES IMPACT ON HER DAUGHTERS. A WELL-KNOWN NEW
YORK CITY PHOTOGRAPHER, FIFTY-YEAR-OLD STACEY STEVENS, IS A TWICE-DIVORCED FEMINIST
WITH THREE CHILDREN AND A RECENTLY-ACQUIRED LESBIAN LOVER. AS HER EMPHYSEMATOUS MOTHER,
BELLE, NEARS DEATH, STACEY TRIES TO PENETRATE HER LONGSTANDING RESERVE THROUGH A
SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS PROBING BELLE'S PAST. SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND SOME DESCRIPTIONS
OF SEX. BOOK CLUB MAIN SELECTION. 1987
Hmmm, reading the notes of that last one, I don't fully remember it, but I know I read it. *lol, weird*
Hi, I hav read some series like this, john jakes and danna fuller ross wrote about families that span generations, but they were long series. Does that count to?
Absolutely! You mean, something like, each book was a generation or a family member?
List some titles please! They could be interesting.
Hmmm, I read a family trillegy type series as well. I can't remember the titles now, but they were sort of sappy and romantic. Scottish family, I believe.
Ok, it was Jude Devereaux
Velvet Promise (1981), Highland Velvet (1982), Velvet Song (1983), and Velvet Angel
(1983)
Part of the Montgomery Annals series
Doing some further research on this author, looks like she has written a few family sagas. Hopefully some zone readers will enjoy!
Susan Howatch has written some good multi-generational family sagas, one of my favorites being Penmarric. Wheel of Fortune by the same author is a great one too. I love reading sweeping family sagas that span several generations of a family.