If You Like Diane Chamberlain

Local best-selling author Diane Chamberlain focuses on relationships, families, and secrets, and the complex situations that arise when they mix. Several of her novels can be considered historical fiction, and others contain a dual narrative. Browse through the list below for books with similar themes that are also character-driven and compelling.
 

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1. A good neighborhood

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Author:
Fowler, Therese
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Book, Audiobook, Large Print
Description:
"A gripping contemporary novel that examines the American dream through the lens of two families living side by side in an idyllic neighborhood, and the one summer that changes their lives irrevocably."--

2. Hieroglyphics: a novel

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Author:
McCorkle, Jill, 1958-
Average Rating:
2.7 stars
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Description:
"Lil and Frank married young, having bonded over how they both lost a parent when they were children. Over time, their marriage grew and strengthened, with each still wishing for so much more understanding of the parents they'd lost prematurely. Now, after many years in Boston, they have retired in North Carolina. There, Lil, determined to leave a history for their children, sifts through letters and notes and diary entries-perhaps revealing more...

3. A land more kind than home

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Author:
Cash, Wiley
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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Description:
Growing up in a small North Carolina town, Jess Halle is plunged into an adulthood for which he is not prepared when his autistic older brother, Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see, which has catastrophic repercussions.