Social Media Ideas for Family Sagas

“Silver Spoon Diaries” Gives Generations of Family Stories a Home on the Shelf

Charles King Markline Sr. was the oldest grandchild in his family by ten years. He knew relatives his siblings and cousins never met, and when his own grandchildren asked: “Papa, t...

Courtney Psak on the Narrative Potential of Sibling Rivalry in Thrillers

For most, there is nothing more important than family. It’s a bond that sticks with us, no matter where we are in life. This could be with the families we were born into or the fam...

Why I Love Graphic Novels About Exploring Family Histories

Why graphic novels about exploring one's family history land with a reader who found books a crucial tool in connecting with her own.

MY THREE FATHERS

The author, a writer based in San Francisco, didn’t get off to a strong start when it came to familial stability: Her biological father, Juan, left when her 18-year-old mother got...

Keeping it in the family: Everything you need to know about Trump’s wives, children, siblings and parents

Billionaire patriarch is surrounded by a sprawling and mostly loyal group of relatives

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA

The struggle for belonging and self-acceptance drives this Midwestern family’s mini-dramas in the 2010s. The humorously upbeat narrative alternates between the third-person perspec...

Family Drama Runs Deep in ‘East of Eden’

Florence Pugh, Mike Faist, and Christopher Abbott embrace the Trask family saga in Netflix’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel.

The Forgotten Siblings of Some Famous-Ass People

DANCING AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Nearly a century of German political and social shifts are translated into human experience in Sacks’ new novel, starting with a 1933 prologue introducing young Klara von Arnsberg—...

The Villafuertes of CamSur: A tale of political survival and reinvention

The Villafuertes have figured in well-publicized teleserye-like dramas: from family feuds, celebrity marriages, social media tit for tat, to political wranglings, reinvention, and...

‘East of Eden’: Your Complete Guide to All the Relationships in the Book

There are a lot of characters here.