Absent Parents Books

Gone, distracted or unreliable, and children left to manage. Books about growing up faster than anyone should have to.

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5 books in the catalog

Cover of What Lies Within

What Lies Within

Audrey Finch

Crime
Cover of Promise

Promise

Steve Bull-Fretwell

Literary Fiction
Cover of Road to Jericho

Road to Jericho

Robert Hornbeck

Literary Fiction
Cover of Lost in the Reflecting Pool

Lost in the Reflecting Pool

Diane C Pomerantz, PHD

Women's Fiction
Cover of Breyik the Apprentice

Breyik the Apprentice

T.A. Senzaki

Adventure

Genres with Absent Parents

Literary Fiction 12Fantasy 16Thriller 17Women's Fiction 4

Often found with Absent Parents

Grief and Healing 76Hurt/Comfort 49Quiet Epiphany 31Starting Over 21Coming of Age 29Found Family 61Redemption Arc 41Amateur Detective 7Boarding School 1Conspiracy Unravelled 72All tropes →

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