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Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1451675267
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →TOGETHER THEY FOUND THE ONE THING THAT ELUDED THEM AS INDIVIDUALS: A PLACE IN THE WORLD.
Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 147676574X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"In this sequel to Hearth's debut novel... the characters reunite one year later (late summer 1964) to fight a large development along the tidal river where book club member Robbie-Lee grew up and where his mother, Dolores Simpson, a former stripper turned alligator hunter, still lives in a fishing shack. The developer is Darryl Norwood, ex-husband of narrator Dora Witherspoon, who returns to Collier County to assist in the battle"--
Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1476765758
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this sequel to Amy Hill Hearth’s “funny and charming” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society, the eponymous book club reunites one year later, in the late summer of 1964. Their mission: to fight a large development along the tidal river where member Robbie-Lee grew up and where his mother, Dolores Simpson, a former stripper turned alligator hunter, still lives in a fishing shack. The developer is Darryl Norwood, ex-husband of narrator Dora Witherspoon, who returns to Collier County to assist in the battle. An old land deed, the discovery that one of the key characters has been using a false name, and a dramatic court hearing are just a few of the highlights. Not to mention the reappearance of the Ghost of Seminole Joe. Just as Hearth’s debut explored the ways we can find a sense of belonging in other people, her latest novel shows how closely tied each of us is to our sense of home—and the conflicts that can arise when our idea of that home becomes threatened. For Darryl, the river is a place ripe for development. For Dora, who’s known as the Turtle Lady because she rescues Everglades “snappers,” it’s a place that belongs to the critters. And for Dolores, former stripper, it’s a place to hide from the world…
Author: Michele Gillespie
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0820340014
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The second of two volumes that explore North Carolina women's lives. These essays cover the period beginning with women born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but who made their greatest contributions to social, political, cultural, legal, and economic life during the late progressive era through the late twentieth century.
Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2023-05-16
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From New York Times bestselling author Amy Hill Hearth comes her first historical thriller, inspired by the story of the 1916 Jersey Shore shark. “Sharks are as timid as rabbits,” says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possibility that a shark could be the culprit in an unprecedented fatal attack at the Jersey Shore. It’s July, and swimming in the sea is a popular new pastime, but people up and down the East Coast are shocked and mystified by the swimmer’s death. A prominent surgeon at the shore, Dr. Edwin Halsey is the one who examines the victim, and the only one who believes the perpetrator was a shark—and that it will strike again. With the public and the authorities—and even those who witnessed the attacks—so stubbornly disbelieving, Dr. Halsey finds himself fighting widespread confusion, conspiracy theories, and outright denial. Seeking the input of commercial fisherman, he soon learns they have long been concerned about a creature they call the Beast. The Lenape, one of the tribes native to the area, have their own beliefs about this creature, but can Dr. Halsey convince the rest of the world before it’s too late? The story of the 1916 Jersey Shore shark changed the way Americans think of the seashore, reminding us once again that nature plays by its own rules.
Author: Kaya McLaren
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-10-14
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 125001977X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The past and present collide as five women spanning three generations work to save a camp on Lake Wenatchee in Washington State, the summer camp of their youth.
Author: Ann Hite
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-09-10
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1451692277
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After Faith, a pastor's daughter, is haunted by a ghost who threatens to reveal her father's sins, she turn to Shelley, a young servant who sees the dead, and they journey through the South together looking for answers.
Author: Peter Golden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1501107631
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A "panoramic tale of twentieth-century America, chronicling the decades-long love affair between a Jewish immigrant and the granddaughter of a slave"--Amazon.com.
Author: Kristin von Kreisler
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-12-31
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0758291957
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this uplifting novel, a woman recovering from trauma finds compassion and connection with a rescue dog as they help each other overcome fear. Lila Elliot knows she's lucky to be alive. A shooting rampage at her office left several colleagues dead and others seriously wounded. Though Lila's injuries will heal in time, she's having trouble moving past her fear and anger. Being drafted into caring for Grace—a shaggy, formerly abused golden retriever—only adds to her stress. Lila has been terrified of dogs since childhood. But Grace, like Lila, needs time and space to recover. Grace keeps her distance, sensing Lila's wariness, and only perks up for Adam, the neighbor who rescued her. But as an accomplished artist, Lila begins to see the beauty in Grace's wisps of fur and haunted eyes. Each of them has suffered through no fault of her own. And in helping Grace to trust, Lila begins to develop the courage she needs to do the same. Includes reading group guide
Author: Amy Hill Hearth
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-03-18
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1416565957
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the bestselling author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years comes the inspiring true story of Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould, a Native American matriarch, and the Indian way of life that must never be forgotten. Amy Hill Hearth's first book, Having Our Say, told the true story of two century-old African-American sisters and went on to become an enduring bestseller and the subject of a three-time Tony Award-nominated play. In "Strong Medicine" Speaks, Hearth turns her talent for storytelling to a Native American matriarch presenting a powerful account of Indian life. Born and raised in a nearly secret part of New Jersey that remains Native ancestral land, Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould is an eighty-five-year-old Elder in her Lenni-Lenape tribe and community. Taking turns with the author as the two women alternate voices throughout this moving book, Strong Medicine tells of her ancestry, tracing it back to the first Native peoples to encounter the Europeans in 1524, through the strife and bloodshed of America's early years, up to the twentieth century and her own lifetime, decades colored by oppression and terror yet still lifted up by the strength of an enduring collective spirit. This genuine and delightful telling gives voice to a powerful female Elder whose dry wit and charming humor will provide wisdom and inspiration to readers from every background.
