Before Women Had Wings
9 best books like Before Women Had Wings (Connie May Fowler): Icy Sparks, Ellen Foster, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, Before You Know Kindness, Riding in Cars with Boys: Confessions of a Bad Girl Who Makes Good, The Book of Ruth, The Four Agreements Toltec Wisdom Collection: The Four Agreements/The Mastery of Love/The Voice of Knowledge, Say When, The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
| Author | Gwyn Hyman Rubio |
| ISBN | 0142000205 |
Icy Sparks is the sad, funny and transcendent tale of a young girl growing up in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky during the 1950’s. Gwyn Hyman Rubio’s beautifully written first novel revolves around Icy Sparks, an unforgettable heroine in the tradition of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird or Will...
| Author | Kaye Gibbons |
| ISBN | 0375703055 |
"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy." So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Institute...
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
| Author | Billie Letts |
| ISBN | 0446675059 |
Caney Paxton wanted his cafe to have the biggest and brightest sign in Eastern Oklahoma-the "opening soon" part was supposed to be just a removable, painted notice. But a fateful misunderstanding gave Vietnam vet Caney the flashiest joke in the entire state. Twelve years later, the once-busy highway...
| Author | Chris Bohjalian |
| ISBN | 1400031656 |
Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives, presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date--examining wildly divisive issues in today’s America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in...
| Author | Beverly Donofrio |
| ISBN | 1860499473 |
Trouble began in 1963. I'm not blaming it on President Kennedy's assassination or its being the beginning of the sixties or the Vietnam War or The Beatles. The trouble I'm talking about was my first real trouble, the age-old trouble. The getting in trouble as in Is she in trouble? trouble. As in pregnant....
| Author | Jane Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0385265700 |
I am really surprised by all of the negative reviews of this book. I think it is so strange that the characters are discounted as "white trash", their story thus, uninteresting or too dreary. While the story is by no means a happy one it is highly engrossing and worth telling. Hamilton's narrator Ruth is...
The Four Agreements Toltec Wisdom Collection: The Four Agreements/The Mastery of Love/The Voice of Knowledge
| Author | Miguel Ruiz |
| ISBN | 1878424580 |
The Four Agreements Toltec Wisdom Trilogy Collection is truly profound. I had purchased all three of these books and the collection was given to me as a gift. These are amazing books by a widely acclaimed author who inspired me on my journey to transformation and change. The collection offers insights...
When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go?'He felt his stomach tighten, his heart begin to race. The coffeemaker beeped, signalling its readiness, and Ellen got up and poured two mugs. She set one in front of Griffin, one in front of herself. Griffin watched the steam rise up and curl...
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
| Author | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
| ISBN | 0385497288 |
A collection of moving stories about family, culture, and the seduction of memory. The tales of journeys and returns, of error, of loss and recovery, all resound with Divakaruni's unique understanding of the human spirit.
From acclaimed and beloved author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni comes...
