News of the Spirit

7 best books like News of the Spirit (Lee Smith): Tribute, Amelia's Notebook, Under the Wide and Starry Sky, Back When We Were Grownups, Islands, The Corfu Trilogy, Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life

Tribute
AuthorNora Roberts
ISBN0399154914
The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents her latest blockbuster novel, the story of a big-screen legend, a small-town scandal and a young woman caught up in the secrets and shadows of both.

Cilla McGowan, a former child star, has found a more satisfying life restoring homes. So she...
Amelia's Notebook
AuthorMarissa Moss
ISBN1416909052
When Amelia’s mom gives her a journal for her birthday, she finally has a place to share her truest feelings at last!

Nine-year-old Amelia’s mother gives her a blank notebook to write down her thoughts and tells her it will make her feel better. Why would a dumb notebook make me feel better,...
Under the Wide and Starry Sky
AuthorNancy Horan
ISBN0345516532
The passionate and turbulent story of Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny.At the age of thirty-five, Fanny van de Grift Osbourne leaves her philandering husband in San Francisco and sets sail for Belgium to study art, with her three children and a nanny in tow. Not long after...
Back When We Were Grownups
AuthorAnne Tyler
ISBN0345477243
I can see how some would think this book doesnt live up to its potential- but i think thats the whole point and they are missing the point,as well as Anne Tyler's genius. Anne Tyler purposefully captures the lives of people who seemingly may not live up to their potential- alot of her themes are based on how...
AuthorAnne Rivers Siddons
ISBN0061032050
“Anne Rivers Siddons’s novels are women’s stories in the best sense, pulling you into the internal landscape of her characters’ lives and holding you there.” – People

A poignant novel of the love that unites us and the secrets that drive us apart, Islands is New York Times bestselling...
The Corfu Trilogy
AuthorGerald Durrell
ISBN0141028416
The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of the eccentric English family who moved there. For...
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life
AuthorTom Robbins
Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins's long-awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe

Tom Robbins's warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels–including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Another Roadside Attraction, and Jitterbug...
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