Living during the Depression on her family farm, twelve-year-old Artie Wilson is weary with her poor lifestyle and limited option in rural Kentucky and so makes a promise to herself to do all she can to get an education in order to make something of ...
The novel is set in 1940s rural Missouri, just as the shadow of World War 2 looms in the background. The story is from the point of view of 12 year old Kenny, who with his older brother and friends roam the countryside and hang out together in the bo...
Sixty-four-year-old Eisel Jane McCord's world is going along just fine until her husband of 43 years, Jimmy, announces without warning that he's joining an archaeological dig in Peru-solo. Well, she decides, if he can make life-altering decisions and...
At sixty-three with a failed marriage, a dead-end job, and a solid belief that all men leave their women, Jessamine Jo Woodley (Jessie) is feeling the loss of her one cheerleader in life, Auntie J, who has just passed away-leaving her a healthy trust...