Description: Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles From the author of the critically acclaimed "New York Times" bestseller "Enemy Women" comes an eagerly anticipated, stirring work of fiction set against the dark days of the Great Depression. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Oil is king of East Texas during the darkest years of the Great Depression. The Stoddard girls--responsible Mayme, whip-smart tomboy Jeanine, and bookish Bea--know no life but an itinerant one, trailing their father from town to town as he searches for work on the pipelines and derricks. But in a year of devastating drought and dust storms, the familys fortunes sink further than they ever anticipated when a questionable "accident" leaves the girls and their mother, Elizabeth, alone to confront the cruelest hardships of these hardest of times.Returning to their previously abandoned family farm, the resilient Stoddard women must now place their last hopes for salvation in a wildcat oil well that eats up what little they have left . . . and on the back of late patriarch Jacks one true legacy, a dangerous racehorse named Smoky Joe. Author Biography Paulette Jiles is a novelist, poet, and memoirist. She is the author of Cousins, a memoir, and the novels Enemy Women, Stormy Weather, The Color of Lightning, Lighthouse Island, Simon the Fiddler, and News of the World, which was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. She lives on a ranch near San Antonio, Texas. Review "Jiless follow-up to her highly praised debut, Enemy Women, [is] a deeply satisfying novel with wide appeal." -- Library Journal (starred review)"Jiless eloquent, engaging novel celebrates four strong women toughing out the Great Depression . . . [a] gritty saga." -- Publishers Weekly"[A] stirring story . . . of self and home in language as spare and stark as the Texas landscape." -- Booklist Review Quote "Jiless follow-up to her highly praised debut, Enemy Women, [is] a deeply satisfying novel with wide appeal." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Jiless eloquent, engaging novel celebrates four strong women toughing out the Great Depression . . . [a] gritty saga." -- Publishers Weekly "[A] stirring story . . . of self and home in language as spare and stark as the Texas landscape." -- Booklist Details ISBN0060537337 Author Paulette Jiles Short Title STORMY WEATHER Series P.S. (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 0060537337 ISBN-13 9780060537333 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 813.54 Year 2008 DOI 10.1604/9780060537333 Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2008-06-01 NZ Release Date 2008-06-01 US Release Date 2008-06-01 UK Release Date 2008-06-01 Pages 368 Publication Date 2008-06-01 Audience General Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint Collins Place of Publication New York Imprint US William Morrow Paperbacks Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:12604602;
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