All the Living is a book set on a farm under a big sky, with a few people trying to figure out how they are supposed to live. The plot involves a young pianist named Aloma and her move to her boyfriend Orren’s farm when his family dies. She is ill suited to the environment and to the duties of farm wife, but over time adapts to the role, cleaning the broken down pile of a farm house and teaching herself to cook. Raised as […]

We Are All Welcome Here is a story about extraordinary women. The book is set in the summer of 1964 in Tupelo, Mississippi, and it is told from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Diana Dunn. Diana’s mother, Paige, is a quadriplegic from polio contracted while she was pregnant. She is only able to move her head. Peacie has been Paige’s caregiver since Diana was born. Diana has a lot of responsibility in assisting with her mother’s care. The story follows this unusual family through an eventful […]