Author: Kris Radish
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553901176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Eight Women on a Journey That Will Change Their Lives as Lovers, Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Friends Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for years, sharing food, wine, and their deepest secrets. But on this particular Thursday, Susan, Alice, Chris, Sandy, Gail, Mary, Joanne, and Janice decide to disappear from their own lives. Their spontaneous pilgrimage attracts national attention and inspires other women from all across the country. As the miles fall away and the women forge ahead on their backroads odyssey—leaving small miracles in their wake—each of their histories unfolds, tales of shattered dreams and unexpected renewal, of thwarted love affairs and precious second chances.In luminous, heartwarming prose, Kris Radish deftly interweaves the women’s intimate confessions into the story of their brave, history-making walk. A breathtaking achievement, The Elegant Gathering of White Snows tells an incomparable tale of friendship and love, loss and liberation.
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
Author: Kris Radish
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553901176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Eight Women on a Journey That Will Change Their Lives as Lovers, Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Friends Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for years, sharing food, wine, and their deepest secrets. But on this particular Thursday, Susan, Alice, Chris, Sandy, Gail, Mary, Joanne, and Janice decide to disappear from their own lives. Their spontaneous pilgrimage attracts national attention and inspires other women from all across the country. As the miles fall away and the women forge ahead on their backroads odyssey—leaving small miracles in their wake—each of their histories unfolds, tales of shattered dreams and unexpected renewal, of thwarted love affairs and precious second chances.In luminous, heartwarming prose, Kris Radish deftly interweaves the women’s intimate confessions into the story of their brave, history-making walk. A breathtaking achievement, The Elegant Gathering of White Snows tells an incomparable tale of friendship and love, loss and liberation.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553901176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Eight Women on a Journey That Will Change Their Lives as Lovers, Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Friends Just after midnight in a small town in Wisconsin, eight women begin walking together down a rural highway. Career women, housewives, mothers, divorcées, and one ex–prom queen, they are close friends who have been meeting every Thursday night for years, sharing food, wine, and their deepest secrets. But on this particular Thursday, Susan, Alice, Chris, Sandy, Gail, Mary, Joanne, and Janice decide to disappear from their own lives. Their spontaneous pilgrimage attracts national attention and inspires other women from all across the country. As the miles fall away and the women forge ahead on their backroads odyssey—leaving small miracles in their wake—each of their histories unfolds, tales of shattered dreams and unexpected renewal, of thwarted love affairs and precious second chances.In luminous, heartwarming prose, Kris Radish deftly interweaves the women’s intimate confessions into the story of their brave, history-making walk. A breathtaking achievement, The Elegant Gathering of White Snows tells an incomparable tale of friendship and love, loss and liberation.
The Publishers Weekly
Reading Group Choices 2003
Author: Mark Kaufman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964487680
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Profiles of works of fiction and non-fiction worthy of at least one hour of group discussion.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964487680
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Profiles of works of fiction and non-fiction worthy of at least one hour of group discussion.
The New Yorker
Author: Harold Wallace Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Body & Soul
The Writer's Market
Author: Kirsten Campbell Holm
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
Here you will find thousands of completely updated listings (plus 1,100+ brand new publishing opportunities) for book publishers, consumer magazines, script buyers, trade & professional journals, plus more than 300 agents! No other reference provides such complete AND current information.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
Here you will find thousands of completely updated listings (plus 1,100+ brand new publishing opportunities) for book publishers, consumer magazines, script buyers, trade & professional journals, plus more than 300 agents! No other reference provides such complete AND current information.
2004 Writer's Market Online
Author: Kathryn Struckel Brogan
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9781582971902
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
This resource provides all the benefits of the "Writer's Market" book, plus a yearlong subscription to an updated Web site with all the relevant information writers need.
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
ISBN: 9781582971902
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
This resource provides all the benefits of the "Writer's Market" book, plus a yearlong subscription to an updated Web site with all the relevant information writers need.
Quill & Quire
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book industries and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Night Diving
Author: Michelene Esposito
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This title is both a young woman's coming-out story and a 30-something, coming-of-age journey. It is the story of Rose Salino.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This title is both a young woman's coming-out story and a 30-something, coming-of-age journey. It is the story of Rose Salino.