My name is Avocet Abigail Jackson. But because Mama couldn't find anyone who thought Avocet was a fine name for a child, she called me Bird. Which is okay by me. She named both her children after bird
Connie May Fowler is known to the world as the author of bestselling novels and powerful essays—but no one knew that for years she was the victim of brutal abuse and relentless humiliation. Now in thi
Emotionally neglected by her mother, abandoned by her father, Mattie O’Rourke spent her childhood starved for the one thing she thought she’d never find: love. When her mother dies and, at twenty-two,
"HEARTBREAKING...COMPELLING...The story carries you like a slow, implacable current."--San Francisco ChronicleForty-something Sadie Hunter is a loner. But more than that, she is afraid of not being al
One day, tired with her routine married life, 30-something Clarissa Burden realizes that she has had enough of her indifferent husband, and the ghosts of her past, and she sets out to make a change, i
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Environmental Studies. On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon, a BP operated oil rig, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven men died in the explosion. Before the well
One day, tired with her routine married life, 30-something Clarissa Burden realizes that she has had enough of her indifferent husband, and the ghosts of her past, and she sets out to make a change, i
Connie May Fowler grew up in Florida and now lives with herhusband in St. Augustine. She received an M.A. in English from theUniversity of Kansas. In addition to Sugar Cage, Connie MayFowler is the a
The bestselling author of Before Women Had Wings spins a wild new tale about the strong bonds among a group of friends that loses its quirkiest member, Murmur Lee. Exploring new literary territory whi
