Gilchrist, Ellen

Presents eleven scenarios in which people survive, persevere, and even triumph over forces beyond their control, from a teenager joining in the search for survivors after a tornado to a woman taking control over her fate, which is her greatest act of courage.

Contains fourteen stories about a group of Southern women trying to find satisfaction if not happiness as they cavort through life.

A collection of eighteen short stories about the relationship between power, love, and loss.

Author Ellen Gilchrist chronicles the experiences she had while teaching creative writing at the University of Arkansas and shares what she learned about life, teaching, and writing from her students.

A family of women drawn together by the terrors and trials of the times. Louise is coping with the possible loss of the young man she has improbably fallen in love with, especially now that he has vowed revenge for the injuries suffered by his twin brother in Iraq. Winifred's fiance flew to New York for an early morning meeting at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Now, just as she is starting to experience life again, the war once more threatens to take away what happiness she has found. And for Olivia, the strong-willed independent editor of a newspaper, the Iraqi War is a subject for editorials, a far-off conflict that she can write about with both passion and detachment until her own newly wedded husband gets called up for service.