Pre-Owned Stormy Weather (Other) 9780007156450

From the author of the critically acclaimed Enemy Women comes a brilliant new work of fiction set against the dark days of the Great Depression. Jeanine Stodard sees her family s future rise with each new oil rig that emerges from the Texas hills and fall with her father s trips out to the dance halls and gambling joints in each new town they set up in. But when her father dies in dubious circumstances he leaves behind four women who have no place to go but the abandoned family farm. Elizabeth her father s widow invests the last of their money in a million-to-one shot oil well; Mayme the eldest daughter applies for a job at the oil company in her tattered dress and dreams of her Prince Charming; Bea the youngest scribbles stories in her Big Chief pad and dreams of being a writer; Jeanine the proud stubborn middle child finds the threads of her life woven together of the old Tolliver homestead in surprising ways. They all share but one inheritance left them by their no-good father Jack Stoddard: a dangerous racing stallion named Smoky Joe. In dark and affecting prose Paulette Jiles illuminates the hardship sacrifice and strength of an ordinary family caught short by circumstances beyond their control. CONDITION â USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining acceptable on books as long as the text is readable and markings are not excessive no missing pages. May be a former library book with usual treatments(e.g. mylar covers call stickers stamps card pockets barcodes or remainder marks). Extra components such as CDs DVDs figurines or access codes are not included. ISBN: 9780007156450 ISBN10: 0007156456 Contributors: Jiles Paulette