Stormy Weather, (Paperback)

from Karin7

3 1/2 ★Jeanine Stoddard grows up the favourite daughter of a gambling, womanizing father who travels with their family from job to job in East Texas during the depression. When he dies while in jail, it is her determination that gives her sisters an mother the push they need to restore thei...

from Alphawoman

This is the 4th book by Ms. Jiles that I have read. I liked all the others better. I was bothered a couple of times regarding the unnecessary add ons or filler ( I knew. Why they weren't edited out, just felt they added little to the story)...the background about the Comanches, the pages about th...

from hardlyhardy

“All over the oil fields and through the overcrowded towns, each person had some small reason that the snowfall was for them alone, a sign that their lives were going to get better.” — Paulette Jiles, “Stormy Weather” Most lives did get better. In Texas during the 1930s, with Depression, drought ...

from countrylife

OK, it sounds like a bumper sticker platitude. But: I {heart} Paulette Jiles. This is the third of her books that I've picked up, and none have disappointed. She peoples interesting stories into the midst of historical events; the reader gets a fascinating history lesson for mind and heart. Altho...

from cindyloumn

Liked the book. I kept waiting for something horrible to happen. But it didn't thank goodness. yes bad things happened. Loved the strong women in the book. Book about the depression in Tx. Liked the love story. A big depressing. And the author writes sort of with a flat affect sometimes.