Congratulations to Jane Kirkpatrick, winner of the WILLA Literary Award for A Flickering Light!
The 2010 WILLA Literary Award represents the best of 2009 published literature for women’s stories set in the American West. Women Writing the West is the underwriter and annual presenter of this nationally recognized award.
Chosen by professional librarians, historians, and university affiliated educators, the winning authors and their books will be honored at Rancho de los Caballeros, Wickenburg, AZ, October 15-17, 2010.
Read the first chapter of this award-winning book.
Copies of award winning author Jane Kirkpatrick’s newest book, An Absence so Great, are the background for popular blogger Ree Drummond’s recent stop at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, OR. Click here to check it out!
Download and read the first chapter of An Absence So Great here!
At the turn of the century, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele has moved to Milwaukee in search of a fresh start. Though inspired by a new opportunity to operate photography studios for those who have fallen ill to mercury poisoning, a piece of her past she’s trying hard to forget makes its way into the foreground of her life.
An Absence So Great is the last book in the Portraits of the Heart series by best selling novelist, Jane Kirkpatrick.
Download and read the first chapter of An Absence So Great here!
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A mother’s tragedy, a daughter’s desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives.
Click here to download chapter one of The Daughter’s Walk.
In 1896, in order to save the family farm, Clara Estby reluctantly accompanies her mother on a cross-country journey that redefines a mother’s tragedy and a daughter’s desire. Over two decades, friends and faith help Clara move through a family betrayal and into a future of her own design. But will the tentacles of the past keep her from finding the real joy in forgiveness?
Click here to download chapter one of The Daughter’s Walk.
