Janice Holt Giles
a writer's life
by Dianne Watkins Stuart
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In 1946, at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel. Thee years later, when her sixth novel appeared, Janice Holt Giles's works had accumulated sales of nearly two million copies. Between 1950 and 1975 she wrote twenty-four books, most of which were bestsellers, regularly reviewed in the New York Times, and selected for inclusion in popular book clubs.
Dianne Watkins Stuart, for years the acknowledged expert on Giles's work, has traced the path of her unique life. Stuart walked around the small house where Giles's brother was born and The Kinta Years (1973) had its origin, wandered through the yard where The Plum Thicket (1954) grew, and made countless trips to Adair County, Kentucky, to trace the trails of the Piney Ridge trilogy (The Enduring Hills, Miss Willie, Tara's Healing) and seek out the day-to-day life of her later years.
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Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life
2009, University Press of Kentucky
in English
0813193117 9780813193113
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Janice Holt Giles: a writer's life
1998, University Press of Kentucky
in English
0813120950 9780813120959
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.
Map of Giles Ridge on endpapers.
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