American Speech

Occupation: Housewife

"Life of a doctor's wife." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Quirk Books. 2011

Read the #1 New York Times best-selling series before it continues in A Map of Days. Bonus features • Q&A with author Ransom Riggs • Eight pages of color stills from the film • Sneak preview of Hollow City, the next novel in the series A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading...

Fun Home

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2021

A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.

Angel Animals

Plume Books. 1999

Exploring the human connection with animals is the theme of this collection of inspiring testaments from people who share personal stories about how animals have enriched their lives.