Tanya Nichols

The Barber's Wife

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mayme Holloway knows how to keep secrets. Wounded outlaws often call on her medical skills and trust her silence. When Charley Floyd and his wife pay their old friends, Mayme and O.C. a visit, everything changes. Charley, aka Pretty Boy Floyd, is wanted for killing a lawman. His wounds require more help than Mayme can provide which forces her to break her silence and seek help from Dr. Joe Stern. While O.C., safely cuts hair at his barbershop, whistling hymns and telling jokes, Mayme and Dr. Stern venture out into the Cookson Hills to treat Pretty Boy Floyd. Over time, Joe and Mayme forge a strong bond as they care for other wounded men. They share dangerous secrets, dangerous lives, dangerous patients and a dangerous love.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alternative Book Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781940122229
• ISBN-10: 1940122228
• Artikelnr.: 44708662

Autorenporträt

Tanya Nichols is the author of the novel, The Barber's Wife. Her work has appeared in North Carolina Literary Review, Sycamore Review, In the Grove, and San Joaquin Review. Nichols received her MFA in fiction writing in 2004 at Fresno State University where she won creative writing awards in both fiction and creative non-fiction. For the past eleven years, Nichols has taught writing and literature at Fresno State. She also serves as the coordinator of the Young Writers' Conference and editor-in-chief of San Joaquin Review.