The General’s Women by Susan Wittig AlbertRequirements: .MP3 reader, 360 mbOverview: Set during the chaotic years of World War II, The General’s Women tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby, his Irish driver/aide, and the impact of that relationship on Mamie Eisenhower and her life in Washington during […]
Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert Requirements: .MP3 reader, 287 mbOverview: Set during the chaotic years of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, Loving Eleanor reveals Eleanor Roosevelt as a complex, contradictory, and entirely human woman who is pulled in many directions by her obligations to her husband and family […]
Someone Always Nearby by Susan Wittig Albert Requirements: .MP3 reader, 201 mbOverview: In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O’Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O’Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naive would-be writer-to join her. […]
The Darling Dahlias And The Red Hot Poker by Susan Wittig Albert (.M4B)Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 215 MBOverview: It’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias—the garden club in little Darling, Alabama—are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, since there’s a firebug on […]
The Darling Dahlias And The Voodoo Lily by Susan Wittig Albert (The Darling Dahlias 9)Requirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 494 MBOverview: Spring, 1935 finds the little Alabama town of Darling excited about their new local radio station, WDAR. But there are problems brewing at the newspaper, where a trio of new hires causes headaches for editor Charlie […]