Recently republished by haywire books, hummingbird house is the powerful and emotionally unforgettable read more. Henleys powerful debut novel is the story of kate banner, an american midwife, who discovers the secret wars in guatemala. Patricia henley spent five months travelling in central america interviewing refugees, activists and indian women while writing hummingbird house. Henley s powerful debut novel is the story of kate banner, an american midwife, who discovers the secret wars in guatemala. Not inscribed to a particular person navy cloth spine, navy papercovered boards. A finalist for the national book award and the new yorker best book awards when it was originally published in 1999, patricia henley s hummingbird house is the devastatingly powerful and emotionally unforgettable story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds. Hummingbird house and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Kate banner, an american midwife, heads to mexico for a threeweek visit in the mid1980s and ends up staying south of the border for eight years. Fine unread copy protected by archival brodart cover. Patricia henley s first novel, hummingbird house, was a finalist for the 1999 national book award and the new yorker best fiction book award.
Patricia henleys hummingbird house is a devastatingly powerful and emotionally trustworthy story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds. This is a story as powerful and compelling as you will ever read. Jon sealy, publisher at haywire books, was looking for a novel by a woman that would have the scope of hummingbird house. I had been casting about for a publisher who wanted to bring it out again. This beautiful novel of women in war delivers an ending marked. A reading by patricia henley from her novel hummingbird house and book signing will be held at main street books on thursday, november 7 at 7. Henley s powerful debut novel is the story of kate banner, an ame. Pantheon published her second novel, in the river sweet, and it was widely praised in newspapers and magazines. Hummingbird house is a terrific read on many levels. Henley has also written two books of poetry, learning to dieand back roads, and four story collections. Her books have been published by three rivers press, carnegie mellon press, graywolf press, macmurray and beck, pantheon, and anchor books. The idea came to me in 1988 when i first traveled to guatemala. Patricia henleys awardwinning novel is an unforgettable story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds. Facing an impossible burden the hummingbird house by patricia henley.
In a carefully crafted but overwrought first novel, an american midwife experiencing compassion fatigue cannot escape the claims of love and duty. This beautiful novel of women in war delivers an ending. Click to read more about hummingbird house by patricia henley. Patricia henley writes movingly about kate banner, an american midwife. Her second novel, in the river sweet, was published by pantheon in 2002 and released in paperback in 2004. Its said that books have long lives, and that seems true of this 20thanniversary rerelease of your novel hummingbird house, a national book award finalist. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Author patricia henley convincingly blends the ordinary the smell of tortillas, the sound of jazz, children playing, poshs fear of rainstorms. Author patricia henley marks 20th anniversary of debut novel. Hummingbird house patricia henleys novel takes us into the life of one american woman who becomes part of a community where trust is as vital as bread and just as rare. Henley returns with a worthy successor to her first novel, hummingbird house. The large cast of characters are vividly drawn, and their struggles are compelling. Hummingbird house, her first novel, was a finalist for the national book award and the new yorker best fiction award book.
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Patricia henley books list of books by author patricia. Because to care for the children of war, you have to cut off pieces of your heart. She has published short stories, novels, poetry, and essays. Patricia henleys first novel, hummingbird house, was a finalist for the 1999 national book award and the new yorker best fiction book award. I thought of that moment with the therapist when an agent said to me about hummingbird house, patricia, nobodys interested in central america. The hummingbird house by patricia henley fantastic fiction. The book was named as one of the finalists for the prestigious national book for 1999. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
The heroine, ruth anne bond, is a woman of 50, living in indiana. Patricia henley is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, four short story collections, two novels, a stage play, and numerous essays. A finalist for the national book award, hummingbird house celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, which is being marked by a reissue from. Kate banner is a woman in her forties from indiana and the culmination of her. Patricia henleys first novel, hummingbird house, was a finalist for the national book award in 1999 and the new yorker fiction prize in 2000. She infuses hummingbird house with passion, beauty, outrage, despair and hope. She ends up making a home with a wide assortment of people in hummingbird house, a place where mothers and children come for medical help children with emphysema who since birth have breathed in woodsmoke from the indoor cooking fires. Kim church interviews patricia henley about writing place, the business of publishing, and haywire books twentiethanniversary reissue of her debut novel hummingbird house. With deliberate craft and enormous compassion, henley shows us how one exhausted woman exchanges numbness for resolution, and then chooses to witness, to act, and to love. Hummingbird house isbn 9781849820851 pdf epub patricia. But traveling home leads her to guatemala, where even children sometimes disappear. Now in worship of the common heart, a new collection of 19 earthy stories henley has written over the past 20 years, the reader traverses the fertile ground from which hummingbird. Patricia henley an american midwife on holiday in mexico decides to stay on to help the local people and a priest falls in love with her. Books go search your store deals store gift cards sell.
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