Presents a comparative study of fiction by late twentieth and twenty-first century women writers from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This work is of interest to students interested in women's studies, gender studies, and cultural studies as well as Welsh, Irish and Celtic studies.

In recent decades, East Asia has gained prominence and has become synonymous with Asia, while other Asian regions, such as South and Southeast Asia, have been subsumed under it. The resultant overgeneralization has meant that significant aspects of the global ecological crisis as they affect these two regions have been overlooked. Chitra Sankaran refocuses the global lens on these two rapidly developing regions of Asia. Combining South Asian and Southeast...

Still mourning the death of her fianc,̌ Beth Hertzler works alongside her beloved Aunt Lizzy in their dry goods store, and serving as contact of sorts between Amish craftsmen and Englischers. When she discovers a large, intricately carved scene of Amish children playing in the snow, something deep inside Beth's soul responds and she wants to help the unknown artist find homes for his work. Lizzy sees the changes in her niece when Beth shows her the...

A woman’s life is turned upside down when she relocates to a new country and becomes guardian for the 4-year-old half-sister she didn’t know she had, in the second novel from the author of Tangled Ashes. When their abusive father dies, Shelby and her brother, Trey, struggle with memories of the violence. Now, Shelby is shocked to discover her father has left Trey out of his will and has given everything to her, and has requested that she raise...