My Auntie Susan

My Auntie Susan
Author: Sheila Bird
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780778738589

The narrator lists in simple rhyming text some of the great things about Auntie Susan, who wears a long scarf and likes to cook and bake.

Marching with Aunt Susan

Marching with Aunt Susan
Author: Claire Rudolf Murphy
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682633047

All Bessie wants is to go hiking with her father and brothers. But it's 1896, and girls don't get to hike. They can't vote either, which Bessie discovers when Susan B. Anthony comes to town to help lead the campaign for women's suffrage. Stirred into action, Bessie joins the movement and discovers that small efforts can result in small changes—and maybe even big ones. Inspired by the diary of the real-life Bessie Keith Pond, a ten-year-old girl who lived in California during the suffrage campaign, author Claire Rudolf Murphy and illustrator Stacey Schuett offer a thought-provoking introduction to the fight for women's rights. This story of hope and determination is perfect for girl-power readers!

My Great-Aunt Arizona

My Great-Aunt Arizona
Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages:
Release: 1997-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780780772656

An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

Searching for Lottie

Searching for Lottie
Author: Susan Ross
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0823442195

Lottie, a talented violinist, disappeared during the Holocaust. Can her grand-niece, Charlie, discover what happened? A long-lost cousin, a mysterious locket, a visit to Nana Rose in Florida, a diary written in German, and a very special violin all lead twelve-year-old Charlie to the truth about her great-aunt Lottie in this intriguing, intergenerational mystery. Charlie, a budding violinist, decides to research the life of her great-aunt and namesake for her middle school ancestry project. Everyone in Charlie's family believes Great-Aunt Charlotte (called Lottie), a violin prodigy, died at the hands of the Nazis, but the more Charlie uncovers about her long-lost relative, the more muddied Great-Aunt Lottie's story becomes. Could it be that Lottie somehow survived the war by hiding in Hungary? Could she even still be alive today? In Searching for Lottie, Susan Ross has written a highly personal work of historical fiction that is closely inspired by her own family history, exploring the ongoing effects of the Holocaust on families today. Includes a letter from the author describing the research that shaped this story.

Just Breathe

Just Breathe
Author: Susan Wiggs
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2013-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 077831538X

Unexpected change can be like a breath of fresh air--a little brisk at first, but magic for body and soul, in the latest work from the author who paints the details of human relationships with the finesse of a master (Jodi Picoult).

Travels with My Aunt

Travels with My Aunt
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1412849012

The story of Henry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager, who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot and breaks all currency regulations.

Always Wear Joy

Always Wear Joy
Author: Susan Fales-Hill
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2004-05-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0060566728

From an inside peek at the inner workings of Hollywood to the backstage drama of Broadway, from a poignant look at the black upper class to an honest look at the WASP elite, this elegantly wrought memoir of an extraordinary family has something for everyone. Growing up with a black Auntie Mame-like mother (who performed with the likes of Lena Horne) and an Anglo sea-faring father, Susan Fales-Hill moved seamlessly between many worlds. But it was from her mother -- a woman who was dressed by Givenchy and sculpted by Alexander Calder, yet rejected by many a casting agent for her "dark," unconventional looks -- that Susan drew inspiration, particularly when she faced challenges in her own career as a television writer in Hollywood, a town that wasn't always receptive to positive images of people of color. As a result the two developed a bond that mothers and daughters everywhere will find inspiring. Both a universally touching mother-daughter story and a portrait of a dazzling American family, Always Wear Joy is a memoir readers won't soon forget.