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Anne Leigh Parrish
In the long-awaited sequel to Anne Leigh Parrish's An Open Door, Edith Sloan navigates life after leaving her dull, demanding husband, Walter, for Henry, a well-off British peer. The bookstore…
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In Diary of a False Assassin, Parrish's third collection, eighty-four poems reveal the miracles of nature, the oppression of women, and the pain of family life. Political violence and human…
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Women Within is a finely crafted tale of three outcast women, their struggles, and their lives. It is relevant and expertly arranged, and composed of stirring and sympathetic trials and…
Marvelous. Honest. Generous. From the first story to the last, By the Wayside catches your attention and demands that you give into its every whirl. Each character unfolds with a…
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The Dugans are a scrappy, dysfunctional family living in upstate New York that’s getting along okay until the mother walks out one day, leaving five undisciplined kids and an alcoholic…
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Explores four generations of women and the meaning of family, motherhood, faith, and the need to believe in something larger than themselves.
34-year-old Angie Dugan struggles with many things-anxiety, her career as a social worker in a retirement home, and her difficult family.
In sixteen short stories and a novella, Anne Leigh Parrish explores the magic of life, love, and the soft boundary between fact and fantasy.
the moon won’t be dared, a poetry collection by author Anne Leigh Parrish and artwork by Lydia Selk, harnesses language to give readers a new vision of nature, the impossible…
Kirkus Reviews calls an open door, An adroit, dry-witted tale about a strong-willed woman trying to live her life.
It’s 1948 and the freedom granted women by the Second World…
As Timothy Dugan makes his way through life, he is beset by a growing list of problems.
His girlfriend, a full-time college student, wants to have a baby, he hates…
When Lavinia Starkhurst’s husband is killed in a freak accident, she takes to the open road and meets a number of strangers, all with struggles of their own.
A 2020 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable Mention in General Fiction, Maggie’s Ruse is the story of identical twin sisters Maggie and Marta Dugan. Anne Leigh Parrish delivers astute insight, big…
The poems in If The Sky Won't Have Me weave a brilliant tapestry of the human condition, focusing on nature, the female experience, family drama, aging, politics, and regret. Images…
