Non-Fiction Books

A warm and humorous account of the trials of creating a place to call home. To longtime Giles fans and new readers alike, these reminiscences of family, friends, a river, and a roof offer a charming visit to rural Kentucky in the late 1950s.

xxii, 409 pages, maps, cloth.

Story of Henry & Janice Holt Giles lives from the years from 1954 to 1970, and their adventures.

The author reminisces about her childhood days spent in Kinta, Oklahoma, where her father served as a school principal for six years