"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the twentieth century. Country Girl brings us face-to-face with a life of high drama and contemplation. Starting with O'Brien's birth in a grand but deteriorating house in Ireland, her story moves through convent school to elopement, divorce, single-motherhood, the wild parties of the '60s in London, and encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars, and literary titans. There is love and unrequited love, and the glamour of trips to America as a celebrated writer and the guest of Jackie Onassis and Hillary Clinton. Country Girl is a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have imprinted upon and enhanced one lifetime.

Reproduction of the original: A Little Country Girl by Susan Coolidge

Maudie George relates a lifetime of experiences as she grew up on the farm in a small Texas community. With seven children, as well as mom and dad, living in their one bedroom farm house which had no electricity or water and taking place in the post depression era. She tells of her hard working parents, of grandparents and relatives. Many amusing and informative incidents are depicted throughout her stories of daily life as a child. The story evolves into a life of love, happiness and world travel as an adult.

The reason I wrote this book was my life had been a mess, but with God's help, I have turned my life over to Jesus. I have made it through all the heartaches and things. I thought, If somebody read the book, it may change things for them too and let them know that you don't have to give up if you will turn your life over to God. He will see you through whatever you are going through.

The New York Times bestselling tale of heartbreak and hope from the author of An Irish Country Doctor