Bannon wrote these books, which span about 14 years in fictional time, in actual chronological time of about 6 or 7 years. I sometimes wonder if she lived twice as long in her head than she did in real life. It was this book that made me wonder that. Published in 1960, Journey to a Woman brings b...
I must admit that this is one of Bannon's - and indeed, that of any other author - most difficult books I have ever read. Sometimes... most of the time, actually... what we wish would happen just doesn't and it's not in our power to change it, and it's heartbreaking. This book illustrates this re...
She moaned and stretched and turned to find Laura watching her, and she smiled sleepily at her. "Morning, honey,” she said, and yawned. ���What time is it?" "I don't know. Almost nine.” Don't get up! Laura thought anxiously. It all went so fast. "Um...
He was a stubborn man and he had dedicated all his resistance to fighting liquor. He meant to head for the kitchen and consume a pint of cider and fix himself some dinner. Since Laura had left five days ago he had not had much appetite. He did not admit that she would ever come back or that he ha...
Beth drank very little at first, but as the evening wore on the little mounted up and she realized, some time shortly after midnight, how tight she was. She was quite fascinated, as she had been before, with the people she saw. Many of them knew Nina and came over to talk to her. There was one pr...