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On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie Hardcover – January 1, 1997
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- Print length149 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarper
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1997
- Dimensions6.11 x 1.11 x 11.11 inches
- ISBN-100062514857
- ISBN-13978-0062514851
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- Publisher : Harper; First Edition (January 1, 1997)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 149 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0062514857
- ISBN-13 : 978-0062514851
- Item Weight : 12 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.11 x 1.11 x 11.11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #698,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amy Hill Hearth (pronounced "HARTH") is a New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times bestselling author whose work focuses on uniquely American stories and perspectives from the past. She has won multiple awards, including a Peabody Award, a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and two "Notable Book" citations from the American Library Association.
She is known as an unusually versatile author who writes fiction as well as nonfiction, and books for adults as well as young readers. What her books all have in common is a fascination with American history. "Wherever Amy Hill Hearth turns her attention, history comes alive," wrote Peter Golden, author of Nothing Is Forgotten.
Hearth's first book was the groundbreaking oral history, Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, a New York Times bestseller for more than two years. The book was adapted for Broadway and for an award-winning telefilm with Hearth credited as a consultant and advisor on both productions. In the film adaptation, Hearth was added as a character played by Academy Award-winning actress Amy Madigan.
Hearth's eleventh book and first historical thriller, Silent Came the Monster: A Novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks, was published May 16, 2023.The book won an AudioFile Earphones Award. In the review by AudioFile Magazine, the reviewer wrote, "This audiobook demonstrates that a shark attack can be as scary on audio as it is on the big screen…[Marantz] employs a low-key delivery that complements author Amy Hill Hearth's superb dialogue."
In addition to eight works of nonfiction, Hearth is the author of two works of fiction set in the early 1960s in Naples, Florida, then a sleepy backwater. Known as "the Miss Dreamsville novels," the books have been categorized variously as Southern novels, humor, and social commentary. Both novels concern the challenges faced by a middle-aged wife and mother of three from Boston who relocates with her family to the small town and encounters difficulty finding acceptance. The Dreamsville novels were inspired by Hearth's real-life mother-in-law.
Hearth's books have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Czech, Finnish, and Hungarian. Her publishers include Simon & Schuster, Random House, HarperCollins, Doubleday, Blackstone, and Kodansha, among others. She has been represented by William Morris Agency (now William Morris Endeavor Entertainment) since 1991.
She began her career as a newspaper reporter in Florida, Massachusetts, and New York. It was while working as a reporter in 1991 that she located a then-unknown pair of centenarian sisters, the Delany Sisters. Hearth wrote a story about them for The New York Times, and then went on to write the beloved oral history, Having Our Say. When the Delany Sisters later died, they left Hearth in charge of their legacy.
Hearth was born in Pittsfield, Mass., the youngest of four children. Her family relocated several times in her childhood. She spent her formative years in Columbia, SC and young adult years in Tampa, Fla. She has lived in New Jersey since 1996.
She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Tampa.
For more information, please visit her website, www.amyhillhearth.com
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The love of family! They outlived their siblings and close friends and their contribution to the world thru their work, knowledge and joyful living is immeasureable. Sarah lived to 108.
If you have lost someone dear to you - partner, parent, child, friend, then this book will help you heal. There is life after loss and it takes time, but finding strength in faith will help. I love the intelligence of this woman as she inspires, reflects, and continues her journey living day to day with gratitude and compassion for others.
Don't miss this book and the two others by the Delany sisters who were "discovered" by Amy Hill Hearth. Discover secrets of longevity! Discover two different personalities and how they faced life with optimism and courage.
The original story about the sisters is told in "Having Our Say". This book by Sadie chronicles her experiences in learning to live without her sister in the difficult first year after Bessie's death. Sadie's faith, common sense, love, and wisdom come shining through in this little book.