Cress Delahanty

BY JESSAMYN WEST
Set in rural California in the 1940s, this novel first published as four short stories, wittily portrays an adolescent girl navigating pivotal moments of growing up between ages 12 and 16. West is equally insightful about the eternal problems of parent and grandparenthood, how raising children transforms a marriage, and how death touches a family. An afterword discuses her writing career.

Feminist Press 2006 340 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

The Friendly Persuasion

BY JESSAMYN WEST
The classic novel about life for a Quaker family in Indiana during the Civil War, and the basis for the William Wyler film starring Gary Cooper.

Harcourt Brace 1991 214 PP. Paper

$13.00 (in stock)

The Quaker Reader

EDITED BY JESSAMYN WEST
Popular anthology of Quaker writings (1650-1960). Writings represent a wide range of perspectives; includes fine biographical notes at the beginning of each passage. Includes excerpts from the wrtings of George Fox, William Penn, Joseph Besse, Mary Penington, Rufus Jones, Margaret Fell, John Bellars, John Woolman, Voltaire, John Greenleaf Whittier, Caroline Fox, Emil Fuchs and Caroline Stephen. An excellent and deep survey of Friends' thought.

Pendle Hill 1990 540 PP. Paper

$21.00 (in stock)

The Woman Said Yes

Encounters With Life And Death

BY JESSAMYN WEST
Jessamyn West's mother was a woman of strong Quaker conviction. When Jessamyn, newly married and diagnosed with tuberculosis was sent home to die, her mother helped her find the strength to live and the experience gave her a lifelong appreciation of the sanctity of life which was reinforced by the sad death of her sister. The author of many novels and short stories with a Quaker theme, here she writes a short but pithy memoir of her extraordinary life.

HBJ 1986 180 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)