Bonnie's Books

Opening lines: In the cemetery tucked behind First Baptist Bible, next to the broad-leaf tobacco patch twelve miles south of town, scraw...

When Diane of Animal House delivered Clawdia to me on Thursday, she brought a bag of chicken and turkey flavored dry cat food.  Clawdia d...

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie ~ by Ayana Mathis, 2013, fiction (Pennsylvania) "Philadelphia and Jubilee!" August said when Hatt...

When I visited them last week, I took my 7-month-old great-grandsons Micah and Jonathan a couple of books (the first two below).  My frien...

A Home for Copper: A Story of Adoption ~ by Susan Carter, 2014, children's, 10/10 "I was born on a cold, snowy day in an alley...

Today, on my second visit with this beautiful girl, I got down on the floor beside her and asked if she wanted to come live with me.  She ...

Go Set a Watchman ~ by Harper Lee, 2015, fiction (Alabama) Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almos...