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Auslanderthe German word for outsider. In this novel, four women explore the many ways one can be an outsider geographically, culturally, and emotionally. They chronicle the life of the Jahn family in the close-knit German community of Schoenberg, Texas, during the 60s, 70s and 80s. Their counterpoint dialogues draw us into the family s marriages and separations, births and deaths, business failures, and moments of joy and into the German-Texan culture with its sometimes rigid traditions and prejudices. The voices we hear are from Queenie, matriarch of the family and wife of Beno; Carol Anne,...

Vibrant, opinionated, and independentthat s Galveston widow Rose Parrish. Seventy-six years old and in failing health, Rose is coming to grips with her life. She lives alone in a stately home once full of life; her only companions are her housekeeper, Pearl, her financial advisor, Captain J.J. Broussard, and a young medical student, Jesse Martin.
Mary Powell weaves the separate stories of these people important to Rose into a poignant and often humorous tale of the good life and the good death.
Preparing for the inevitable, Rose sells all her stock to fund her last adventure; she...