The bookwomen

With their love for books, three brave women bring new hope to a devastated small town.

A heartwarming novel about the value of community. Romalyn Tilghman has written an inspiring story about women from both present and past. In Prairie Hill, a small town somewhere in Kansas, the lives of three women intersect at a turning point. As unlikely as their acquaintance may be, they quickly become indispensable to one another. At the end of the world, the three women find a new purpose in life and their own personal happiness - and realize the immense power that can arise from community.

Angelina must finally finish her dissertation on the founding of the Carnegie libraries, even if it means turning her back on her mother and heading to Kansas. Here, at the magical place of her childhood, her grandmother was one of the founders of the library that became the library of Angelina's youth and instilled in her a love for reading.

Traci creates art from trash. Fleeing from her New York landlord, she accepts an invitation to Kansas as a guest artist. Although she embellished a bit on her application, she desperately needs to escape the lonely city.

Gayle has lost everything. Not a shred of the quilt that has been passed down through generations of the women in her family was left to her by the tornado. What will become of her, her family, and the small town that was her home?

Together, the three women discover unexpected possibilities behind the facade of the library, which has been spared from the storm, and develop a creative force that leads them from their familiar paths to something entirely new.