Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

My Unsentimental Education

A Memoir

by Debra Monroe ...

Series series Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction
A woman reflects on her working-class roots, her unsuitable exes, and her accidental road to happiness in a memoir of "many delights" ( Atlanta Journal Constitution).A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin, with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, and another, and builds a career—if only because her plans to be a midwestern housewife continually get ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A woman reflects on her working-class roots, her unsuitable exes, and her accidental road to happiness in a memoir of "many delights" ( Atlanta Journal Constitution).A misfit in Spooner, Wisconsin, with its farms, bars, and strip joints, Debra Monroe leaves to earn a degree, then another, and another, and builds a career—if only because her plans to be a midwestern housewife continually get
... Read more
It Takes a Worried Woman

Essays

by Debra Monroe ...

Series series Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction
Debra Monroe has always written about the source of trouble, “that one incident you zero down to and everything bad that happens afterward happens because of it.” The illusion that every problem has a clear-cut cause and discernible solution is apparently her gateway drug. It Takes a Worried Woman explores the outer limits of her faith that all past hardship could have been prevented and all ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Debra Monroe has always written about the source of trouble, “that one incident you zero down to and everything bad that happens afterward happens because of it.” The illusion that every problem has a clear-cut cause and discernible solution is apparently her gateway drug. It Takes a Worried Woman explores the outer limits of her faith that all past hardship could have been prevented and all
... Read more
On the Outskirts of Normal

Forging a Family Against the Grain

by Debra Monroe ...

Series series
After moving to a humble cottage outside of a tiny Texas town, Debra Monroe rids herself of an abusive husband, battles sexist contractors and workers as she renovates her home, and finally, after several disheartening letdowns, is able to adopt her beautiful baby daughter, Marie. Though elated that her dream is coming true, Monroe faces trials that befall her not just as a single mother but as a ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

After moving to a humble cottage outside of a tiny Texas town, Debra Monroe rids herself of an abusive husband, battles sexist contractors and workers as she renovates her home, and finally, after several disheartening letdowns, is able to adopt her beautiful baby daughter, Marie. Though elated that her dream is coming true, Monroe faces trials that befall her not just as a single mother but as a
... Read more
Blogger Bundle Volume IV: WeWriteRomance.com's Reviewers' Top Picks

by Stephanie Doyle, Dianne Castell, Debra Webb, Lucy Monroe ...

Every now and then a book that comes along that stands out from all the rest. For the reviewers of WeWriteRomance.com, these four stories did just that and earned top ratings as some of the most unique, sensual and captivating romances they've ever read! Find out what had the reviewers raving in this selection of WeWriteRomance.com's favorite Harlequin novels. Bundle includes: The Contestant by ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Every now and then a book that comes along that stands out from all the rest. For the reviewers of WeWriteRomance.com, these four stories did just that and earned top ratings as some of the most unique, sensual and captivating romances they've ever read! Find out what had the reviewers raving in this selection of WeWriteRomance.com's favorite Harlequin novels. Bundle includes: The Contestant by
... Read more
Audiobook

On the Outskirts of Normal

by Debra Monroe ...

Narrated by Lynne McCollough ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

In this memoir by Flannery O'Connor Award winner Debra Monroe, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. ". an engaging, poignant read ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this memoir by Flannery O'Connor Award winner Debra Monroe, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. ". an engaging, poignant read
... Read more
Hold That Knowledge

Stories about Love from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

by Gail Galloway Adams, Tony Ardizzone, Wendy Brenner, Daniel Curley, Linda LeGarde Grover, Dennis Hathaway, Hester Kaplan, Christopher McIlroy, Debra Monroe, Anne Panning, Bill Roorbach, Margot Singer, Sandra Thompson, iamak Vossoughi ...

Series series
Love, in some of the infinite ways we may know it, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Love, in some of the infinite ways we may know it, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction series.More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O’Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often
... Read more
No Longer the Victim

by Debra Monroe-Lax ...

Raised in the Delta of Mississippi, Jan Cowan is repeatedly molested by her mothers lesbian lover, Judy Christine Hays, a small-town cop. Immediately after finishing high school, Jan flees Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee. Patterned after her molester, Jan embarks on a career with the Memphis Police Department where she becomes a noted homicide detective. At the age of thirty-three, an unexpected ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Raised in the Delta of Mississippi, Jan Cowan is repeatedly molested by her mothers lesbian lover, Judy Christine Hays, a small-town cop. Immediately after finishing high school, Jan flees Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee. Patterned after her molester, Jan embarks on a career with the Memphis Police Department where she becomes a noted homicide detective. At the age of thirty-three, an unexpected
... Read more
Growing Up

Stories about Adolescence from the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

by Tony Ardizzone, Rita Ciresi, Mary Clyde, Tom Kealey, Carol Lee Lorenzo, T. M. McNally, Alyce Miller, Debra Monroe, Randy F. Nelson, Andrew Porter, Melissa Pritchard, Paul Rawlins, Barbara Sutton, Kellie Wells, Nancy Zafris ...

Series Book 117 - Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Growing up can mean growing pains and the joys of new independence. With maturity comes the shift from infinitepossibilities to imminent realities. These thirteen stories describe the slow and subtle experience of growing up, allowing us to reflect upon the forces that pushed us toward adulthood and away from the familiar ground of youth that must be left behind if we are to learn how to soar on ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

Growing up can mean growing pains and the joys of new independence. With maturity comes the shift from infinitepossibilities to imminent realities. These thirteen stories describe the slow and subtle experience of growing up, allowing us to reflect upon the forces that pushed us toward adulthood and away from the familiar ground of youth that must be left behind if we are to learn how to soar on
... Read more

Harlequin Presents October 2014 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

by Abby Green, Caitlin Crews, Melanie Milburne, Susanna Carr ...

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! Escape with these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Presents bundle includes Rival’s Challenge by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, His for a Price by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews, The Valquez Bride by USA TODAY bestselling author Melanie Milburne and Prince Hafiz’s Only Vice by Susanna Carr ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! Escape with these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Presents bundle includes Rival’s Challenge by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, His for a Price by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews, The Valquez Bride by USA TODAY bestselling author Melanie Milburne and Prince Hafiz’s Only Vice by Susanna Carr
... Read more
Harlequin Presents February 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

by Abby Green, Carole Mortimer, Chantelle Shaw, Tara Pammi ...

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents bundle includes Delucca's Marriage Contract by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, The Redemption of Darius Sterne by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, To Wear His Ring Again by USA TODAY bestselling author Chantelle Shaw and The Man to Be Reckoned With by Tara Pammi.Look for 8 new exciting stories ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents bundle includes Delucca's Marriage Contract by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, The Redemption of Darius Sterne by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, To Wear His Ring Again by USA TODAY bestselling author Chantelle Shaw and The Man to Be Reckoned With by Tara Pammi.Look for 8 new exciting stories
... Read more
Harlequin Presents February 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2

An Anthology

by Carole Mortimer, Abby Green, Kim Lawrence, Dani Collins ...

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! Escape with these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Presents bundle includes A Bargain with the Enemy by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, When Falcone's World Stops Turning by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, A Secret Until Now by USA TODAY bestselling author Kim Lawrence and A Debt Paid in ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! Escape with these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Presents bundle includes A Bargain with the Enemy by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, When Falcone's World Stops Turning by USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green, A Secret Until Now by USA TODAY bestselling author Kim Lawrence and A Debt Paid in
... Read more
Harlequin Presents August 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

An Anthology

by Kate Hewitt, Caitlin Crews, Cathy Williams, Michelle Smart ...

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Look for glamorous international settings, powerful men and passionate romances in these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Harlequin Presents bundle includes An Inheritance of Shame by Kate Hewitt, A Royal Without Rules by Caitlin Crews, A Deal with ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from August 1 to August 31! Look for glamorous international settings, powerful men and passionate romances in these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Harlequin Presents bundle includes An Inheritance of Shame by Kate Hewitt, A Royal Without Rules by Caitlin Crews, A Deal with
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction

My Unsentimental Education

It Takes a Worried Woman

On the Outskirts of Normal

Blogger Bundle Volume IV: WeWriteRomance.com's Reviewers' Top Picks

On the Outskirts of Normal

Hold That Knowledge

No Longer the Victim

Growing Up

People who read these also enjoyed

Harlequin Presents October 2014 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Presents February 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Presents February 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2

Harlequin Presents August 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed