Charms for the Easy Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780060760250)

A family without men, the Birches live gloriously offbeat lives in the lush, green backwoods of North Carolina. Radiant, headstrong Sophia and her shy, brilliant daughter, Margaret, possess powerful charms to ward off loneliness, despair, and the human misery that often beats a path to their door. And they are protected by the eccentric wisdom and muscular love of the remarkable matriarch Charlie Kate, a solid, uncompromising, self-taught healer who treats everything from boils to broken bones to broken hearts.

Sophia, Margaret, and Charlie Kate find strength in a time when women almost always depended on men, and their bond deepens as each one experiences love and loss during World War II. Charms for the Easy Life is a passionate, luminous, and exhilarating story about embracing what life has to offer ... even if it means finding it in unconventional ways.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Author: Kaye Gibbons
ISBN-10: 0060760257
ISBN-13: 9780060760250
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.34w x 0.68d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10288 / Charms for the Easy Life