Hummingbird House

Henley, Patricia

ISBN 10: 1878448870 / ISBN 13: 9781878448873

Published by MacMurray & Beck, Denver, 1999

About this Item

This copy has been SIGNED by Patricia Henley on the title page! The author's first novel, this is a beautifully told story of a woman's struggles to face new territories of love and war in the middle of her life. John Sayles dustjacket praise calling it "a heartbreaking book." This earned the author a 1999 National Book Award Nomination. Seller Inventory # 6258

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hummingbird House

Publisher: MacMurray & Beck, Denver

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition/First Printing

About this title

Synopsis:

When Kate Banner, an American midwife in Nicaragua, loses another patient - a young woman who had recently given birth - she decides it is time to go home, because to care for the children of war you have to cut off pieces of your heart. Her travels home lead her to Guatemala where she again encounters the innocent victims of a country's war. Hummingbird House is a devastatingly powerful and emotionally trustworthy story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds.

About the Author:

Patricia Henley spent five months traveling in Central America and southern Mexico, interviewing refugees, activists, and Indian women while writing Hummingbird House. She has published two collections of stories, Friday night at Silver Star and The Secret of Cartwheels and a book of poems, Back Roads. Her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize Anthology. She teaches in the MFA program at Purdue. This is her first novel. A portion of the author's royalties will be donated in support of human rights worldwide.