<div><b>As World War II rages, a sixth-grader from Brooklyn battles adolescence</b><BR>Even while the air-raid sirens blare, Shirley Braverman isn&rsquo;t worried. Her father is the air-raid warden for their apartment house, and she knows he will keep them safe. There is a war on the other side of the ocean, but here in Brooklyn, life goes on. People ride trolleys, they go to double features at the movies, and they cheer on the Dodgers, win or lose.  Shirley is also the best speller in her school&rsquo;s sixth grade, and she has her eyes on an even bigger title: spelling champion of New York City. When she&rsquo;s not practicing, Shirley takes care of her younger brother, Theodore&mdash;a clumsy kid who&rsquo;s scared of everything that moves, and some things that don&rsquo;t. But to win the spelling bee, she will have to listen to what she&rsquo;s always telling Theodore: Believe in yourself, and don&rsquo;t be afraid. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Introducing Shirley Braverman

<div><b>Pregnant, recently widowed, and hoping for transformation, a young woman moves to Los Angeles with her teenage stepdaughter</b><BR>Linda has known only a few worthwhile men, and the good ones have a nasty habit of dying young. While teaching at the Newark branch of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio she meets Wright, who has a Mustang and a thirteen-year-old daughter, Robin. Soon enough Linda and Wright are married and pregnant, but just six weeks after the wedding he drops dead, leaving Linda with little besides the car and the girl. Unsure what else to do, Linda packs Robin into the Mustang and sets off for Los Angeles, toward a promise of a new and better life. Robin is surly, cynical, and addicted to junk food&mdash;in short, a typical teenager. But as Linda&rsquo;s pregnancy progresses and they try to make their way in the City of Angels, this unlikely pair will forge an unexpected emotional connection. Hilma Wolitzer&rsquo;s storytelling recalls the best work of Anne Tyler and Gail Godwin, and her wit shines through in this tale of improbable allegiances and contained grief.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Tunnel of Love

<div><b><b><i>Silver</i></b><b> revisits Paulette and Howard, the couple introduced in <i>In the Flesh</i>, and a marriage, once miraculously mended, faces its end again<BR></b></b>Paulette has decided to leave her husband. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of their hasty marriage nears, the thought of another year sleeping alongside Howard feels suffocating. Though they were happy years ago, he has always resented her for trapping him with her pregnancy, forcing him&mdash;as he sees it&mdash;into married life and the end of his youthful fun. They have both been unfaithful, and the wounds of their past indiscretions have never fully healed. And so she&rsquo;s made the decision to leave him&mdash;but her plans are derailed when Howard suffers a sudden heart attack. Thrown into action by Howard&rsquo;s fragile health, Paulette must decide whose survival is more important. He may not live through her desertion, but can she give up her determination for a new beginning? In <i>Silver</i>, Hilma Wolitzer delivers a sensitive, thought-provoking, and startlingly frank novel of old ties and the yearning to start again.</div>

Silver

<div><b>As her marriage disintegrates, a woman finds that living for herself might be just what her relationship needs</b><BR>It&rsquo;s 1957, and Paulette has just gotten into trouble in the backseat of a car. Her beau, Howard, is a handsome musician with an ability to inspire lust that she has never encountered before. So, although some women in her position might choose a different path, Paulette persuades Howard to get married. After a small ceremony, the happy couple takes up residence on the nineteenth floor of a high rise in Forest Hills. For a time they are shockingly happy, but then things start to go wrong. And when Howard&rsquo;s eye begins to wander, Paulette must ask herself: If a person lives for love alone, what happens when the love disappears?  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.<i><BR></i></div>

In the Flesh

<div><b>Hilma Wolitzer&rsquo;s acclaimed first novel&mdash;a powerful portrait of a family coming to terms with grief</b><BR>At night, Sandy feels the pain of separation most deeply. As she settles into bed, she misses the sounds Jay used to make as he emptied his pockets and undressed. She misses the way a playful nighttime conversation could become significant in an instant. She misses his touch. To fall asleep, she imagines Jay&rsquo;s voice, imagines their loving exchanges&mdash;but she cannot imagine lying in his arms. Jay is in the hospital now, his body wasting away from cancer. As the disease progresses, he and Sandy try to come to terms with the fact that he will never come home again&mdash;and that his children will soon lose their father forever. Poignant and raw, <i>Ending </i>is a finely rendered look at love, loss, and survival.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Ending

<div><b>Award-winning novelist Hilma Wolitzer&rsquo;s warm, true-to-life tale of a young woman on a quest for love and certainty </b><BR>Daphne has never met a man who treated her as well as Kenny. The only problem is he&rsquo;s married. Intoxicated by love in the afternoon, she luxuriates in his affection, but the afterglow fades when Kenny drives home to his wife and children. Although he promises Daphne that he&rsquo;ll leave them, she&rsquo;s not sure he will ever be able to give up his family. As Kenny tries to make up his mind about ending his marriage, Daphne finds herself with nothing to look forward to but their stolen hours together. She distracts herself with work in the Palomar Arms, a retirement home where decay hangs in the air. But this proximity to death will make Daphne aware that she is wasting her life.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

In the Palomar Arms

<div><B>The award-winning author&rsquo;s tips on writing groups and networking: &ldquo;Witty, insightful and generous . . . a must-read for anyone who wants to write&rdquo; (Judy Blume).</B><BR /><BR /> When Hilma Wolitzer finished writing her first short story, she had no idea what to do next. She didn&rsquo;t trust her family members to give honest critiques, and most of her friends&mdash;though they tried to be helpful&mdash;knew little about writing fiction. But her creative life changed when she attended a local writing workshop and discovered the joys of working within an artistic community.  Since good workshops and conferences are often expensive or difficult to find, Wolitzer provides a guide to building a workshop of your own. With dedication and drive, an informal writer&rsquo;s group can become as useful as any college course&mdash;and much more fun. Wolitzer shows how to build a group, how to make it effective, and how to keep going when a member hits a snag. She also offers solid advice on many aspects of writing and publishing fiction. Writing may be a solitary occupation, but in the company of writers, it never needs to be lonely. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

The Company of Writers

<div><b>After her parents&rsquo; divorce, Teddy realizes that love is not as easy as it looks</b><BR>In Teddy&rsquo;s daydreams, the elevator is never broken and her father comes home every day. But in reality, her dad has a new home and a new wife, Shelley, who is glamorous in a way Teddy&rsquo;s mother could never be. Still, Teddy holds out hope that one day her dad will come to his senses&mdash;and when she finds a shoebox full of faded love letters in the closet, she knows her mother is hoping for the same thing.  In the letters, her father calls her mother &ldquo;my own true love.&rdquo; If Teddy can just fix her mom up a little bit, maybe her dad will realize he loves her still. But after exercise classes, a visit from the Avon lady, and a furious campaign to get her mom to stop smoking, Teddy learns that real love is far more complex than those old letters make it seem. And though her parents love and support her, Teddy&rsquo;s perceptions of her family will have to change. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Out of Love

<div><b>While in foster care, Toby and her sister learn what &ldquo;family&rdquo; really means</b><BR>When Toby&rsquo;s father dies in a car accident, her mother gets a new job and a cheaper apartment. At first it seems as if everything might be all right, but soon the pressure gets to be too much. Toby&rsquo;s mother stops cooking, stops talking, and starts crying or laughing at random times. When she is committed to a rest home, Toby and her sister, Anne, are placed in foster care  against their will.. The Selwyns are a kind couple, but nothing about their house feels like home. The artwork is tacky, the music is lame, and the kitchen table is depressing yellow Formica. But in her simple little bedroom, Toby finds a haven. As she and her sister struggle to adjust to their scary new life, she learns that family is what you make it, and home can be anywhere you feel at peace. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Toby Lived Here

<div><b>Bernie only needs $99 for freedom, but he can&rsquo;t make a dime</b><BR>Bernie Segal has a lot of normal problems&mdash;like algebra, his height, and a sister who insists he help her learn her lines for the stupid school play. But he also has a lot of not-so-normal problems, like dealing with his father&rsquo;s death. His mother is about to remarry, and the thought of having a new man around the house makes Bernie sick. To get out of being at the wedding, Bernie decides to fly to Miami to live with his grandfather. All he needs is $99 for airfare&mdash;but where is he going to get the money? Bernie&rsquo;s asthma means he can&rsquo;t do anything strenuous, like having a paper route, so he&rsquo;s forced to take lame jobs, even babysitting, to get the cash. But as the date for his great escape approaches, Bernie begins to wonder if he&rsquo;s really trying to run away from the wedding and his new stepfather, or if he is running from himself. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hilma Wolitzer, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Hilma Wolitzer

Books By Hilma Wolitzer (10 Books)