Ann Benton: 4 books

'Under that hoodie, behind that eye make-up, there frequently lurks a human being of immense charm, affection and wit.' Ann Benton admits that, when her children were teenagers, she enjoyed 'the very best of parenting years'. Yet, from her experience a

The Minister's Wife will show you how to make perfect cupcakes, turn out well-groomed children every Sunday morning and rise to the lofty heights where criticism cannot reach. In short, you will quickly become the model minister's wife. Unfortunately n

Negative attention is better than no attention, Silas has learned. He ends up in after-school detention before the first week of school is over, on multiple counts disrupting class, cheating, not turning in homework, smoking on school grounds, bullying, and fighting. His father told Silas before he...

On December 4, 1753, Gen. George Washington traveled to thejunction of the Allegheny River and French Creek during one of his military excursions. There, the settlement was called Venango but soon became known as Franklin. Established in the heart of the original oil country in the 1740s, Franklin...