Jill Morrison: 10 books

In the Shade of Horses Vivian escapes her wounded past to work as a hospice nurse for a dying painter in the wilderness of Idaho. As she comes to know Ruth Stiers and her grown sons, Todd and Matt, she uncovers a family secret with the aid of a phantom horse legend, and finds a love she has never...

Dr Louise Lassen, Associate Professor of Classics at Cal Berkeley has a sideline: locating lost artifacts, both real and not-so-real. Hired by a California Indian tribe to find the bones of a long dead Indian girl who once lived in a California Mission, Louise uncovers a tangled conspiracy. And as...

A young woman learns that she prefers heroes with a sense of humor.

Trains crisscross the globe, carrying lost souls like Zora and Ben, who find themselves on the last trip.

Henry, although deaf from birth, has no problem getting girls. However the girls he meets only feel sorry for him. But now, there's a new girl working in the lab, and she demonstrates an extraordinary ability. And maybe, just maybe, this girl will be different.

1927, the Prussian Empire smashes down Great Britain and France, because the United States stays out of the war. Scientists race to understand atomic power, and Dr Ottilie Loveless-Pride, who studied with Madame Curie, is in the lead. Rich and wild, young Veronica "Nica" Walsh's life is...

The author of On Writing Well presents stories and advice on the writing process from Frank McCourt, Annie Dillard, and many more.   For anyone who enjoys reading memoirs—or is thinking about writing one—this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors: Russell Baker, Jill...

Using a peculiar camera she found, Maxine Nutbeam photographs her cousin’s life-sized horse sculpture and it comes to life. Coming from a long line of Nutbeams possessing erratic, careless magical abilities, Maxine encounters the camera’s owner Dante, whose supernatural skills as a Time Mage surpass...

Women in Criminal Justice is Book Four in the Durvile True Cases Series and in it, Canadian women judges and criminal lawyers tell of cases that they have found particularly challenging. Some were disquieting/perplexing or had surprising turns, many are high-profile, and many continue to have interesting...

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter. This book thoughtfully tackles the question at the heart of modern hospice chaplaincy: do chaplains have a distinctive role in an increasingly secular...