Wild Violets

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Review 'Step inside the sisterhood of the women with men behind bars. These women all come together in the en the visitor's room of a prison. They become connected in a way that no one else would ever understand. Women Outside the Walls offers a bittersweet look into the lives of women that love felons. There's laughter and tears and there's the strong emotional bond these women share. This is an honest book, which means that it's not always a happy book. It will touch your heart in ways that you wouldn't expect. You'll come away with a new respect for women in this situation.' ~~ Fresh Fiction  'Love can see people through the roughest times. Women Outside the Walls is a novel from Trisha Sugarek as she explores the nature of women outside the prison walls who are trying to get by as their men are serving time. Finding an unusual friendship through their tough time, more plight comes their way and challenges what they have left as independent women as one of their daughters goes missing. "Women Outside the Walls" carries a positive message, and shouldn't be overlooked, very much recommended.'~ ~ Midwest Book ReviewD. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review ~~ Two sisters, two new marriages, and a 1920's SanFrancisco setting provide the background and high drama for WildViolets, the story of a girl bent on success in professional women'sbasketball - and if not in sports, than with the bar and grill she's purchased. Readers can expect to both love and hate as theyfollow Violet's paths and choices. Violet is determined and gritty, oftenselfish, and is focused on appearances and achieving success even if it comesat the cost of family and friends. She purposely uses her beauty to manipulatethose around her. Her passions too often overrun the interests of others, bethey beaus, authority figures, or her own children. Despite this, reader can't help but be intriguedas Violet charges through her San Francisco world with the ambitions anddetermination of an unstoppable . Perhaps part of the story line'srealistic feel is because it stems from the author's own family stories. As the story evolves and Vi's life moves fullcircle, readers interested in a blend of romance and historical backgroundswill appreciate her evolutionary process, and will find that the circumstancesand determination of her world lend well to an absorbing read suitable forbeach reading or a leisure choice.~~   Read more From the Author Based upon true family tales this book is a complete work of fiction. As a young child I never tired of the stories that my mother told me about herself, her mother and her thirteen siblings.  For better or worse, this was my mother and this was her life in the twenties.  All said, she was quite a woman!! Read more See all Editorial Reviews