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The Women of Troy Hill: The Back-Fence Virtues of Faith and Friendship
The Women of Troy Hill The BackFence Virtues of Faith and Friendship Author:Clare Ansberry "With all the detail of a New Yorker profile, Ansberry has turned the lives of these women into gorgeous domestic history." - Booklist In a tiny neighborhood perched atop a hill in Pittsburgh thrives a world we think we have lost. It is a world of loyalty, faith, energy, and it is a world composed of women in their seventies and eighties who ... more »have spent most of their lives in this tightly knit community. Having grown up there, raised families there, and buried their loved ones there, these women still live wonderful, independent, energetic lives. From their common perspective of age come family stories that span the twentieth century, and through them our rushed and restless generation is reminded of the important things in life.« less