The Story Of Texas Widows

New Novel Tells The Story Of Texas Widows (NAPSA)—A chance meeting with five women on a flight to Amarillo, Texas provided bestselling author Jodi Thomas with the inspiration for her latest novel. os RayerVaccconnee USA Ti ODI SELOAUTAW Oletea ee ee Historical author Jodi Thomas has created a contemporary story about women who deal with friendship, loss and survival. Said Thomas, “That experience gave methe idea for a book about five women who are thrown together by chance and bond for life. The story haunted me until I finally wrote The Widows of Wichita County (MIRA Books, $6.50), my first mainstream novel.” The story begins with five women in a small-town hospital waiting to learn which oneis not a widow from an oil rig accident near Wichita Falls, Texas. The women becomefriends, supporting each other through the challenges that life throwsin their way. The book is Thomas’s 17th and her first contemporary novel. It’s available wherever booksaresold. To learn more, visit the Web site at www.mirabooks.com.