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Leta McCurry

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Born

in Ardmore, Oklahoma, The United States

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Ebooks

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Fannie Flagg, Harper Lee, Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck. Larry McM ...more

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Tale-spinner. Revealer of secrets. Cornbread and fried okra country girl. Shares life and space with The Chief and Bailey, the rescue pup, who would be the perfect dog if she could hold her likker.

Enjoys writing and reading. Answers the siren song of any long, lonesome road, preferably on a motorcycle. Blessed by a large, forgiving, fun-loving family, and a handful of solid-gold friends. A pushover for good food, intrigued by genealogy, and travel. (Favorite destinations: Ireland and Singapore.)

Writes Twentieth-century historical fiction about ordinary women lighting fires of self-discovery and finding within themselves the strength and courage to overcome overwhelming advers Twitter:

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Tale-spinner. Revealer of secrets. Cornbread and fried okra country girl. Shares life and space with The Chief and Bailey, the rescue pup, who would be the perfect dog if she could hold her likker.

Enjoys writing and reading. Answers the siren song of any long, lonesome road, preferably on a motorcycle. Blessed by a large, forgiving, fun-loving family, and a handful of solid-gold friends. A pushover for good food, intrigued by genealogy, and travel. (Favorite destinations: Ireland and Singapore.)

Writes Twentieth-century historical fiction about ordinary women lighting fires of self-discovery and finding within themselves the strength and courage to overcome overwhelming adversity and live life on their own terms.

Author of Introduction to Commercial Real Estate, a college textbook published by Prentice-Hall. Published first fiction, High Cotton Country, at age eighty, followed by A Shadow Life, Dancing to the Silence, and All the Colors of My Soul. Presently, at age eighty-eight, trying to choose among the nagging stories pitching me to be next in line.

Of McCurry's style, a reviewer has said "Leta has the knack for the humor particular to the South like so many southern women writers; authors like Rita Mae Brown, Eudora Welty, and my all time favorite, Ellen Gilchrist" — Kate Hitt

Other Amazon reviewer comments:

"For the first time ever, I found myself “talking” to her characters as if I was actually there. That is how real her characters feel. - " Sheri McNary

"I read it in one night, didn't want to put it down. McCurry writes strong, determined women who overcome circumstances to rise to the top, while hiding their vulnerability from the world." - Janice Clark

The most fun about writing, she says, comes from getting to know the characters and seeing what they will do in the course of the story. Sometimes they don’t behave as expected. And, she adds, “I seem to relate to the characters in such a way that their unfolding ends up being a growing experience for me as well.”
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	High Cotton Country 4.64 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Shadow Life 4.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glory Road: Fleeing the devastation of the Dust Bowl, six women, desperate and alone, face discrimination, danger, and heart-wrenching tragedy on a road trip to a new life in California. 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing to the Silence 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Colors of My Soul 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commercial Real Estate: An Introduction to Marketing Investment Properties 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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