Woman Said Yes: Encounters with Life and Death

In a memoir filled with compassion and deep resolve, West celebrates the lives of three women-her strong Quaker mother, her beloved and courageous sister, and herself-and gives personal insight into her own battle to survive tuberculosis.


Author: Jessamyn West
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/30/1986
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.96h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780156982900

About the Author
West, Jessamyn: - Jessamyn West (1902-1984) was born in Indiana to Quaker parents and lived most of her life in California. Her work has appeared in Harper's, Mademoiselle, Kenyon Review, the New Yorker, and Redbook, among others. Her other books include The State of Stony Lonesome, Massacre at Fall Creek, and The Collected Stories of Jessamyn West.