Npr fans of strong female characters will find their new favorite heroine in constance kopp, who takes a bold. Girl waits with gun by amy stewart overdrive rakuten. Amazon developing drama girl waits with gun based on. Girl waits with gun might sometimes be a story in which truth is stranger than fiction, but it also makes for pretty charming fiction. Vbp act actwait nnn actwait actabilities nns actability actability nnn actability. Amy stewart photo via information about the author is available on her website. The pacing was spot on, keeping me turning the pages to find out what would happen next. Based on the real life adventures of constance kopp, this first book in the kopp sisters series has constance doing battle with the owner of a silk factory after his car collides with her horse and buggy. One of the countrys first female detectives and the subject of bestselling author amy stewart s new novel, girl waits with gun, kopp is a guntoting gal plagued by a family secret.
I liked everything this book its a semitrue historical story with a strong female character, and its set in an interesting time. The individual responsible for causing the damage and irreversibly damaging their mode of transportation, was one henry kaufman, a wealthy silk factory owner. Girl waits with gun tells tale of the charlies angels of a bygone era. If i could think of a slang word for alchohol that started with a g it would be the 4 gs.
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Amy stewarts first novel, girl waits with gun, follows her awardwinning nonfiction the drunken botanist, itself a dram of good cheer after her previous, excellently. More than that, its a fun story full of drama and adventure. Other times, they did hold the guns, but the way they did. Girl waits with gun, the historical novel by amy stewart, chronicles this tale of the reallife kopp sisters, who on a summer morning in paterson, new jersey watch helplessly as a man crashes his automobile into their horsedrawn buggy. I thoroughly enjoyed this fictionalized account of three real sisters. When henry and his thuggish friends start turning up at the kopps isolated farm, firing guns and sending bricks through the window bearing letters threatening all the sisters but paying particular attention to fleurette, our toughminded heroine is not about to be intimidated.
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