Books by Author Jennifer Wright

Jennifer L. Wright, 2021

1. “It’s 1935 in Oklahoma, and lives are determined by the dust. Fourteen-year-old Kathryn Baile, a spitfire born with a severe clubfoot, is coming of age in desperate times. When Kathryn’s father decides to relocate to Indianapolis, and only the promise of a surgery to finally make her “normal” convinces Kathryn to leave Oklahoma—and her beloved sister Melissa—behind. But Melissa, newly married to the town’s most eligible bachelor, must cope with more than just the dust and the loss of her family. Soon, she is covering her bruises with expensive new makeup and struggling to reconcile her affluent life with that of her starving neighbors. Through it all, these two sisters, struggling against unspeakable hardship, discover that even in their darkest times, they are still united in spirit, and God is still with them, drawing them home.”

Jennifer L. Wright, 2022

2. “Set against the backdrop of the Trinity nuclear bomb test in 1945, two young women come of age in the New Mexico desert. Sixteen-year-old Olive Alexander, forced off her family’s ranch for the construction of a new, top secret Army post, relocates to nearby Alamogordo where she meets Jo Hawthorne, the annoyingly upbeat daughter of the Army sergeant who now occupies Olive’s beloved ranch. The two women attempt to navigate high school, boys, faith, and the increasingly mysterious rumors coming out of the desert…until the sky explodes around them and changes everything. Seven years later, Jo returns to Alamogordo, still angry and wounded by the betrayals of that fateful day. Determined to put the past behind her once and for all, Jo hunts for answers and begins to realize the truth may be far more complicated than she believed, leading her on a desperate search to find her friend before it’s too late.

Jennifer L. Wright, 2023

3. "Beatrice Carraway has dreams. But as the Great Depression drags the working class further and further under, Beatrice struggles just to keep herself, her mother, and her younger sister afloat. And then in walks Jack Turner. Though Beatrice is determined to pull herself up by her bootstraps, Jack has decided on a different path out of the gutters. It isn’t long before Beatrice is swept into an exciting and glamorous life of crime beside the man she loves. Yet as their infamy grows, the distance between them widens. While Jack begins seeking bigger payouts and publicity, Beatrice starts to long for a safe, quiet life and something deeper to fill the emptiness in her soul. But when the danger of Jack’s schemes ratchets up, Beatrice fears her dreams―and her future―will end up going down in a hail of bullets.”