Joni Rodgers's Books
Aug.24.2011
In the cramped bar car lavatory on a westbound train, Tulsa Bitters faces the mirror, chubby and freshly heartbroken. She scrubs the makeup from her face, chucks her padded bra in the trash and makes the conscious decision to become herself. Six months later, in the cab of his road-weary pickup truck, grizzled Vietnam vet Mac White Wolf MacPeters, half Blackfoot, half raging Irish...
Jun.15.2011
As children, Kit and Kiki Smithers performed and the Sugar Babes, but those glory days are long gone. All that remains are the blues the sisters sing as they cope with withering marriages, cheating spouses, lost opportunities, and the demands of motherhood. Sugar Land is a verdant novel about the healing power of forgiveness, the seemingly impossible task of loving, the resilience...
Jan.29.2011
Joni Rodgers lives in Houston, Texas, where big hair is a God-given right. It’s prerequisite for a real estate license, as natural as Naugahyde, as important as Elvis. But at thirty-two, Joni was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and aggressive cancer of the immune system, and she lost her hair to chemotherapy. It’s no fun being a bald girl in the Big Hair Capitol of America,...
Sep.14.2010
Ambassador Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Promise Me is the story of her unique relationship with her sister, Susan Goodman Komen, who died of breast cancer at age 37, leaving her little sister galvanized with purpose. Woven with the cultural and scientific story of breast cancer from ancient Egypt to the era of the pink ribbon, Nancy's...
Apr.14.2009
"Life's too short. I'm not."
You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV -- The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her Huge Hit Sitcom Kristin on NBC...
Apr.10.2007
It was a delight and privilege to work with Rue on her memoir. She was an amazing character and quite a good writer. We remained dear friends over the years, and I was working with her on the adaptation of "My First Five Husbands" for the Broadway stage when she died. The Houston Chronicle asked me share some memories of Rue: http://blogs.chron.com/peep/2010/06/...
Feb.01.1999
What might have happened if Psyche and Eros had been east Texas trailer trash.
Sex, trucks and rock'n'roll in post-feminist Montana.
A strong-minded wife and mother with a successful career, Pia finds herself suddenly widowed, bereft of her passion for her profession and for life itself. Her twin sons leave for college. Her brash, tough-talking sister, Lily, is in prison, paying an unimaginable price for one careless moment. And then there's Pia's annoyingly upright sister-in-law,Beth, who's stalwart faith has...
Rodgers' strength is a knack for realistic characters and a womanly wise, laugh-through-tears appreciation of life.”
—Publisher's Weekly
About Joni
New York Times bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family bluegrass band and grew up on stage, opening for country music legends in the 1960s and 70s. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1994 and used the chemo downtime to finish her...
Connections
Causes Joni Rodgers Supports
Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Lymphoma Research Foundation, The Wellness Community, Susan G Komen for the Cure