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Book Nook: 'A Young Woman from the Provinces' by Jo Ann Kiser

Jo Ann Kiser began working on this novel over fifty years ago.

Jo Ann Kiser began imagining this novel in about 1970. It started off as a memoir. Eventually she decided to turn it into fiction. Geneva Clay, her protagonist, always dreamed of becoming a writer. Apparently, so did Jo Ann.

This is quite a story. So is Jo Ann's. The author insists this is not an autobiography. I believe her. There's a saying; write what you know. She certainly did that!

Good things do come to those who wait.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from Studs Terkel to Lee Child to John Glenn. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.