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A war bond tour full of eager young women. A sunny town with a dark underbelly. When the Florida Girls start shooting back, will anyone survive?St. Petersburg, Florida, 1944. Thelma Miles can't stomach injustice. Broke and orphaned near the close of WWII, the 18-year-old joins a troupe of touring swimsuit models, only to find she's stepped into the mafia's lair.Kathleen Young has a one-track mind, often missing the obvious. Determined to get her emporium out of debt and take her sick husband to California's healing climate, organizing the tour is the first in a series of increasingly drastic measures.Diving into the chaotic world of late WWII America, L.L. Kirchner's twisty story carefully explores organized crime, Hollywood spotlights, and the growing pains of a nation. Peppered with real-life characters and in-depth research, this intricate weave of perspectives offers a fascinating glimpse into how some women coped when they were told to gratefully step aside and let the men take over again.If you like complex narratives, coming-of-age adventures, and incredible period details, then you'll love L.L. Kirchner's gritty tale.Florida Girls is the first book in the series, The Queenpin Chronicles which follows Thelma's journey as rapid changes are overtaking the country. Driven to succeed, the women of The Queenpin Chronicles discover strength and brutality and love they didn't know they were capable of.Buy Florida Girls for a piece of the action today.

It started as a promising new chapter. But after her body and her spouse betrayed her, getting a happy ending would be her biggest challenge. Listed as one of Goodreads best books for a book club, Kirchner delivers an unflinching look at turn-of-the-century expatriate life in Qatar. New edition."Like Eat Pray Love, but funny,"-NPR LL Kirchner was excited for change. Taking work in Qatar to pave the way for her husband to join her after his newspaper folded, the thirty-eight-year-old American journalist hoped to improve education for Muslim women while building a nest egg to start a family. But after months of struggling with Middle Eastern patriarchy, communication problems, and constant heat exhaustion, the intrepid ex-pat was stunned to discover she'd entered early menopause. Devastated when the diagnosis meant she could never have children, Kirchner and her spouse sought fertility treatments to fight nature's cruel blow. But after a vacation to Turkey convinced them to return to the U.S., she suffered another emotional gut-punch when he decided he wanted a divorce. Abandoned in the Persian Gulf, would this woman reeling from loss find a way to recover? In this darkly comedic memoir, LL Kirchner recounts her extraordinary transformation in a harrowing crucible. And as she journeys from hope to betrayal to peace, you'll laugh and cry at her remarkable redirection from seeking approval to loving herself. American Lady Creature is a fascinating account of one woman's hard-earned redemption. If you like moving narratives, honest confessions, and emerging triumphant from darkness, then you'll adore this book. Buy American Lady Creature to experience this empowering, unforgettable reinvention story."I hoped moving to Qatar would change everything," she writes. "Until it did."