Books with title Saturday

If there's one thing I've learned from comic books, it's that everybody has a weakness—something that can totally ruin their day without fail.For the wolfman it's a silver bullet. For Superman it's Kryptonite. For me it was a letter.With one letter, my dad was sent back to Afghanistan to fly Apache helicopters for the U.S. army.Now all I have are his letters. Ninety-one of them to be exact. I keep them in his old plastic lunchbox—the one with the cool black car on it that says Knight Rider underneath. Apart from my comic books, Dad's letters are the only things I read more than once. I know which ones to read when I'm down and need a pick-me-up. I know which ones will make me feel like I can conquer the world. I also know exactly where to go when I forget Mom's birthday. No matter what, each letter always says exactly what I need to hear. But what I want to hear the most is that my dad is coming home.

Susan Brown is the plain and unadorned name of this Saturday's child, who with proverbial truth "works hard for a living". Born in rather sordid, unhappy conditions, Susan hungers for the better things. Three men play an important part in her life...and through sheer determination and a wise, courageous choice Susan works her way out of obscurity and loneliness to a happy way of living. Here a warm, absorbing story told by an author whose priceless gift of understanding makes her novels true to life and her people real.