We recently placed an order for some of Pearl S. Buck's novels in paperback to offer for sale in the gift shop, and they've already arrived. They will certainly make and attractive display, with their bright covers
, but I was disappointed to find that you can no longer order new copies of The Exile or The Fighting Angel, the two books that most directly talk her parents' lives in West Virginia and the time she herself spent at the Birthplace.It seems the books are no longer in print. That is unfortunate. I am reading the The Exile now and finding it very interesting. So much so that as soon as I've finished this biography of her mother, I will proceed to that of her father, The Fighting Angel. Of course from our perspective, these are also the books it makes the most sense for us to stock. Many of the stories we tell on our tour come directly from them.
