Most Popular Books by Smith Henderson

In this shattering and iconic American novel, PEN prize-winning writer, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation''s disquieting and violent contradictions. After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face to face with the boy''s profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times. But as Pete''s own family spins out of control, Pearl''s activities spark the full-blown interest of the F.B.I., putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed.

A DEA agent uncovers an international conspiracy when she follows a tip from a Mexican drug lord in this “intelligent, propulsive thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Diane “Hardball” Harbaugh doesn’t flinch easily. A former prosecutor, she’s now a DEA agent known for getting suspects to confess—in tears. But she’s thrown for a loop when a Mexican drug lord offers her explosive information about the international black market. After heading south of the border to meet him, her concepts of justice and duty are shaken to their core. Suddenly, Harbaugh is on the trail of a criminal conspiracy more pervasive than anything she ever suspected. Together with CIA agent Ian Carver, she unravels layers of deception and grift that date back to the Afghanistan War. As they connect the dots, they become the target of cartel assassins, embittered spies, and even their own government. Now the only way out is for Diane to do the one thing she promised herself she’d never do . . .

In 1985 Cary Henderson, a history professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, learned that he had Alzheimer''s disease. As the disease progressed, Henderson was forced to leave teaching. Frustrated by his failing memory and his physical inability to write, he began to use a tape recorder as a creative outlet. The recorder became his confidant and his means for reaching out to communicate not only with his family but also with others afflicted with the disease, in describing his narrowing world -- the horror of being lost in his own home. the burden he felt he was becoming to his family, the inability to connect his thoughts -- Cary hoped to help other Alzheimer''s patients and their caregivers cope with and understand the disease. Cary made countless hours of tapes, which his daughter, Jackie Henderson Main; his wife, Ruth; and award-winning Washington Post photographer Nancy Andrews edited. Andrews''s compelling photographs of Cary and his family were made during the long editing process. The book opens with Ruth Henderson''s moving introduction and concludes with an afterword by Sarah Vann Wyne, Clinical Trials Coordinator, Neurological Disorders Clinic, Duke University Medical Center.

Plein d''action, de folie, de courses-poursuites et de suspense, Fais-les pleurer s''inscrit dans la lignée des œuvres de Don Winslow et de Robert Stone pour donner à voir un monde sans valeurs ni morale, où rien ne distingue les bons des méchants. Les larmes de sang sèchent vite sous le soleil mexicain. Nouvelle recrue de la prestigieuse DEA, l''agence antidrogue américaine, Diane Harbaugh est réputée pour ses interrogatoires musclés, propres à faire craquer les dealers les plus récalcitrants. Mais sa carrière se brise net le jour où l''un de ses indics se suicide chez elle, jetant le trouble sur la nature de leur relation. Alors que Diane cherche à se racheter, elle reçoit un appel du Mexique. Un homme qui prétend détenir un secret capable de faire tomber un poids lourd de la drogue. Traquenard ou piste miraculeuse ? Impulsive, Diane s''élance de l''autre côté de la frontière, seule. Un mercenaire des cartels qui la pourchasse, un nid d''agents de la CIA corrompus qui lui tournent autour, une guerre fratricide qui remplit des fosses communes : Diane, la badass de L.A., a mis les pieds en enfer. Aura-t-elle assez de ressources pour en sortir vivante et accomplir sa mission ?

Dans le Montana, en 1980. Autour de Pete, assistant social dévoué, gravite tout un monde d''écorchés vifs et d''âmes déséquilibrées. Il y a Beth, son ex infidèle et alcoolique, Rachel, leur fille de treize ans, en fugue dans les bas-fonds de Tacoma, Luke, son frère, recherché par la police. Et puis il y a Cecil l''adolescent violent et sa mère droguée et hystérique, et ce jeune Benjamin, qui vit dans les bois environnants, avec son père, Jeremiah Pearl, un illuminé persuadé que l''apocalypse est proche, que la civilisation n''est que perversion et que le salut réside dans la survie et l''anarchie. Pearl qui s''est exclu de la société, peut-être par paranoïa, peut-être aussi pour cacher qu''il aurait tué son épouse et leurs cinq enfants. Au milieu de cette cour des miracles, Pete pourrait être l''ange rédempteur, s''il n''était pas lui-même complètement perdu...

This project was designed to lead families in First Baptist Church of For Payne, Alabama (FBCFP), to participate in orphan care through local foster care and adoption. The leadership process began by assessing how members of FBCFP understood their theological role and responsibility in caring for orphans. Next, church members were equipped for caring for orphans through a five-week teaching series. At the end of the series, church members were given “next steps” for either becoming foster or adoptive parents or for ministering to the families who become foster or adoptive families.Chapter 1 introduces the ministry context of FBCFP, along with the rationale, purpose, goals, research methodologies, definitions, and delimitations of the project. Chapter 2 provides a biblical and theological foundation for orphan care ministry. Chapter 3 provides a practical and theoretical basis for church-based orphan care ministries. Chapter 4 describes the development and implementation of the project. Chapter 5 provides evaluation of the project and its goals, suggestions for improvements, and further reflection.

Treasure State is a collection of short stories set in western Montana. Dance with the One is an original feature-length screenplay set in Austin, Texas.