Tag: memoir
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BOOK REVIEW – HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE
It’s been some time since I’ve posted regularly on my blog. I’m still around, still writing, and still reading. A friend lent me a gem of a book recently with the words, “I want this one back.” That meant only one thing–a gem sat waiting for me in on my “To Be Read” pile.…
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WE LIVED IT AND LAUGHED
It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of We Lived It and Laughed – Tales of Chuluota, Florida by Mark Perrin. This book of personal essays recounts life in the seventies while growing up in rural Florida. I ran into Mark about six weeks ago while I was sitting at a book booth in…
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WE CARRY OUR HOMES WITH US – A CUBAN AMERICAN MEMOIR
I am so proud of my friend and colleague, Marisella Veiga, on the publication of We Carry Our Homes with Us – A Cuban American Memoir. Yes, I do have a personal relationship with the author so perhaps my comments might be viewed as slanted. However, I can tell you her book is honest, raw, and…
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Book Review Friday – #Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I’m weird about the books I read. If something has become popular, a fad, an explosion, I’m reluctant to read or purchase. I don’t know what it is. I’ve never wanted to follow popular trends because I want to be the trend that is being followed. That’s a big confession for me to make. But…
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Author Wednesday – Lorna Lee
Welcome to Author Wednesday and my interview with Lorna Lee, the author of Never Turn Back, a work of historical fiction that is based on a true story about the life of Lorna’s grandmother. She’s also published her memoir, How Was I Supposed to Know? The Adventures of a Girl Whose Name Means Lost. Welcome, Lorna. I love something that one…
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Book Review Friday – Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer and her Parable of the Tomato Plant
Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer and her Parable of the Tomato Plant by Marsha Roberts Once you get the title, you’ll understand the lovely and lively book that Marsha Roberts has written about the ups and downs of her life. I’ve never met Marsha, but after reading her memoir of parables, I feel…
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#New Release – Odyssey to Myself
Odyssey to Myself is now a book of essays from my travels during the past decade. The book is available in paperback and on Kindle. Odyssey to Myself is a world travel guide for trips to Morocco, Italy, Panama, Chile, and down Route 66 in the United States. The compilation of essays show Muslim women…
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