Water Music takes place in the summer of 1956; it has a bit of nostalgic magic. The story is told in the voice of the very bright twelve-year-old, Lily. Her […]
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Adventures in Bodily Autonomy
As an author and career communicator, I second Maggie Mayhem’s statement in the introduction to Adventures in Bodily Autonomy that stories have more power than statistics when it comes to […]
Read MoreThe Stark Beauty of Last Things
Author Celine Keating’s third novel, The Stark Beauty of Last Things, begins in early autumn in Montauk, New York–a community dependent on the ocean and its lush natural surroundings–as it […]
Read MoreJane’s Cure
Jane Angier’s father is a trapper in 1840s New Brunswick. The entire family shares in the work, which takes them into the wilderness to trap prey and to towns and […]
Read MoreThat Pinson Girl
At the dawn of World War I, Leona Pinson lives with her emotionally absent mother, sociopathic brother, and dwarf aunt on the family farm. With the help of their father’s […]
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Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, was the inspiration for this wonderful story. I remember Myerson from her appearances wearing a mink coat on early television shows. She was the epitome of […]
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