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The Woman in the Photo

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To communicate the tragic circumstances and the role that human flaw plays in the Johnstown flood of 1889, author Mary Hogan starts with a photograph. The photo binds two women – Elizabeth Haberlin and Lee Parker – in a story that Hogan begins ...

Ashley’s War

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After I read Ashley’s War by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, I found myself thinking about these women warriors during my workouts. Just when I was ready to slow down during a 3-minute bike sprint or skip the last two Xs and Os abdominal crunches, I thought ...

Orphan Train

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We know there are families that treat their children horridly. Take Molly, the first of two main characters we’re introduced to in “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline: “Father dead. Mother off the deep end. Shuttled around and rejected time and ...

Returning Soldiers Speak

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Returning Soldiers Speak compiled by Leilani Squire is an anthology of prose and poetry written by veterans with whom Squire has crossed paths in Los Angeles. Some have taken her creative writing workshops at the West LA Veterans Hospital; others are ...

The Cellist of Sarajevo

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The war in Sarajevo took place in the 1990s. Galloway got the idea for the book from a man who did just what the fictional cellist does – he plays his cello for 22 days, one day for each person killed in an explosion he witnesses from his apartment ...