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Have You Found Her
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At age fifteen she ran away from home and ended up in a homeless shelter. At age nineteen she left the shelter never expecting to return. Twenty years later, she is known as the bead lady. At the shelter, each volunteer has a shtick, something to draw…
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Heavier Than Air
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Nona Caspers has a unique style of writing. In several of her stories, she takes the mundane and demonstrates the significance of the act. Such as the mere act of breathing; it does not seem so important until you are drowning…
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Hidden Truths
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Hidden Truths by Brenda Youngerman is a heart wrenching novel. There are two stories interconnected. Youngerman begins by telling the story of Wayne and Billy. Their father is an alcoholic and is abusive, especially to Billy. Wayne was forced…
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Inventions
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As successful entrepreneur, Robert (Robbie) Watson realized that something was missing in his life. He had spent his life concentrating on his career. He was an African American businessman in a white man's culture where he did not quite fit in. Neither did he…
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Jenford
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When a young man delivers a plate of food to an old farmer, he finds the old man sitting in a cold room staring at a black and white photograph; he has lost the will to live. The young man urges the farmer to talk. What the farmer shared was a look into…
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Little Stories
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Little Stories is a collection of 11 short stories. Jeff Roberts takes a look at life and the challenges it offers. Roberts demonstrates that we only think we are in control. The best stories are the ones that look at relationships between man and woman. One story discusses…
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Live A Little
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Raquel Rose was diagnosis with terminal breast cancer. Suddenly life was different, better. Her children suddenly acted almost human. She began to live her artistic dreams. She became a talk show favorite. Then the doctor informed her of the…
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Lost Dog, The
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Many authors prefer to isolate themselves when they are writing a novel; Tom Loxley is no different. When his dog disappears into the bush, his book on Henry James takes second place to the search for his best friend. Nelly Zhang assists in the search for the…
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Mariposa
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The first thing I noticed about Mariposa by Candis C. Coffee, was her unique style of writing. I was reminded of some of the classics from long ago. Mariposa is the story of a woman becoming her own true self. Mariposa is a butterfly…
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Men In My Town
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In Lincoln, Rhode Island, 1974, Fourteen-year-old Keith Smith was
raped and beaten. He broke out the rear window of the vehicle and
memorized the license plate. While he did not know the man that…
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