Tag: memoir
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Thank you Literary Ducks Book Club
A heartfelt thank you to the Literary Ducks Book Club in Southern Shores, NC for selecting and discussing The Other Mrs. Samson this month. I am grateful to have participated. Wonderful and engaging conversation!
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Woodard’s Mill’s Book Club
Spent a wonderful afternoon with the Woodard’s Mill’s Book Club in Chesapeake, VA yesterday discussing A Smile in One Eye: A Tear in the Other. Thank you Kay Stone for opening your home It was an amazing group – lots of exchanges, opinions, experiences to share and questions. Can’t believe we have met with more than…
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Great Time at the Camden County Library!
Interesting afternoon at North Carolina’s Camden County Library discussing A Smile in One Eye: A Tear in the Other! Thank you to both the Camden Book Lovers and the Wine, Women and Books book clubs for organizing – and to the library staff for opening up the program to the public. Hope we can meet…
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2017 or 1933? Does History Repeat?
“I can’t recite the chronology or elaborate on the facts. I can’t explain the reasons or defend how we lived our lives. What I can tell you is how the events of 1933 sowed the seeds that fundamentally changed our future, that there was little hand-wringing or emotion, that circumstances were beyond control, that there…
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A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other
“Life does find a way to create a balance somewhere between smiles and tears. And, like a pendulum’s swing, life seldom stays in one place. Life keeps on moving until, one day, it stops.”— Ralph Webster Goodreads Quotes
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2016 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee!
A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other Ralph Webster The Third Reich is rising. The creeping madness in the heart of Germany will soon stain the entire world. This is the chilling account of one family as they flee for their lives. A 2016 Goodreads Readers Choice Nominee – Best Memoir!…
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Wine, Women, and Words Book Club
A heartfelt THANK YOU to the Wine, Women, and Words Book Club for selecting A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other as your book this month and inviting me to be part of this week’s meeting. Great exchange of thoughts and opinions – wonderful discussion.
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4th Continent in 4 Weeks
Not a world tour, but a Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other is being noticed worldwide. This week we caught the attention of readers in India. Thank you Sreesha Divakaran and your book blog, Rain and a Book for spotlighting the book and including a summary and excerpt. Four continents in…
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