At this point in time, the jungle war training had live firing and everything was becoming a bit clearer, a bit more realistic. Major Burgess left the units temporarily to set up a jump school. This would give the glidermen and Burgess himself an opportunity to qualify as paratroopers. The parachutists began their glider training […]
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11th Airborne Division – June 1944 – Lt. Gen. G.C. Kenney Jul 19 Posted by GP Smitty always made mention of how hard the soldiers before him had to struggle. He noticed that no matter how hard people or nature tried to disguise their surroundings, the scars of war were everywhere. In New Guinea, my father […]
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The Book David LaBelle’s first novel Bridges and Angels: The Story of Ruth blurs the line between fiction and memoir as he rewrites the ending to his own childhood tragedy. The Story of Ruth explores what could have happened when the author’s mother disappeared in a California flood during his senior year, in 1969. Read […]
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Review by James J. Cudney Sally Cronin is a talented author whose short stories, novellas, and collections of poetry have brought me tons of entertainment and emotions. Earlier this year, she released parts of her non-fiction account, Sam, a Shaggy Dog Story on her blog. I read a few clips and then purchased the book, […]
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Over the summer I will be updating author’s details in the Cafe and Bookstore and also sharing their bios, books and recent reviews with you in this series… Meet D.G. Kaye Debby Gies is a Canadian nonfiction/memoir author who writes … Continue reading →
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Meet the Authors – #Thriller Daniel Kemp, #Scifi Thorne Moore, #Memoir #Africa Ann Patras Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life.{authorlink}July 12, 20211:10 am Over the summer I will be updating author’s details in the Cafe and Bookstore and also sharing their bios, books and recent reviews with you […]
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#AudioTour “My Pursuit of Beauty” by Vince Spinnato July 11, 2021 ~ Felicia Denise Author: Vince Spinnato Narrator: Spencer Cannon Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Publisher: BookLogix Released: May 18, 2021 Genre: Memoir Finalist, LGTBQ Nonfiction Category, 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Read more …
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews Rewind – #Teaching #Memoir- They Call Me Mom by Pete Springer I am sharing my reviews from the first few months of 2021. The focus tends to be on new releases but good books deserve to be in the spotlight too on a regular basis. This is my review from February … […]
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Chalk And Parenting #memories #apprenticedtomymother Posted on Jul 4, 2021 by TanGental I’m redecorating the kitchen and stuck behind a radiator there’s a scribble or something that might be some sort of childhood graffito. As with many small things, it triggered a memory. My mother’s approach to child rearing had overtones … Read more … […]
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Coming Clean: Stories by Betty Moffett I am a born and bred Southerner successfully transplanted to the Midwest. Very early in my life I learned to love the stories I heard on my grandmother’s screen porch. Soon after, an intense love affair with ‘Black Beauty’ taught me the power of stories to transform and transport. […]
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