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Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Enter Janine's world...both the old and the new. You won't forget her story or that of her family as they endure a murderous war and try to move forward in a world haunted by the most profound tragedies, crimes, and losses. And it's a heartbreaking yet reaffirming story of a love so powerful that it transcends evil itself. A rare reading experience. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION

 

 
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You are going to get yourselves killed! You are going to kill your kids! Not an auspicious start to a long journey when coming from a very angry stranger. Especially when you know he might be right.

Pedal To The Sea is the true story of a family with young children on a remarkable 4-month, 4,685 mile, coast-to-coast bicycle trip across America pedaling a custom-made Quad, a tandem bicycle for two – and two more. Pedal To The... read more>>>

 

 
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The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebrates

Terry Tempest Williams’s mother told her: “I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won’t look at them until after I’m gone.”

Readers of Williams’s iconic and unconventional memoir, Refuge, well remember that mother. She was one of a large Mo... read more>>>

 

 
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In the follow-up to her beloved, bestselling The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, Lagnado tells the story of her mother, Edith, coming of age in a magical old Cairo of dusty alleyways and grand villas. Then Lagnado revisits her own years in America—as a schoolgirl in Brooklyn's immigrant enclaves, where she dreams of becoming the fearless Mrs. Emma Peel of The Avengers, coming of age in the turbulence of New York City's 1970s, and, l... read more>>>

 

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