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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

WWII Diary of Hideki Tojo

Posted on August 13, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

Excerpts of notes written by General Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan for several years during WWII, were released by the National Archives of Japan and published in newspapers Tuesday. The private musings of the General – memos on postcard … Continue reading →

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Memoir – Fact or Fiction

Posted on August 8, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

David Carr, journalist author of The Night of the Smoking Gun, his memoir of his earlier drug-addled life, went to great pains to ensure his story was as accurate as possible by interviewing people in his past and reviewing his … Continue reading →

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Importance of Life Writing – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Posted on August 5, 2008 by moonbridgebooks

Alexander Solzhenitsyn died last Sunday night. I can’t think of anyone else whose memoirs and true-life-based writings helped change an empire. Solzhenitsyn’s novels were built on his experiences caught in the Soviet “meat grinder” of arrests for simple or made-up … Continue reading →

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