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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

Finding The Personal History of Rachel Dupree

Posted on April 15, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Author Ann Weisgarber flew in from Texas to talk to our St. Louis Publishers Association about the publishing journey for her debut novel, The Personal History of Rachel Dupree. The book is fiction, but its story has value for memoirists, … Continue reading →

Posted in book talk, history, multicultural | Tagged | 2 Comments

The importance of story, but mainly of family

Posted on April 8, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Katie is breathing her last. She came to the nursing home a few days before my mother and they were the new girls together. I love her dearly, and she told me many a story of the old days when … Continue reading →

Posted in capturing memories, death | 9 Comments

Cook foods into your memoir

Posted on April 4, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Today the daughter is home from school with nausea so I fixed her okayu, the Japanese soup for sick people. The Chinese have a similar rice soup, and Americans have their chicken noodle soup. I like passing my heritage on … Continue reading →

Posted in capturing memories, heritage, recipe | 3 Comments