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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

Letters from WWII: The Dad I Never Knew

Posted on March 18, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Bruce Brodowski is author of The Dad I Never Knew:  A War Orphan’s Search for Inner Healing. Ed Brodowski was killed during WWII in Germany weeks before Bruce, his first child, was born. Sadly, even now there are children being … Continue reading →

Posted in book talk, letters, war stories, WWII | 5 Comments

Japan’s recovery from tsunami tragedy

Posted on March 11, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

The Japanese call it 3/11. March 2011. A great moment of silence swept across their nation, in the middle of our last night, in remembrance of when the Great East Japan Earthquake first began a year ago. The emperor said, … Continue reading →

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A historical memoir of home: Sugar Hill, Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem

Posted on March 5, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

I‘ve just read a wonderful historical memoir of growing up in 1950s Harlem by Terry Baker Mulligan, known as Jean when she was little. I knew almost nothing about Harlem except it was a dangerous place. And that is why … Continue reading →

Posted in book reviews, history, multicultural | Tagged | 4 Comments