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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

The Good Soldiers – lifewriting intense and personal

Posted on June 17, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers, was in town to discuss his award-winning book documenting the lives of a battalion of ground troops who were part of “the surge” in 2007 sent to try to stabilize sectarian fighting in … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes: St. Louis and Japan: shaken, and stirred

Posted on June 11, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Last week we in St. Louis felt our second earthquake here – well, some of us. At 3:00 a.m., many were soundly in dreamland, but I was sitting on the bed getting ready to tuck in after staying up way … Continue reading →

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Remembering D-Day and Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start – the good D-Day – of summer. Barbecues, corn-on-the cob, picnics, swimming in pools newly opened for the season, we can hardly wait to start the celebration! In the midst of our carefree fun in the new summer … Continue reading →

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