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Lifestory Lessons from Luis Alberto Urrea and Thrity Umrigar

Posted on January 30, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Wow, was I excited to attend author events with Thrity Umrigar and Luis Alberto Urrea one day after another the other week. Luis is author of one of my favorite novels, The Hummingbird’s Daughter, a historical fiction “dramascape” set in Mexico that imagines … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Code: A father-daughter memoir of WWII

Posted on December 4, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Karen Fisher-Alaniz discovered a secret. On her father’s 81st birthday, he handed her a stack of letters he had written to his parents when he served in WWII. She had heard some old war stories, but they didn’t explain why … Continue reading →

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WWII History: A China-Burma-India forgotten theatre memoir

Posted on November 13, 2011 by moonbridgebooks

Genealogy and discovering house histories are Kim Wolterman’s forte, but recently she published a book about her father’s experiences in the China-Burma-India theatre of WWII. From Buckeye to GI: Leroy C. Kubler, The War Years 1942-1945, was released in time … Continue reading →

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