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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 →

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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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