Category Archives: book talk

Dream of the Water Children – a memoir of half worlds and unpleasant history

Posted on July 21, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

Fredrick Kakinami Cloyd is Black-Japanese, but actually he is Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and European from his mother’s side and black and Cherokee on his dad’s. He is Amerasian, a term Pearl Buck coined as she advocated for the many abandoned … Continue reading →

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Memoir: Your Journey, an Inheritance

Posted on February 10, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

Now what? Last week I attended our county library’s author event with Dani Shapiro, whose latest book is Inheritance: A memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love. The room was packed, all to hear her fascinating story of shocking discovery through … Continue reading →

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Sylvia Acevedo’s Inspirational Path to the Stars Memoir

Posted on September 9, 2018 by moonbridgebooks

Rocket scientist and Girl Scout CEO Sylvia Acevedo was at our St. Louis County Library today inspiring an audience full of girls to reach for the stars, aided by skills learned in scouting. Her memoir, Path to the Stars: My … Continue reading →

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