Category Archives: multicultural

Ghostwriting Family Stories – writing for dad

Posted on July 19, 2020 by

Whew! I finished writing my dad’s stories of childhood and early adult years the best I could with some writings from him and letters he wrote to his family from his army service in the US and in Japan, late … Continue reading →

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Love and War in a British Indian Army WWII Memoir

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

Uma Eachempati ’s childhood memories of life in South India sound delightful, except this was during WWII and her father, who was a doctor and a major in the British Indian Army, was captured and held prisoner by the Japanese … Continue reading →

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The Last Cherry Blossom – WWII Japan for kids

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

I’m an adult, but recently I enjoyed reading a middle-grade historical fiction book by Twitter friend Kathleen Burkinshaw. The Last Cherry Blossom is based closely on her mother’s stories of WWII and surviving the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. These days, … Continue reading →

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