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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: On Story

Posted on March 17, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

Last week I went to see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at our local library. Her latest book, Americanah, just won the National Book Critic’s Circle (NBCC) prize for fiction. Adichie is more beloved, however, for the award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun, … Continue reading →

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Seasons of Our Lives: Women’s Memoirs

Posted on January 31, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

“Each woman is a story waiting to be told,” says Susan Wittig Albert, author of Writing from Life and founder of Story Circle Network, an organization that teaches and encourages women to write and share their life stories. After writing my … Continue reading →

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Supenbrai and those stories you heard over Thanksgiving

Posted on December 2, 2013 by moonbridgebooks

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday with family and friends and stories. I asked my dad what sort of Dutch things his parents (my grandparents) did. He said, “They just went to a Dutch church and ate supenbrij.” I … Continue reading →

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