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Barbara Bamberger Scott

Biography

Barbara Bamberger Scott


Barbara Bamberger Scott grew up in North Carolina and now makes her home in the semi-fictional town of Mayberry. She has traveled the world, living and working in Botswana, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, England, Sweden, Spain and India.

Back in the US apparently forever, she continues to roam whenever possible, taking long road trips with her husband, Donnie "Dobro" Scott, with whom she co-authored TWO LANE TRAVELING. She has written two books concerning the work of spiritual master Meher Baba. Her most recent book is GENEROUS FRUITS, a survey of American homesteading.
 
She is now retired after years of working in human services --- teaching small-scale gardening overseas, counseling adults with developmental disabilities, serving as a Spanish interpreter in various medical projects, and, most recently, assisting job seekers in rural Carolina counties.
 
Her great love, writer-wise, is short pieces, including hundreds of book reviews (mostly nonfiction "with a human face") and articles about simple living and the heart of gardening, which appear on www.homestead.org. Barbara created and manages the website A Woman’s Write, an annual novel-writing competition for aspiring female pensmiths, making it possible for her to communicate with and encourage creative women all over the world.

Barbara Bamberger Scott

Reviews by Barbara Bamberger Scott

by Pat Conroy - Nonfiction

Pat Conroy's great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. While the publication of THE GREAT SANTINI brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused with his father brought even more attention. Their long-simmering conflict burst into the open, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal.

by David Margolick - Biography, History

In 1957, a photograph was taken of a black high school girl walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, being screamed at by a white girl. In this gripping book, David Margolick recounts how the photograph has unexpectedly followed both women throughout their lives.

Eva Gabrielsson with Marie-Françoise Colombani - Biography, Nonfiction

No one knew Stieg Larsson like his lifelong companion, Eva Gabrielsson. Here she tells the story of their 30-year romance, Stieg's lifelong struggle to expose Sweden’s Neo-Nazis, his difficult relationships with his immediate family, and the joy and relief he discovered writing the Millennium Trilogy.

by Nic Sheff - Nonfiction, Young Adult 15+

In this follow-up to his bestselling memoir TWEAK, Nic Sheff talks about his continued efforts to stay clean --- filled with eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

by Kip Gayden - Fiction, Historical Fiction

When her every attempt to rekindle romance and affection with her husband--a prominent local doctor--fails, Anna Dotson finds herself turning to the friendship of Charlie Cobb, a new man in town. But as their relationship becomes more intimate, smalltown tongues start wagging, and their starcrossed affair leads to a shocking public murder.