Regular contributor Denise Neary shares her thoughts on Brianna Karp's stirring memoir, The Girl's Guide to Homelessness. Learn more about this book on Bookreporter.com's special feature here.
Author Ann H. Gabhart has recently released ANGEL SISTER, which is very much inspired by her mother. Below, Ann discusses this mother who fostered her early obsession with the written word, and who readily shared stories of her own childhood during the Great Depression --- and the love of her family that got them all through it.
Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER
War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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Khaled Hosseini, THE KITE RUNNER
Sometimes we can’t help but turn into our mothers; lucky for Paige, her mother is writer Beth Harbison, author of books such as THIN, RICH, PRETTY out on May 10 and July's ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME. As a fist-time author, Paige released a Young Adult book called
Meg Mitchell Moore’s debut novel, THE ARRIVALS --- about the chaos of parenthood when adult children come home to face real-world dilemmas --- is out on May 25. Here, her mother Sara remembers Meg’s favorite childhood authors, and the fact that she always knew she would become a writer.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
