MWSA Recommended Reading List Autumn 2013
Submitted by Bob Doerr on September 15, 2013 - 14:20MWSA Recommended Reading List
Autumn 2013
Literary
Flashes of War
Submitted by Joyce Gilmour on June 30, 2013 - 21:50Want to read powerful short stories from the perspectives of both civilians and military personnel from America, Iraq, and Afghanistan? Want to see into the lives of those people and how the war has affected them? Then Flashes of War is the book for you.
Title: Flashes of War
Author: Katey Schultz
Genre: Literary Fiction
Reviewer: Joyce M. Gilmour
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1934074853
Author(s) Mentioned:
Schultz, Katey
Buddy and Grace
Submitted by Bonnie Toews on June 22, 2013 - 12:57Today's greatest dilemma: retaining our dignity as we age. With baby boomers sandwiched between their "me" lifestyle and aging parents, nursing homes are filling up with a forgotten generation. In his debut novel, John Ciarlo writes a deeply moving love story about an aged couple determined to live life their way while frustrating their dysfunctional family and local authorities.
Buddy and Grace
by John Ciarlo
Book Category: Literary Fiction
Reviewed by: Bonnie Toews
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): B009SPD33E
Author(s) Mentioned:
Ciarlo, John
Comes A Soldier's Whisper
Submitted by Jenny LaSala on April 24, 2013 - 13:48I am very excited to be a new member of MWSA and to share Comes A Soldier's Whisper, a collection of wartime letters with reflection and hope for the future.
Although these letters were written some seventy years ago between 1943-1945, they resonate the same sentiments of our soldiers today. A soldier's thoughts turn to family, the future and his past and is shown throughout my father's (David Clinton Tharp) personal letters sent home. War changes a soldier. It changes their family too...
Official Photo 25th Annual Literary Feast
Submitted by Dwight Zimmerman on April 19, 2013 - 12:15In the latest Dispatches I wrote about the great experience I had at Fort Lauderdale as one of the authors participating in the Broward County Public Library Foundation's Literary Feast. The organization is wonderful and was informed that they raised $170,000 for the county's public library system, the seventh largest in the nation.
Here's the official photo of all the authors. I'm in the last row, fourth from the right.