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  Released December 1, 2010, Jane Rowan's The River of Forgetting is an eloquent,
inspiring account of how one woman found the courage to heal from childhood sexual abuse. 
"Her book is a gift that dares to render clarity from childhood chaos," says Martin Moran, author of  The Tricky Part

Morning Comes Early in a Dog's Life by Claire Scoltock

Most of us have wonderful memories of the family dog, a beloved pet that sometimes barkd to much or chased the neighbor's cat.  But our furry friend would then come in and snuggle up with such an innocent look that you could not refuse forgiveness.  But just imagine four dogs and eleven puppies!  All eager, always concoctng adventures that were either unsafe orirritating to the neighbors.  For Claire Scoltock her adventuresome canine family leads her a merry chase as she extricates a trapped puppy, placates neighbors, discusses doggy transgressions with the law, anddeals with a curious pup that could not resist sticking his nose under ladies skirts and just plain keeps all her family fed, walked and loved.  A joyful romp with a delightful pack of dogs and their human caretaker

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As a Sailboat Seeks the Wind, Booksmyth Press, 2010. . . Marian's background as a red diaper baby, animal rights advocate, lesbian and brave spiritual seeker has led her to deep, respectful connections with life's true spirit, given her a fearless "willingness to see, be seen, to be."  Climb aboard her raft of loving tales and allow the breezes of her compassionate humor fill your heart's sails with a new courage for the love of life.  You can order her book through Amazon.com or by e-mailing The Booksmyth at thebooksmyth@aol.com

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Do It Differently, Do It Differently by Saundra Dubow Azmitia.  Layout and cover design by Booksmyth for Strong Woman Press, Florence MA

 A powerful, poignant memoir about coming of age in the forties and fifties under the thumb of a "titan" of a mother whose ambitions for welath and security for her daughter focused on steeringher into marraige with a "good catch."  Resisting her mother's traditional standards of a woman's "proper place" and limited horizons, Saundra struggled to honor her mother and still carve a meaningful life for herself through the arts and theater.   

 

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Booksmyth Press, 2009.   Moving memoir of a long life richly lived.  Elizabeth Leete shares, in prose, poetry and selections from her journalist past a moving account, the beauty and pain of the quotidian  

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Charming memoir of an immigrant from Germany, settling into and creating home and family in western Massachusetts.
$10 order direct from publisher

   
     
     
     
     

  - Literarure is mostly about having sex and not much about having children.  Life is the other way around.  -  David Locke