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Love in Any Language, A Memoir of a Cross-Cultural Marriage

Evelyn LaTorre's book illustrates the trials and joys in the blending of two cultures. Love is tested when Evelyn falls in love with Antonio, a handsome Peruvian university student. At the end of her two-year Peace Corps commitment in Peru, Evelyn finds herself pregnant. The two 23-year-olds marry in Cusco and move to Northern California. Evelyn expects her husband to support their family as Antonio tries to take his place as head of the household. But he must first learn English, complete college, and find a job.

A Bilagáana Boy among the Navajo

In 1965, six-year-old Jay is witness to his mother’s affair and mental breakdown after his father’s lengthy military deployment. After his parents’ divorce, Jay must unwillingly live with his mother and new stepfather, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee, on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona. From 1967 to 1971, Jay is a “bilagáana,” the Navajo term for white boy, to his new friends and bullies alike on the reservation.

Spirits of the Brave

It was the mid 1960s and America was in turmoil . The Vietnam Conflict was
at the forefront and a young boy arrives at a crossroad and a decision
to make. He chooses the unpopular path of duty to the country that gave
him everything. In battle he would be forced to rapidly mature and
becomes a man who learns to appreciate the life and freedoms he enjoyed
as an American but must also come to terms with his country's sometimes
conflicting role as a world power. He endures the hardships and cruelty

Love in the Archives, a Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss

LOVE IN THE ARCHIVES, A PATCHWORK OF THRU STORIES ABOUT SUICIDE LOSS, is a 54,000-word collection of linked narrative essays about child loss, bereavement by suicide, and how finding a community of grieving parents led the way through unfathomable grief. Like the attention span of the bereaved, most of the stories are short. The tremendous success of the young adult novel, 13 Reasons Why, which became a controversial Netflix series, makes it clear that there is interest in literary explorations of suicide.

Hay Balers & Holy Rolers

Hay Balers & Holy Rollers is a true Appalachian memoir that walks the fence line between hard living and hard preaching. Raised on a 390-acre farm in rural Virginia, Jeremy Farley shares the raw, redemptive story of a boy caught between moonshine legends, front-porch wisdom, and old-time religion. From a pistol-packing grandma to a great-grandfather who found grace on his deathbed, this is a tale of faith, family, and what it means to grow up where the Gospel was loud and the hayfields were long.

Silver Echoes, A Gold Digger Novel

Chicago, 1920s: Movie starlet Silver Dollar Tabor's glittering life shatters after a brutal attack awakens a hidden self. Plunging into the city's dangerous underworld of burlesque speakeasies, she blurs the lines between ambition and destruction, testing her love for screenwriter Carl. This Jazz Age, Prohibition-era tale explores the dark side of fame and the fragility of identity.

The Heart of a Warrior, The Life of Ernest Leroy Webb

Ernest Leroy Webb is a great patriot, a phenomenal leader, and a dear friend. But most of all, he is a warrior… a WARRIOR with a HEART. These seemingly contradictory two words are, in fact, complementary. • Webb is a combat hero, brave beyond the pale. He is a ferocious fighter and fearless leader. •. At the same time, he possesses great compassion for mankind, including the enemy he has been ordered to fight. He is extremely passionate about his country, his fellow soldiers, and his family.
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