I had read about the upcoming release of Susan Wener’s memoir, Resilience: A Story of Courage and Triumph in the Face of Recurrent Cancer and reached out to her via social media. While I usually do not read memoirs about people who have struggled with cancer, I was intrigued by … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2014
Q & A With Susan Wener, Author of Resilience
Today, I welcome Susan Wener, the author of Resilience: A Story of Courage and Triumph in the Face of Recurrent Cancer. I was deeply moved by Susan’s story and the manner in which she tackled each obstacle that was placed in her path. Susan’s thirst for knowledge, … [Read more...]
Page Turning- Time Traveling Adventures
Time traveling is a genre that many young adults enjoy. Ruth Tenzer Feldman has mastered the art of connecting different time periods. In Blue Thread, Ruth intertwines events from Oregon’s women’s suffrage movement with the daughters of Zelophehad’s struggle for women’s rights … [Read more...]
Q & A With Ruth Tenzer Feldman
Today, I welcome Ruth Tenzer Feldman. She is the author of numerous non-fiction and fiction children’s books. In the last couple of years, she published the award-winning novel, Blue Thread and its companion The Ninth Day. Both books were written for a young adult … [Read more...]
Embracing Family Traditions
Halfway through Monday night’s Passover Seder, one of my sons turned to me and whispered, “I like our traditions better.” It was not an appropriate time to ask for further elaboration. The comment merely sat dormant as we enjoyed our time in my in-law’s home. It was the first … [Read more...]
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