‘The Sound of Hope: A True Story of an Adoptee’s Quest for Her Origins’

WALDWICK, N.J., Feb. 16, 2009 — Every United States citizen enjoys the right and the liberty to have full access to their own public records, including birth certificates — except adoptees. Only six states allow adoptees to view their original birth certificate. In the other 44 states, ado…

‘If Not Me, Then Who?’: Prominent Social Activist Discusses 40 Years of Fighting for Social Justice

ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 27, 2009 — Social activists are all around us. Successful businessmen who turn the full weight of their influence and financial power to the cause of enacting social justice and alleviating poverty are something altogether different. In his new book, “If Not Me, Then Who…

Cancer as a Crucible: The Story of a Teenage Immigrant Who Survived Cancer and Built a New Life for Herself

BEVERLY, Mass., Jan. 15, 2009 — No one who survives life-threatening cancer emerges from that dark tunnel the same person who entered. In her new memoir, “It Gets Better!” (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com), Maria Machado Munroe draws together her experien…