New Poignant Novel Chronicles Endurance of Faith in Pioneer Land
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 12, 2010 — Emily Spencer, 11-year-old daughter of a wealthy shipping merchant and his Italian wife, watches as her life is torn apart one night by a devastating fire that steals away the security of her station and becomes the catalyst for her coming-of-age. Weakened but not…
WOOD-RIDGE, N.J., July 6, 2009 — Award-winning author Valentine Cardinale, who dreamt of cowboys on wide open ranges in the Southwest while growing up on the teaming streets of Hell’s Kitchen in New York City, decided to bring both worlds together in his latest novel, “The West Side K…
New Memoir Details Effects of Alzheimer’s on Family
Daughter Recounts Time Spent Caring for Parents with Alzheimer’s in Heartfelt New Book
STERLING, Va., May 26, 2009 — In her new collection of memoirs, “36 Days Apart: A memoir of a daughter, her parents and the Beast named – Alzheimer’s: A story of Life, Love and Death…
‘One’s Way Home’: The Tale of an Adopted Daughter and Her Quest to Find the Family Who Gave Her Up
MACHESNEY PARK, Ill., March 11, 2009 — Between 1854 and 1929 an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children were placed throughout the Midwest during what is known today as the Orphan Train Movement. R. Michael Buck’s mother was one of these children. This is the story of &…
