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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: MY NEW FAMILY
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Wednesday, April 27, 2016. When I look up family. In my three-inch thick New World Dictionary, it says, “a group of people related by ancestry or marriage, relatives” and “all those claiming descent from a common ancestor, tribe or clan, lineage.” When I look up home. I just returned home from a trip to.
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: Book Clubs
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. I love book clubs and have been a member of several, the most long standing since 2002! If you would like to read Luck is Just the Beginning. In your book club, please contact me for guest appearances and signed copies at 530-582-9841 or cjl@usamedia.tv. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). And Finalist in the ca...
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Renie Burghardt's World: September 2009
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Blessings from the Woods. Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The Refugee Camp Princess- Lives on at Story House! Guess who this is? Yes, it's me at age of 16, wearing my dancing clothes and shoes! Dancing was my life back in the good old, nifty fifties! Dancing helped me forget that just a couple of years before, I had been living in a refugee camp, as a DP girl of World War II. A few days ago I received an email from Richard Loller of Story House, which said- -. Http:/ www.storyhouse.org/. Before I make this ...
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: Testimonials/Awards
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Luck is Just the Beginning. Was honored with a Mariposa Award for Best First Book in the 2016 Latino International Book Awards. The awards program began in 2009 and 2016 was the largest year with over 1500 entries. To read the list! Be sure to listen to her podcast. Here which aired to 20,000 members!
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: August 2015
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. The following is an abbreviated version of a story I wrote a few years ago. In 2014, it was the recipient of First Place in the personal essay contest for High Sierra Writers. In Reno, Nevada. Is at the top of. I want to take you there.”. For me, the purpose of the trip was to ...
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: January 2016
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Tuesday, January 5, 2016. In celebration of New Years, I'd like to start 2016 with a heartwarming story! It's a reprint of an article that I published in the Truckee/North Lake Tahoe Independent Newspaper, Moonshine Ink. Thanks to associate editor, Ally Gravina, for her support:. To study dentistry. ...
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: July 2016
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Tuesday, July 5, 2016. I’m sure you are all trying to fathom the incomprehensible and violent act in. With tears and a heavy heart, I read this article. In April, my family and I traveled to. Flew by as we became reacquainted after several decades! That evening in Orlando, Carlos and I told the stories o...
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: SHARING LUCK
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Tuesday, January 5, 2016. In celebration of New Years, I'd like to start 2016 with a heartwarming story! It's a reprint of an article that I published in the Truckee/North Lake Tahoe Independent Newspaper, Moonshine Ink. Thanks to associate editor, Ally Gravina, for her support:. To study dentistry. ...
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel: A HERO'S STORY
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Luck is Just the Beginning: a novel. Writing my father's story: His life in Puerto Rico, 1944-1946. If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities" - Maya Angelou, Poems. Friday, December 4, 2015. I heard a story on NPR’s All Things Considered. While driving a couple days ago (12/2/15) that made me pull the car over and take a few notes while the details unfolded (I keep a pen and notepad handy in the glove box for such occasions! The story may have died with Sergeant Edm...
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Author Info - melissacronin.com
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Melissa Cronin graduated from Boston University’s School of Nursing in 1988. During her schooling, she grew to enjoy working with children, and began what would become a successful pediatric career at The Children’s Hospital of Boston. 1988 – 2003. July 16, 2003. 2003 – 2013. With the hopes for a return to nursing work diminished, but determined to find a purpose, she participated in a writing class and joined a writing group. Inspired by her writing mentors, Melissa enrolled in an MFA program at Ver...
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