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Four strangers return Vietnam War, this is Throughout her years as a mother,
to say goodbye to the a tale of intrigue, Dunleavy has written poems relevant to
doomed old house that betrayal, and crime her experiences as she moved along the
gave them shelter over among soldiers on path of her life.
the course of 90 years the same side in an
and discover that their unpopular war. Peace in Pieces:
safe old refuge is not A Memoir Told
yet done giving. Sardinian Silver Through Poetry
A. Colin Wright. Toplink Peggy Belles. Peggy
My God! My Country, My Son Publishing. $11.99 paper Belles. $15 paper (102p),
Peter Ford. Ford Publishing. $14.95 paper (196p), ISBN 978-1- ISBN 978-0-692-
(154p), ISBN 978-0-692- 947938-83-0 93656-6
93842-3 Amazon, BN.com Amazon, BN.com
Amazon, BN.com To assimilate into the This is a collection of 41 poems that
Sergeant Wanton con- strange and belong grapple with the complexity of living. It is
fronts several battles: to a society different from his own has a story of trading impenetrable armor for
with his son, Will; his always been young Englishman Arthur real power and courage in vulnerability.
conscience; and racism. Fraser’s desire.
Armed with the word of The Unravelled Heart
God, Will stands against his father with a Unleashed Kathy Parker. Balboa Press. $14.99 paper
personal battle. Along the way, they learn Skye Blaine. Berkana (196p), ISBN 978-1-
several lessons. Publications. $18 paper 5043-1097-0
(324p), ISBN 978-0- AbeBooks, Amazon,
Potlatch: A Comedy 9779483-6-9 BN.com, Book
Bruce Hartman. Swallow Amazon Depository, Booktopia,
Tail Press. $12.95 paper After a rollover car Kobo
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9889181-9-1 Zephyr is pitched from the van and tion on trauma, abuse,
Amazon bolts into the wilds of central Oregon, love, loss, and healing. These poems
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a vast conspiracy of conspicuous waste
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her and her fellow millennials from doing The Exeter Lectures The China Connection: A Lieutenant
anything useful. Michael R.D. James. Morales Mystery
Paragon Publishing. A.J. Basinski. A.J. Basinski.
A Prophet Without $12.99 paper (280p), $2.99 e-book,
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Written in epistolary form, this novel
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QL 4 $15.99 paper (82p), ISBN Oldham. $9.95 paper
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Set in the Mekong delta during the Amazon Elijah McCoy was

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