Kate’s 2¢: “Flight” by Laura Griffin

“Flight” by Laura Griffin

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I enjoyed this story. It wasn’t heavy reading, but it did keep my interest as to who was doing the killing. There were several suspects and the final perp was a surprise  to me.

From the WEB:

Griffin started her career as a journalist and preferred hard-news stories. She attributes her experience to her desire to write suspense fiction, since she’s able to make justice prevail and give the characters happy endings.

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Griffin, Laura. Reading time: 9 hours, 18 minutes.

Read by Teri Clark Linden.

Mystery and Detective Stories

Former forensic photographer Miranda Rhoads has moved to the seaside town of Lost Beach, determined to make a new life as a wildlife photographer. When she encounters a couple in a canoe one morning, she first assumes they’re asleep, but soon realizes they’re dead. Detective Joel Breda tries to unravel the case, and is intrigued by Miranda. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Death with a double edge a Daniel Pitt novel: by Anne Perry

“Death with a double edge a Daniel Pitt novel: by Anne Perry

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Although I liked this story, I found the constant repetition of what happened time consuming and really slowed down the narrative arc.  I think it was obvious who killed the mistress, but, the other relatives were a surprise.

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Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme; 28 October 1938) is an English author of historical detective fiction, best known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk series. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she was convicted in the murder of her friend’s mother, Honorah Rieper. She changed her name after serving a five-year sentence for Rieper’s murder.

   Born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of physicist Dr. Henry Rainsford Hulme, Perry was diagnosed with tuberculosis as a child and sent to the Caribbean and South Africa in hopes that a warmer climate would improve her health. A 1948 Auckland Star photograph of Juliet arriving in New Zealand was discovered by Auckland Libraries staff and written about in the Heritage et AL blog.[1] She rejoined her family when she was 13 after her father took a position as Rector of Canterbury University College in New Zealand. She attended Christchurch Girls’ High School, located in what became the Cranmer Centre.[2]

Murder and trial[edit]

Main article: Parker–Hulme murder case

In June 1954, at the age of 15, Hulme and her best friend Pauline Parker murdered Parker’s mother, Honorah Rieper.[3] Hulme’s parents were in the process of separating and she was supposed to go to South Africa to stay with a relative. The two teenage friends, who had created a complicated fantasy life together populated with famous actors such as James Mason and Orson Welles, did not want to be separated.

On 22 June 1954, the girls and Honorah Rieper went for a walk in Victoria Park in their hometown of Christchurch. On an isolated path Hulme dropped an ornamental stone so that Rieper would lean over to retrieve it. Parker had planned to hit her mother with half a brick wrapped in a stocking. The girls presumed that one blow would kill her but it took more than 20.[4]

Parker and Hulme stood trial in Christchurch in 1954 and were found guilty on 29 August that year. As they were too young to be considered for the death penalty under New Zealand law at the time, they were convicted and sentenced to be “detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure”. In practice they were detained at the discretion of the Minister of Justice. They were released separately five years later.

Parker and Hulme are not believed to have had any contact since the trial.[5]

The events formed the basis for the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, in which Melanie Lynskey portrayed a teenage Pauline Parker and Kate Winslet the teenaged Juliet Hulme. At the time of the film’s release, it was not generally known that mystery author “Anne Perry” was Juliet Hulme, whose identity was made public some months after the film’s release. Although some presumed Hulme and Parker’s relationship to be sexual, Perry stated in 2006 that, while the relationship was obsessive, the two “were never lesbians”.[5]

Later life[edit]

After being released from prison in November 1959, Hulme returned to England and became a flight attendant. For a period she lived in the United States, where she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1968. She later settled in the Scottish village of Portmahomack where she lived with her mother. Her father had a distinguished scientific career, heading the British hydrogen bomb programme.[6]

Hulme took the name Anne Perry, using her stepfather’s surname. Her first novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published under this name in 1979. Her works generally fall into one of several categories of genre fiction, including historical murder mysteries and detective fiction. Many feature recurring characters, most importantly Thomas Pitt, who appeared in her first novel, and amnesiac private investigator William Monk, who first appeared in her 1990 novel The Face of a Stranger. By 2003 she had published 47 novels, and several collections of short stories. Her story “Heroes”, which first appeared in the 1999 anthology Murder and Obsession, edited by Otto Penzler, won the 2001 Edgar Award for Best Short Story.

In 2005, Perry appeared on the Trisha show to discuss the crime on a special themed show.[7] A 2009 documentary film, Anne Perry Interiors, gave a snapshot of her life and the people close to her.[8]

In 2017, Anne Perry left Scotland and moved to Hollywood in order to more effectively promote films based on her novels.[9]

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Death with a double edge: a Daniel Pitt novel DB107521

Perry, Anne. Reading time: 9 hours, 42 minutes.

Read by Samuel Roukin.

Suspense Fiction

Historical Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Legal Fiction

Junior barrister Daniel Pitt is summoned to the scene of a murder in London’s Mile End district. He knows only that the victim is a senior barrister in his firm. He believes the firm’s head, Marcus fford Croft, knows more than he admits. Daniel and his close friend Toby Kitteridge investigate on their own and find their paths blocked. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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 Kate’s 2¢: “The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn

“The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I found this story fascinating. I guess I really like creative non-fiction/Historical Fiction.  A few take-outs:

–Qusinn writes about the official memoir, then, shares the private memoir of what really happened.

— :Fate and fortune grant us health,: I quoted my Mother. “For everything else, we wait in line.”

— When she and her friend enlisted, they found the officers were more of a problem than the rank and file.

— She dealt with sexual advances with a breezy kind of no nonsense toughness she perfected as a tom boy running with the local boys.

— Every successful hunt is successful in its own way.  An unsuccessful day for a sniipper is when you miss and end up dead.

— What do you believe in?  Knowledge to light the path for human kind and a rifle to protect human kind when  we lose that path.

— My moon had a midnight side.  The official tally stands at 309. A list achieved without blood thirstiness. Every shot fired in simple defense of hearth and home.

— Many of the front-line lives lost were women. The USSR was the only nation to employ women on the front-line.

— Without the Eastern front soaking up Germany’s manpower, the Allies might never have prevailed.   

— Quinn explains a few of her literary licenses she employed to add the fictional American sharp shoot and his stalking of Lady Death, however, the basic facts of the Russian snipper were taken from her memoir and other substantiating documents.

   This story takes place during WWII, when Ukraine was part of Russia. Today, Russia has invaded Ukraine to try to take it back.  War is a lose/lose situation.

From www.katequinnauthor.com

Quinn is a native of Southern California. She is based in San Diego.[1] She graduated from Boston University with a master’s degree in classical voice.[1]

Quinn’s 2017 historical fiction novel, The Alice Network, was a New York Times[2] and USA Today bestseller.[3] Her 2019 follow-up (and eighth novel),[1] The Huntress, earned positive reviews in The Washington Post[4] and Kirkus Reviews.[5]

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Quinn, Kate. Reading time: 12 hours, 54 minutes.

Read by Saskia Maarleveld.

Historical Fiction

Bestsellers

Kiev, 1937. Bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son–but Hitler’s invasion sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila becomes a deadly sniper–a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2022.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The prodigal daughter” by Mette Ivie Harrison

“The prodigal daughter” by Mette Ivie Harrison

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I suspect this brings up the quandary many young women of the Mormon faith wrestle with from time to time. I don’t think this story will assist them in making a decision.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mette Ivie Harrison (born 13 September 1970) is an American novelist. She writes young adult fiction and in 2014 began publishing an adult mystery series. Her background as a Mormon has influenced her topics of interest as a writer, especially in the A Linda Willheim Mystery series which focuses on a Mormon woman within her religious community. Her novel, Mira, Mirror won the Utah Letters About Literature award in 2006, and three other novels were finalists for the AML Awards in 2007, 2014 and 2015.

   Mette Ivie was born on 13 September 1970 in Summit, New Jersey.[1] Her father was Evan Ivie (d. 2020), a computer scientist who worked for thirteen years at Bell Labs and being involved in developing Unix programming language. She was the ninth of eleven children,[2] eight of whom followed their father into careers involving computer programming.

   When she was ten years old, Evan Ivie moved the family to Provo, Utah, where he began teaching computer programming at Brigham Young University, a position that he would hold for twenty years.[3]

   As a teenager Mette Ivie studied German, and she spent 1985 attending a German gymnasium. In 1988 she received BYU’s “Ezra Taft Benson Scholarship”.[2] She graduated from BYU two years later with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in German Literature. She received a full scholarship to attend Princeton University and in 1995 earned a PhD in Germanic Languages and Literatures. She wrote her dissertation on the female Bildungsroman of the 18th century.[4][2]

   She was married to Matt Harrison, and they had six children. In 2021 the couple are finalizing a divorce.[3][2]

   In 2017 she was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, which initially made her hyper-aware of her differences from neurotypical people. She wrote about her experience with high-functioning autism in Sunstone magazine, where she noted that participation in the LDS Church helped her to make social connections that she otherwise would not have pursued. She described how her lack of “normal facial expressions” leads other church members to underestimate the depth of her feelings, especially depression.[5] Since Harrison does not intuitively understand human interactions, she attributes her proficiency in portraying human interactions in her writing to her need to analyze human behavior closely.[5]

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Harrison, Mette Ivie. Reading time: 6 hours, 17 minutes.

Read by Kirsten Potter.

Mystery and Detective Stories

Bishop’s wife Linda Wallheim has grown increasingly disillusioned with her faith and has begun marriage counseling with her husband, Kurt. But when the teenaged babysitter of one of her grandchildren vanishes, Linda begins investigating. She discovers the girl was the victim of a terrible crime and searches to find her. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: ‘The Writer Magazine’ April, 2022

‘The Writer Magazine’ April, 2022

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Every now and then, I like to read a periodical geared to the craft of writing. This months reading time is 4 hours, 57-minutes. Here are a few take-out points from this issue.

–Always have an idea before you write. There may be an over-production of articles, but, there’ll never be an over-production of ideas.

–“Salvage the Bones” and “Men We reeked” by Jasman Ward:    The story begins and ends with the death of her younger brother, using a complicated plot structure. The memory broke her in certain ways, but hopefully, mend in a healthier way.

–Horror needs an emotional chord for impact, deeper reader engagement, and catharsis.

–Digital publishing has benefited literary and visual artists, and their work. Check guidelines carefully for multi-media submissions

–Don’t over use the ‘m-dash’. It’s not special when it is over-used. Traditional punctuation, used properly, is usually best.

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The Writer (April 2022)

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Kate’s 2¢: “Ocean country: one woman’s voyage from peril to hope in her quest to save the seas” by Liz Cunningham

“Ocean country: one woman’s voyage from peril to hope in her quest to save the seas” by Liz Cunningham

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   When I read an odyssey like this, I wonder how all the travel, equipment, and lodgings are paid for.

From the WEB:

Ocean Country is an adventure story, a call to action, and a poetic meditation on the state of the seas. But most importantly it is the story of finding true hope in the midst of one of the greatest crises to face humankind, the rapidly degrading state of our environment.

Elizabeth Cunningham (born 1953) is a feminist visionary novelist and author of The Maeve Chronicles, which includes the books The Passion of Mary Magdalen, Magdalen Rising (a prequel), Bright Dark Madonna and Red-Robed Priestess. Earlier books include The Wild Mother and How To Spin Straw Into Gold.

Alma mater: Harvard University

Genre: Poetry

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Elizabeth Cunningham – Wikipedia

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Cunningham, Liz Reading time: 10 hours, 31 minutes.

Ellen Jaffe A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Travel

Business and Economics

Nature and the Environment

After a near-drowning that left her temporarily paralyzed, the author traveled the globe to understand the threats to the world’s oceans. Stops along the way included the Turks and Caicos Islands, the California coast, the Coral Triangle, the Mediterranean, and the Silver Bank. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2015.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Chemistry for breakfast: the amazing science of everyday life” by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim; Sarah Pybus

“Chemistry for breakfast: the amazing science of everyday life” by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim; Sarah Pybus

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   This was an interesting book to read and to think about.  Did it change my mind about eating what I eat or what I put on my skin?  Maybe not, but it was interesting learning about how this and that reacts and the chain-reaction it can set off.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Nguyen-Kim was born in 1987 in Heppenheim, Hesse; her parents are from South Vietnam, her father is also a chemist.[3] She completed the Abitur in 2006 in Hemsbach. She studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[4] She worked on her doctorate at RWTH Aachen University, Harvard University, and the University of Potsdam; completing it in 2017.[5] She rejected a job offer from BASF to focus on science communication.[4] She is married and has a daughter born in January 2020.[6][7]

   Nguyen-Kim started the YouTube channel The Secret Life Of Scientists in 2015. She began another channel, maiLab (originally named schönschlau), which is funded by German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF and as of September 2020 has over 1 million subscribers, in 2016.[8]

She published popular videos about the COVID-19 pandemic on maiLab which made it into German YouTube trends and reached several million viewers within a short time.[9]

She also contributed a widely noticed commentary on this topic in the German news programme Tagesthemen (ARD)[10] and was invited as an expert in various talk shows.[11]

On German television, Nguyen-Kim presents the science show Quarks [de] (WDR Fernsehen) since 2018, alongside Ralph Caspers [de].[4] With Harald Lesch and Philip Häusser [de] she presents the online video series Terra X Lesch & Co [de].[8]

Since October 2021, she presents a TV show called MAITHINK X – Die Show on ZDFneo.[12]

Her book Komisch, alles chemisch (transl. Weird, all chemical) published in March 2019 has been on the Spiegel bestseller list since November 2019.[7]

Sarah Pybus has been translating since 2007. In 2015 she was awarded first place in the Non-Fiction Translation Competition run by Geisteswissenschaften International/German Book Office New York. Crossing the Sea was her first …

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Chemistry for breakfast: the amazing science of everyday life DB105822

Nguyen-Kim, Mai Thi; Pybus, Sarah Reading time: 5 hours, 36 minutes.

Raechel Wong

Science and Technology

Chemist presents an introduction to chemistry found in our everyday lives using the construct of what happens in the course of a day. Topics include our bodies’ hormones, the ingredients in personal care items, and what makes food delicious. Translated from the original 2019 German edition. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The British are coming: the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkins

“The British are coming: the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkins

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

…Discussing the Complex Case of Benedict Arnold

Written by: Denise Doring VanBuren, President General, NSDAR

April 8, 2022 

His name is synonymous with “traitor.” He was reviled in his lifetime, and his legacy remains the ultimate example of betrayal to our American cause. But did you know that early in the American Revolution, he was hailed as a hero and one of the Continental Army’s most promising officers?

He, of course, is Benedict Arnold, and the early portion of his military career is the subject of a documentary now airing on streaming services such as Amazon, Roku, Prime Video and iTunes. Titled “Benedict Arnold – Hero Betrayed,” the two-hour film, which premiered last November,  stars Peter O’Meara as Arnold and is narrated by Martin Sheen. The documentary uses historian commentary, re-enacted events and compelling narration to illustrate Arnold’s first three years of military success by xploring accomplishments that are little known due to Arnold’s later, more infamous treachery.

   Dr. James Kirby Martin, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History at the University of Houston, Texas, served as the primary historian on the film. A nationally recognized scholar of U.S. history, he is well known for his writings on various aspects of American military history, specifically the American Revolution. Many other historians share their views on the complex character of Benedict Arnold, as judged by his initial acts of valor and leadership – behavior that early on won Arnold the respect of his men.

Recently, I had the chance to catch up with Dr. Kirby and the film’s director, Chris Stearns, to discuss Arnold and production of the documentary. You may view that conversation here.

   I liked the film. While most books and movies focus on the details of Arnold’s act of treachery, few explore the earlier years, when Arnold was hailed as a hero at places like Quebec, Saratoga and Valcour Island. The film introduces us to this “other” Arnold – the man who was effective in battle and who won the support and confidence of his Commander-in-Chief.

   I have lived my entire life in New York’s Hudson River Valley, not far from West Point – and so the story of Arnold has been ever present for me. For many years, I commuted past a historical marker aside a local roadway that reads: “Arnold’s Flight. At Beverley Dock, at the foot of this lane, Arnold, exposed as a traitor, fled by boat to the British Ship Vulture, off Croton Point.” Not far away is the site of the Beverly Robinson House, with its marker reading “Here stood the Robinson House, where Benedict Arnold, his treason disclosed, fled from his wife and baby to the British ship Vulture.”

   As a result of this local connection, Arnold the man has long intrigued me. I guess that I have also realized that understanding his betrayal holds up a mirror to our own unfailingly loyal ancestors, who continued on in the fight despite their own personal disappointments and extenuating circumstances. What made them stronger, braver, better than Arnold in staying the course of a long and very difficult war? They, too, had aspirations and expectations that went unmet – why did Arnold turn so tragically away from the fight for liberty when his were dashed – and why did they remain? It is, indeed, a complex and thought-provoking subject to ponder.

   Raising awareness of the men and women who achieved our American independence is the core mission of our National Society. Recognizing those who fought alongside Arnold in these early, strategically important events should be important to us. And learning more about Arnold himself should further increase our appreciation for the true valor and substance of our Patriot ancestors who remained loyal to the very end. 

Rick Atkinson – Wikipedia

Atkinson was born in Munich to Margaret (née Howe) and Larry Atkinson, who was a U.S. Army officer. Turning down an appointment to West Point,[2] he instead attended East Carolina University on a full scholarship, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1974. He received a master of arts degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago in 1975.[3]

While visiting his parents for Christmas at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1975, Atkinson found a job as a newspaper reporter for The Morning Sun in Pittsburg, Kansas, covering crime, local government, and other topics in southeast Kansas, an area known as “the Little Balkans” for its ethnic diversity and fractious politics. In April 1977, he joined the staff of The Kansas City Times, working nights in suburban Johnson County, Kansas before moving to the city desk and eventually serving as a national reporter; in 1981, he joined the newspaper’s bureau in Washington, D.C. He won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1982[1] for a “body of work” that included a series about the West Point class of 1966, which lost more men in Vietnam than any other Military Academy class. He also contributed to the newspaper’s coverage of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in Kansas City, Missouri, for which the paper’s staff in 1982 was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for local spot news reporting.[4]

   In November 1983, Atkinson was hired as a reporter on the national staff of The Washington Post. He wrote about defense issues, the 1984 presidential election. He covered Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman vice-presidential candidate for a major party, and national topics. In 1985, he became deputy national editor, overseeing coverage of defense, diplomacy, and intelligence. In 1988, he returned to reporting as a member of the Post investigative staff, writing about public housing in the District of Columbia and the secret history of Project Senior C.J., which became the B-2 stealth bomber. In 1991, he was the newspaper’s lead writer during the Persian Gulf War. Two years later he joined the foreign staff as bureau chief in Berlin, covering Germany and NATO and spending time in Somalia and Bosnia. He returned from Europe in 1996 to become assistant managing editor for investigations; in that role, he headed a seven-member team that for more than a year scrutinized shootings by the District of Columbia police department, resulting in “Deadly Force,” a series for which the Post was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[5]

Atkinson left the newspaper world in 1999 to write about World War II, an interest that began with his birth in Germany and was rekindled during his three-year tour in Berlin. He twice rejoined the Post, first in 2003 when for two months he accompanied General David Petraeus and the 101st Airborne Division during the invasion of Iraq, and again in 2007 when he made trips to Iraq and Afghanistan while writing “Left of Boom”, an investigative series about roadside bombs in modern warfare, which won the Gerald R. Ford Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense. He held the Omar N. Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at the United States Army War College and Dickinson College in 2004–2005,[6] and remains an adjunct faculty member at the war college.[7]

   Atkinson is a presidential counselor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans,[8] a member of the Society of American Historians,[9] and an inductee in the Academy of Achievement, for which he also serves as a board member.[10] He serves on the governing commission of the National Portrait Gallery.[11] Atkinson is married to the former Jane Ann Chestnut of Lawrence, Kansas, a researcher and clinician at the National Institutes of Health. They have two grown children.

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The British are coming: the war for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 DB95379

Atkinson, Rick. Reading time: 26 hours, 5 minutes.

Read by Rick Atkinson.

Bestsellers

U.S. History

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (DB 54939) recounts the first twenty-one months of the American Revolution in this first volume of three. Describes principal battles, key figures, British perspective, and historical context for the conflict. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019.

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Kate’s 2¢: “An impossible impostor” by Deanna Raybourn

“An impossible impostor” by Deanna Raybourn

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I enjoyed the senses of humor expressed by the characters in this story. The professions of the main characters were a refreshing change and they blended well with the era portrayed. I even liked the ending.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.deannaraybourn.com

Raybourn was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio where she majored in English and History.[1]

Her first published novel, Silent in the Grave, was nominated for the Agatha Award for best new mystery of 2007.[2] Set in Victorian era England, the acclaimed series[1] has been optioned as a UK television series by Free@Last TV.[3][4]

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Raybourn, Deanna. Reading time: 12 hours, 29 minutes.

Read by Angèle Masters.

Historical Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau, Stoker, are summoned by head of Special Branch, Sir Hugo Montgomerie. His goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway, lost her eldest brother, Jonathan, years ago. But now someone has arrived claiming to be Jonathan. Veronica agrees to investigate, but encounters her own ghosts. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2022.

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Kate’s 2¢: “After Parties: Stories” by Anthony Veasna So

“After Parties: Stories” by Anthony Veasna So

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   I did not enjoy these stories. I read each one thinking there might be a redeeming feature or moral conclusion. It didn’t happen.  If I were an educated Cambodian-American, I’d be embarrassed to think these stories are my people’s legacy.

www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/obituaries/anthony-veasna-so-dead.html

Anthony Veasna So was born on Feb. 20, 1992, in Stockton, Calif. His father, Sienghay So, owns an auto repair shop, and his mother, Ravy So, is a retired claims representative for the Social Security Administration. Mr.

Anthony Veasna So, Author on the Brink of Stardom, Dies at 28

Wikipedia

   So (1992-2020) was a graduate of Stanford University and earned his MFA in fiction at Syracuse University. His writing has appeared in or is forthcoming in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, n+1, Granta, and ZYZZYVA. Born and raised in Stockton, California.

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So, Anthony Veasna Reading time: 6 hours, 58 minutes.

Jason Sean

Short Stories

LGBTQ+

Bestsellers

A collection of short stories about Cambodian-American life that provide insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities. Two drunk brothers hatch a scheme. A teacher and entrepreneur engage in a love affair. A child learns his mother survived a racist school shooter. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2021.

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