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Barbara Chepaitis

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Outdoors & Nature

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I once asked a college class I was teaching to give me their biographies using one piece of paper, any way they wanted. I got back origami, paper airplanes, essays, crayola drawings and more - which made for some fun, instead of reading insipid, uninspired lists of facts.
My biography, using one piece of paper, would be a drawing of a tree, with roots reaching down through the darkest part of the earth toward its molten core, and branches straining toward the stars.
Birds, a few monkeys, a jaguar, and a million fireflies would populate the branches hung with all kinds of fruit and flowers. And it would be a big tree. Very big indeed.
Big as a soul.

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COMPLICATED MOTHERING

It's Complicated

My mother always ranted at us that Mother’s Day was a male-inspired, Hallmark card conspiracy meant to absolve us from being good to mothers the other 364 days of the year. We weren’t allowed to buy gifts for her, though we could make our own cards and bring violets if we picked them ourselves.
Her iconoclastic attitude had a lesson for us: Make it real, or leave it alone.... read more »

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Barbara Chepaitis's Books

Average rating: 3.75 · 191 ratings · 34 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fear Principle 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feeding Christine: A Novel 2.98 of 5 stars 2.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fear of God 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Dreams: A Novel 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning Fear: A Novel 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feathers of Hope: Pete Dubacher, the Berkshire Bird Paradise, and the Human Connection with Birds 4.78 of 5 stars 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lunatic Fear 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Unpredictable: A Novel 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Memory of Fear 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Memory of Fear: Jaguar Addams #5 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jaguar Addams (3 books)
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The Green Memory of Fear (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Description: This excerpt shows Alex and Jaguar on their first official date. It's a valiant attempt, though work interferes.

Feathers of Hope (Outdoors & Nature)

1 chapters — updated Sep 09, 2010 09:11am

Description: A joyous journey through Berkshire Bird Paradise, and the Human connection with birds. Here's the introduction, which tells you how the journey began.

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