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Courtney Miller Santo

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Courtney Miller Santo teaches creative writing at the University of Memphis, where she received her MFA. She has a BA in journalism from Washington and Lee University and although born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she’s spent most of her adult life in the South. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Los Angeles Review, Irreantum, Sunstone and Segullah. Her debut novel THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE will be published this year by William Morrow. For more information please visit www.courtneysanto.com.

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A New Tradition for Mother’s Day

Start a New Mother’s Day Tradition

Guilt and celebration are strange bedfellows. Throw in obligation and expectations and you have the plot of most indie films and every Tennessee Williams play. What have we done with that potent mix? Created a pseudo holiday. For me nothing made this more clear than that lovely poem byBilly Collins

My own kids detest Mother’s Day. I don’t know if detest is the...

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	The Roots of the Olive Tree 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 1,116 ratings — published 2012 — 15 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
	Under the Olive Tree 2.93 of 5 stars 2.93 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 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
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Courtney Santo rated a book 4 of 5 stars Digging to America by Anne Tyler read in June, 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
Loved this book. Tyler deftly handles cultural differences and differences in parenting styles. An understated story, but I didn't want it to end.
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Courtney Santo wants to read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman	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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Courtney Santo wants to read The End of Time by Julian B. Barbour	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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Courtney Santo wants to read The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene	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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Courtney Santo wants to read Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos by Michio Kaku	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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Courtney Santo rated a book 4 of 5 stars Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler	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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Courtney Santo rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand	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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“I’d put more distance between us. Having us here, always together hasn’t allowed for any fondness to grow between us.”
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