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Karen Fisher-Alaniz
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About this author
I am spending time over at Kathleen Pooler's website, Memoir Writer's Journey, this week. Recently, she invited me to share some tips on memoir writing, as it relates to interviewing our loved ones. The interview was posted on Memorial Day.It's not unusual at all for people to be resistant to telling their story. And it's not always due to a traumatic event. Sometimes it's as simple as not bel... read more »
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Breaking the Code: A Daughter's Journey into Her Father's Secret War
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Breaking the Code is a heart wrenching story of a daughter trying to understand her father who had been in WWII. The author, Karen, grew up hearing the same few stories of her dad's time in the service, and paying little attention to those stories...
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This is a story of a daughter's attempt to learn more about her father's WWII experiences so that she can help him over the nightmares and flashbacks that have started to occur.
My cousin Archie held a role very similar to her father's, at the same... " Read more of this review » |
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
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| This is the memoir of Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original 29 Navajo code talkers. With so many books, information, and even a movie on the subject, some might argue that we already know all there is to know. Right? Wrong! Mr. Nez's...more | |
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location: Writers-Unite.com, The United States description: Join me in a live discussion about how Hootsuite helps writers promote their work. Mark your calendars! This live discussion is scheduled for one hour. Karen said: Is it really from 2am to 3am? |
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Karen and her family all knew that her father was in WWII. He always told stories to the children and they didn't think anything of it at the time. On her father's 81st birthday however that all changed when he gave her two notebooks. The notebook...
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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Book about Louis Zamperini being made into a movie!
"Well, I sure hope that the producers are smart enough to ask OUR opinion. LOL
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"Roz - You definitely got the message that I intended when writing the book. I often joke that I'm going to start a "story-telling revolution." It's ju...more
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