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Babette Hughes

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born

Cleveland, OH, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.babettehughes.com

genre

Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Romance

member since

November 2010

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Cleveland, Ohio native Babette Rosen Hughes is a bootlegger’s daughter whose father and uncle were murdered by the Mafia. Ms. Hughes is the co-author of Why College Students Fail and author of the memoir, Lost And Found.
Her published columns, articles and book reviews can be found in the Saturday Review, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine and the Cleveland Press.
Babette and her husband are parents and stepparents to eight children and now reside in Austin, Texas.

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Babette Hughes's Blog

Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption, Blog 7

Once at my friend Martha's house I saw her father. He was sitting in the living room wearing an undershirt stretched over his big belly. He smelled of beer and sweat, and Martha and her mother seemed afraid of him. I didn't understand then all the importance everyone seemed to give to living, ordinary, mortal, powerless fathers who hollered and smelled and punished and took up space and were ca... read more »

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Books by Babette Hughes

Average rating: 3.91 · 11 ratings · 5 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Hat 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Hat 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Babette Hughes wrote a new blog post: Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption, Blog 7 Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption, Blog 7 Once at my friend Martha's house I saw her father. He was sitting in the living room wearing an undershirt stretched over his big belly. He smelled... read more »
Mar 27, 2012 11:15pm · like
Babette Hughes is now following Dawn's reviews
Jun 17, 2011 06:39am
Babette Hughes liked Chip Etier's review of The Hat: " No doubt about it. Repeating phrases gets our attention. Starting sentences with the word “and” causes a second look, too. We (the "editorial we") look forward to reading murder mysteries because they typically flow smoothly from sentence to sente... " Read more of this review »
Apr 27, 2011 08:19am · see review
Babette Hughes marked as to-read: Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson	My rating:
Feb 04, 2011 12:09pm
Babette Hughes joined the Cleveland Readers Autonomous group.
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Babette Hughes added: Call It Sleep by Henry Roth	My rating:
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Babette Hughes added: Marry Me: A Romance by John Updike	My rating:
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Babette Hughes added: A Month of Sundays by John Updike	My rating:
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Babette Hughes added: In The Beauty Of The Lilies by John Updike	My rating:
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Babette Hughes added: Terrorist by John Updike	My rating:
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