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Linda Piazza

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The author of five young-adult novels published in the U.S. and Germany, Linda Piazza currently prepares to submit Sycamore Dawn, a literary novel-in-progress intended for adults. She grew up in the Deep South and has tried all her life to resolve how people who were kind to her can then behave with suspicion and hatred toward others. Sycamore Dawn was prompted by her discovery that her grandfather joined in an act of racial hatred that her then 11-year-old father witnessed.

The book reviews she posts all feature four or five stars because she gives herself permission to stop reading the books she doesn't like. ...more

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Linda Piazza I'm currently working on a social novel for adults, tentatively titled Sycamore Dawn. Gloria Rodgers travels to her hometown to provide respite for he…moreI'm currently working on a social novel for adults, tentatively titled Sycamore Dawn. Gloria Rodgers travels to her hometown to provide respite for her father, who is care-taking Gloria's grandmother. Gloria plans the trip as a writing sabbatical, but she arrives with her teen-aged stepdaughter in tow to witness to witness an outrageous argument between her father and her grandmother's once-a-week companion. To Gloria's astonishment, her father seems determined to prove correct the racism that Gloria's stepdaughter had believed true of Gloria's hometown. Over the course of two weeks in August in 1999, Gloria makes discoveries that upend everything she thought she knew about her family and also threaten her faith in the premise that has always driven her writing life.

This story is based on a true event in my own family's history. One of the discoveries Gloria makes was one I made about my own father's history. However, the characters in this novel are not based on my family members, but instead are people who became more and more real to me as I wrote this novel.

Everyone needs an editor, especially for a book project that's taken years to complete. I'm lucky to have an accomplished writer/editor among my best friends. She's got the manuscript now, reviewing it before I make another round of edits and then begin submitting. (less)

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Average rating: 3.41 · 17 ratings · 7 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Call of the Deep 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Evil in the Attic liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Die Totenpuppe it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Jackies Alptraum (Mystery, #48) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Verderben in sanften Augen by Linda Piazza (Goodreads Author), Manuela Freudenfeld (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Der Werwolf liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Building Reading Comprehension, Grades 7 - 8: High-Interest Selections for Critical Reading Skills 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Nonfiction Reading Comprehension, Grades 7-8 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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