Memoir

Turns: A Collection of Memoir Chapbooks

Submitted by Jim Greenwald on April 28, 2013 - 12:07

Title: Turns: A Collection of Memoir Chapbooks
Author: Nancy Arbuthnot
Genre: Poetry
Reviewer: Lee Boyland

ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0982922876

A volume of short memoir chapbooks comprised of compelling narratives. The following authors and titles are featured: Deep Blue: Poems of a Navy Life Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot My Life in Shoes Pamela L. Laskin The Enigma Gerri Luce Scenes from My Life on Hemlock Street: A Brooklyn Memoir Arlene L. Mandell Learning from Lady Chatterley Gloria Nixon-John My Two Years in Priest Corps Joe Novara Notes from 1970 Claude Clayton Smith

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Arbuthnot, Nancy
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Book of Poetry
Memoir

Comes A Soldier's Whisper

Submitted by Jenny LaSala on April 24, 2013 - 13:48

I am very excited to be a new member of MWSA and to share Comes A Soldier's Whisper, a collection of wartime letters with reflection and hope for the future.

Although these letters were written some seventy years ago between 1943-1945, they resonate the same sentiments of our soldiers today. A soldier's thoughts turn to family, the future and his past and is shown throughout my father's (David Clinton Tharp) personal letters sent home. War changes a soldier. It changes their family too...

Love at First Flight: Adventures, Exploits, Risks, Sacrifices and Rewards

Submitted by Hodge Wood on April 15, 2013 - 13:13

Title: Love at First Flight
Author: Captain W. Stewart (Bud) Orr USN (Ret.) and Fran E. Orr
Genre: Memoir
Reviewer: Hodge Wood
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1938231538

Love at First Flight is the memoir of by two outstanding Americans: a courageous naval pilot, Bud Orr, whose career spanned twenty-seven years, and his loving wife, Fran. This volume is an honest, beautifully crafted story of Bud and Fran's inspiring relationship, a testament to their deep love and service to their country. It is a page-turning account of a sterling military career, complete with adrenaline-filled descriptions of a daring pilot flying many dangerous missions in advanced warplanes. Love at First Flight is a powerful reminder about the real sacrifices that men and women in the Armed Services must make to preserve a relationship, and the incredible rewards that come with that sacrifice. Like a catapult launch off an aircraft carrier, Bud and Fran's story will propel readers through recent history—from the Vietnam War to current day America. A tender, moving, and inspiring volume, Love at First Flight is the perfect gift for any military member, military family, or military historian.

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Orr, William Stewart Orr, Fran E.
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Memoir
Military
Navy
Non-Fiction

I'll be in the Fourth Grade Forever

Submitted by Jim Greenwald on April 10, 2013 - 14:31

Title: I'll be in the Fourth Grade Forever
Author: Maria Ruiz
Genre: Memoir
Reviewer: Barbara Peacock

ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1475041748

A memoir of years from 1942 to 1953 as seen by a young girl who was transported from California to war torn Europe to Kansas with her army officer father.

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Ruiz, Maria
Tags: 
Memoir
Military
Non-Fiction

Keeping The Scales Tipped @ Happiness

Submitted by Lillie Leonardi on April 3, 2013 - 12:31

When I contemplate individuals in my life who have the right to be bitter, my Maternal Aunt is the first person who immediately comes to mind. In the span of her lifetime, she has lost two husbands and her only son. Her first husband passed away when she was nine months pregnant with their fourth child. He succumbed to pneumonia while in the hospital, post gallbladder surgery. In the years that followed, my Aunt struggled to raise her four children without the benefit of their father.

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