A call for peace

Before I wrote my novel Sheltering Angel of Belleau Wood, A Novel of One Woman’s Life After Titanic, I had not heard of Vera Brittain. Nor had I read her memoir Testament of Youth published in 1933. I realize now what I was missing.             Last night when I watched the film based on her…

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Meet a fiery Titanic stewardess

In my novel Sheltering Angel, you’ll get to know Titanic second-class steward Violet Jessop. Here is a closer look at this sizzling beauty. During the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century, hordes of Irish left their country for Canada, the U.S., and especially Argentina where they hoped the pampas would provide more fertile land…

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