My first book, a memoir, debuted in 2002. It was a Cinderella story for this writer—a former newspaper columnist and aspiring author—as I received a contract from the very first publisher to whom I sent the manuscript. The book did so well for McKenna Publishing Group that the agency negotiated five more titles under my […]
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“All little girls should be told how pretty they are,” says Marilyn. “They should grow up knowing how much their mother loves them.”
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Michele Cozzens: My favorite character is Anne Shields from the novel Irish Twins—although I must pause and reflect on whether or not I can claim full responsibility for “creating” her. Anne, an 80-year-old woman who dies while water-skiing and then narrates this family saga from the afterlife, has a rather provocative opening line: “I have
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Irish Twins 1. The term Irish Twins, describing two children born to the same mother within a twelve-month period, dates back to the 1840s when massive numbers of Irish people came to the United States. Discuss the Irish Potato Famine, what it was, what caused it and the effect it had on the Irish population.
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