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    Gale Zasada is a retired paraprofessional librarian with a B.A. in Humanities/Computer Studies. She worked for over 30 years for a suburban public library system in central Maryland. She has many years of experience with readers’ advisory and book reviews. She currently lives in southern Nevada with her husband. Visit her review site, The Brown Bookloft.

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  • Review: Mr. Wizard: DNA Tests, Big Surprises, And The True Meaning Of Family

    Review: Mr. Wizard: DNA Tests, Big Surprises, And The True Meaning Of Family0

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    • May 27, 2020

    Summary: Two brothers, now both financially successful adults, grew up thinking that their father died in Vietnam. But Mom was always cagey on the subject of their paternity. After her death, the two brothers take DNA tests. Phillip learns that his father was Irish; Spencer’s father was southern European. The two brothers, who were raised thinking

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  • Review: The Ice Palace Waltz: A Richly Detailed Historical Family Saga

    Review: The Ice Palace Waltz: A Richly Detailed Historical Family Saga4

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    • May 11, 2020

    Summary: In the late 1800s, two German Jewish immigrants marry and settle in Leadville, Colorado. Their life wasn’t easy in the rough mining town. As their children grew, some stayed in Leadville, while others moved to find the comforts of big city life in Denver. A few didn’t survive, leaving their families emotionally scarred and in

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  • Review: The Courage Of Others Confronts Enduring American Racism

    Review: The Courage Of Others Confronts Enduring American Racism0

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    • November 8, 2019

    Summary: Like many women during times of war, Esther Langston did her best to keep their home and small shop running while her husband Marsh was off fighting. But as she and her nephew, Davey Stoneman, awaited Marsh’s return with a combination of eagerness and trepidation, she worried. She worried about the condition of the store,

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  • Review: Swift Dam: A Veterinarian’s Meditation On The Flow Of Water And Time

    Review: Swift Dam: A Veterinarian’s Meditation On The Flow Of Water And Time0

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    • September 18, 2019

    Summary: The worst flood in Montana’s history occurred in 1964, when the Swift Dam broke after being inundated with rain and snow. Thirty-one lives were lost, all but one on the Blackfeet Reservation. (1) Using this fact as background, plus his own knowledge and experience of that area, the author gives us a story that

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