Rita Moreno memoir chronicles a survivor’s ascent beyond doubt
Rita Moreno’s memoir traces a life shaped by immigration from Puerto Rico, early stigma in New York, and a career fought against typecasting. She details self-doubt, volatile relationships, and a long path to healing after abortion and a suicide attempt, culminating in resilience and growth.
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Rita Moreno
Gene Kelly
Yul Brynner
Jerome Robbins
Moreno
Rosita Dolores Alverio
United States
Puerto Rico
Juncos
Rosita
el Yunque
New York City
Marlon Brando
Brando
Down from Skitts Mountain author recalls promise fulfilled
Nina Jeanne Still wrote a historical fiction about her family, begun as a child and finished in 1980. The book Sintsie and Noah appear, but the tale centers on Jacob Jake Peck, with other relatives briefly in focus. Published recently, the work blends fact and fiction with plans for a second book about her mother. Still lives in North Augusta and works with the Child Evangelism Fellowship.
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Nina Jeanne
Still
Skitts Mountain
James
Joy Thomas
Thomas
Desserves
Sintie
Noah
Jacob
Jake — Peck
North Georgia
Jake
Lintie
Noah Loggins
Child Evangelism Fellowship
North Augusta
Ninajeannestill
Who Was Dracula by Jim Steinmeyer
Terri Schlichenmeyer reviews Who Was Dracula by Jim Steinmeyer, exploring Bram Stoker, Henry Irving and the creation of Dracula. The book traces influences from theatre and literature to explain how Stoker crafted a lasting vampire archetype with myth and biography.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
Jim Steinmeyer
Tarcher
Canada
Transylvania
Fang
Henry Irving
Irving
London
Stoker
Oscar Wilde
Steinmeyer
Victoria Literati
Higgins Clark active as ever at age 85
Mary Higgins Clark, at 85, remains prolific and hands-on with a new thriller Daddy's Gone a Hunting. The Queen of Suspense writes between spring cleaning and research, talks memory and near death, and envisions future collaborations while living in Saddle River New Jersey.
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Higgins Clark
Hillel Italie
Associated Press
Saddle River
N.J
Mary Higgins Clark
Clark
Suspense
Carol Higgins Clark
Long Island City
Long Island
FBI
Jimmy
John
Merrill Lynch Futures
John J. Cowdeeney
Mary Higgins
New York
Simon & Schuster
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Tatiagerber Information Systems
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Terri Schlichenmeyer
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