Gems Index

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Silence Broken
The much-overlooked subject of Korean comfort women
during World War II

Jackson Street After Hours
In the years surrounding the Second World War,
nightclubs lined Seattle's Jackson Street.

Rocket City
Three melons, a dwarf, and Marilee’s ’72 Dodge

An Ear to the Ground
"as tantalizing as an intimate dinner party . . . "

Buried Treasures

Lorna Doone
a captive maiden, a steadfast hero, evil highwaymen,
and wild, windswept moors

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
"His rumpled men and ragged women will break your heart."

Just Good Books

I Was Amelia Earhart
"Noonan drank and I flew with reckless, melodramatic abandon"

Still Life With Woodpecker
a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes


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