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Debbie Morrison

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Avid reader of many genres. Favorites include biography, food culture, health, and classics. I write reviews for synthesis and sharing.

I self-published a biography, Flowers of Heaven, about a family member who commits suicide in 1942. It's a woman's story--an all too familiar one from the era when women had little agency, rights, or a voice.

Flowers of Heaven is Debbie's first self-published book, a captivating story and meticulously researched biography about a soon-to-be divorced wife and mother of two and the social circumstances of her era. A book that is as much about women’s roles and rights in mid-twentieth-century Canada as it is a family’s story of loss and love.
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What a ride! Tom Vitale, Anthony Bourdain’s director/producer of shows starring Bourdain that included No Reservations and CNN’s Parts Unknown, takes the reader behind the scenes with startling and incredible insights into the filming on location of ...more
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I am in awe at how a book, written over a hundred years ago, can feel fresh, relevant, and engaging. The Portrait of a Lady (first published in 1880-81) by Henry James is such a book. Considered a classic, the book, according to critics, also moved l ...more
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Ken added a status update: For those who followed my blog "Updates on a Free-Verse Life," some news! I've migrated to Substack, where I can post for free vs. for an annual fee. Substacks are a little different. They're newsletters readers subscribe to and receive in their inboxes. Anyway, if you're interested, head over to updatesonafreeverselife.substack.com. It's the same new, same new: riffs on reading, writing, publishing, and teaching.
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I expected Family Romance by Jean Strouse to be about the relationship between the portrait artist, John Singer Sargent, and the Wertheimer family, of whom he painted a total of twelve portraits. Even though Strouse did allude to some interactions be ...more
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Churchill’s Citadel is a phenomenal read. Just when you think there could not possibly be another book about a famous leader, e.g., Winston Churchill, another one is published. The book by Katherine Carter, historian and curator of Chartwell collecti ...more
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I will never look at a baguette the same way again after reading this book. I have a new respect for bread and those who make it, whether an artisan baker or one who makes hundreds of loaves a day in a production facility. The Bread Baker’s Apprentic
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This book was the most depressing and dark work of fiction I’ve read to date. It won the Booker Prize in 2020. I try to read a couple of Booker Prize winners each year. Though I don’t always love the winners, most of them have been thought-provoking. ...more
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