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Jennie Miller Helderman

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Jennie Helderman was born into Alabama politics, storytelling, and creek-bank fishing, and broke a glass ceiling at ten as the first girl to page in the Alabama legislature. A 2007 Pushcart Prize nominee, she's the award-winning author of As the Sycamore Grows. A former teacher, social worker, and children's advocate, she's climbed Vesuvius, worked at Pompeii, and walked the Camino in Spain. She's now at work on two memoirs — one on the civil rights-era South, one on a life of travel. ...more

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The Swan House by Elizabeth Musser

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Had my book club not chosen this book, I would not have read it. The genre is Christian romance, one I had rejected without ever giving it a try. To my surprise, I found the story engaging all the way through its 400 pages. Guess that rattles my biases.

This is a coming of age story of a 16-year-old Mary Swan Middleton whose mother is kil Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 10, 2011 20:25 • Tags: 1960s, atlanta, swan-house

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	As the Sycamore Grows 4.25 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Trivia by Jennie Miller Helderman (Goodreads Author), Mary Caulkins 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hanukkah Trivia: 150 Fun & Fascinating Facts About Hanukkah it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas Trivia: Fun and Fascinating Facts about Christmas by Jennie Miller Helderman (2011-05-04) by Mary Caulkins, Jennie Miller Helderman (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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