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Mary Burkholder

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Mary Burkholder lives in South Mississippi with her husband, Lyndon and five children ages nine to eighteen.

Mary enjoys shopping for used books, writing on rainy afternoons, walking, and reading to her children. She also loves a clean house, early mornings, good coffee, and doing anything special with her family.

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I loved this! Excellent writing about a region I’m familiar with. Reminded me a little of Steinbeck.
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I enjoyed this as a different perspective to the Holocaust. I learned some interesting historical facts. It was written very clinically and felt a bit random; it could have been more engaging.
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“If people ask me,
I always tell them:
"Quite well, thank you, I'm very glad to say."
If people ask me,
I always answer,
"Quite well, thank you, how are you today?"
I always answer,
I always tell them,
If they ask me
Politely...
BUT SOMETIMES
I wish

That they wouldn't”
― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young

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