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David Schwinghammer worked twenty years as an English/social studies teacher. He has written six novels, working on number seven, STRANGERS ARE FROM ZEUS. SOLDIER'S GAP is the only published novel.
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Soldier's Gap

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The Red Comet

I was familiar with Sylvia Plath because I read THE BELL JAR and later did a report on her for a woman's literature class where I was exposed to ARIEL and her poetry.
At first I was reluctant to order the book because it's almost a thousand pages long and it hadn't been that long wince I read THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT, equally daunting.
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p.42 The God Squad, led by Father Tom, meets in the basement of the mission hall.

9. 57 Father Tom squeezes Rayona's fingers.

p. 73 Rayona lands a job at the Lodge.

p. 88 Evelyn and Sky get along.

p.104Do the DeMarco's know Rayona's mom?

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William W. Purkey
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
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Oscar Wilde
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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Albert Einstein
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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Mae West
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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J.K. Rowling
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
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