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Jill Caugherty

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After working in the tech industry for years, Jill Caugherty is thrilled to write full-time. She is the award-winning author of two historical novels, and THE THROWAWAY WOMEN is her contemporary debut.

A member of the Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association and the North Carolina Writers’ Network, Jill lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and daughter. When she's not writing, she enjoys traveling, reading, learning French, and entertaining her lovable but demanding cat, Jax. Follower her on Instagram @jillcaugherty, and learn more at https://www.jillcaugherty.com
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Book Review: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Over fifty years after its publication, James Baldwin's masterpiece IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK rings true and remains relevant. It shines a piercing light on racial injustice, income inequality, cruelty and abuse of power that persist in present-day America, making it an ever important, albeit heartbreaking read.

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The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

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“You don’t realize what a burden modern things can be until you no longer have them.”
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“No denying, she’d reversed course from a beautiful park back to a squalid neighborhood where people had few choices and little hope for anything better. Here they were trapped in body and mind alike.”
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