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Jill Caugherty

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Jill Caugherty is the author of the historical novel, THE VIEW FROM HALF DOME (release date April 20, 2023), and the debut novel WALTZ IN SWING TIME.

Her short stories have been published in 805Lit, Oyster River Pages, and The Magazine of History and Fiction.

A former senior marketing manager in the tech industry, she now writes full time. Jill is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association and the North Carolina Writers’ Network. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband and daughter. Please visit https://www.jillcaugherty.com for more information.
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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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“You don’t realize what a burden modern things can be until you no longer have them.”
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“She suspected the Michaels would view the crew as contributing to the pollution by making it easier for automobiles to zip around.”
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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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