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Betsy L. Ross

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Betsy L. Ross is a writer, filmmaker, and happily retired attorney. She's published nonfiction, book reviews, and directed the documentary LOOKING FOR DAVID, about the death of her son from an opioid overdose, available on Amazon Prime. She studied literature and philosophy as a Plan II major at the University of Texas, comparative literature at Indiana University, and creative writing at the Sewanee School of Letters.

From New Orleans, she spent 30 years in Salt Lake City before moving to her current home in Boise, Idaho.
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The Bones of the World

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Notes to John by Joan Didion

After her death a journal was found in one of Joan Didion’s desk drawers, containing notes to her husband, John. The notes recounted 6 psychiatry sessions from 1999-2000 in which she addresses many topics, including issues they faced with their adopted daughter, Quintana. Didion shares intimate details, perhaps because she didn’t expect the notes to be shared outside her marriage. (John Gregory Du Read more of this blog post »
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“Given the atmosphere in Lisbon, however, the tricks of an obedient dog might very well not be sufficient.”
Betsy L. Ross, The Bones of the World: A Jewish Historical Novel of Memory, Survival, and Story

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