Beth Staas

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Beth Staas

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I am a coal miner's daughter who lived in a trailer across from the railroad tracks. Actually, my parents were German immigrants, my father coming first to find a job and a place to live, then sending for the family. I was conceived in their joyous reunion. They didn’t know that this was the beginning of the Great Depression. But after hard work and careful savings, they opened a mom and pop store with my brother and sister pitching in after school. Then came World War II with the business flourishing. I attended college with battle-hardened veterans, one of whom I married. Since then, I have become a teacher, then a writer, a role I can pursue for the rest of my life. Beside the Golden Door, my third novel, is a memoir of my years and thos ...more

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Beside the Golden Door

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The Two Percent Miracle

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An Audience of One

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Ministers for Breakfast

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“Tomorrow is now. You have to give yourself permission to write, and sing your song, dance while you can, and celebrate life. To do so, nourishes the soul, thereby enriching us all. To do less is a travesty on whatever gifts we have been given and violates the essence of whom we are, silencing forever the tiny voice inside that says “I am.”
Beth Staas

“Tomorrow is now. You have to give yourself permission to write, and sing your song, dance while you can, and celebrate life. To do so, nourishes the soul, thereby enriching us all. To do less is a travesty on whatever gifts we have been given and violates the essence of whom we are, silencing forever the tiny voice inside that says “I am.”
Beth Staas

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