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Martha L. Thompson

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Martha Thompson spent the first twenty years of her professional life performing as an actor. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama and Marymount Manhattan College, she toured more than eighty U.S. cities as a member of John Houseman’s Acting Company. She also performed at Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre in New York, The Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference in Connecticut, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and many regional theatres throughout the country.

When physical and emotional illness disabled her, Martha was forced to retire from acting. Inspired by her love for her German shepherd, Gus, she explored career options that involved animals, which led her to volunteering, and eventually working at a local zoo where she coordin ...more

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When I was in my 20’s and friends talked about wanting to have children, I’d get very uncomfortable and try to change the subject. I felt no maternal instinct and worried that if anyone knew, they’d think I was weird and heartless. But when I started raising Japanese quail in my early 40’s and witnessed tiny, vulnerable chicks coming out of their shells, a powerful desire to protect and

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Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)

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