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Bernice L. Rocque

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http://3houses.com/

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@UNTILtheROBIN

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Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Christian

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October 2012

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Bernice L. Rocque is a family historian, writer, educator, and avid gardener. In her early career, she worked in 3 library arenas: academic, public (YA/Ref), and corporate. She grew up in Norwich, Connecticut in the surroundings described in her novella, UNTIL THE ROBIN WALKS ON SNOW, now available in an expanded 10th Anniversary Edition (icon on front cover). Her second book was THE PONEMAH YEARS: Walking in the Footsteps of My Mother, published in 2017. She has authored numerous business articles and conference proceedings associated with her work in libraries, training and development, and project management. Articles she has written about her family have appeared in the Norwich Bulletin, Good Old Days magazine, Family Chronicle, and The ...more

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The JULY/AUG edition of The Polish American Journal contains a beautiful book review of UNTIL the ROBIN WALKS on SNOW: 10th Anniversary Edition. Here is the link: https://www.polamjournal.com/books-in...

Until the Robin Walks on Snow 10th Anniversary Edition by Bernice L. Rocque

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	Until the Robin Walks on Snow 3.55 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ponemah Years: Walking in the Footsteps of My Mother 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Deborah Kasdan’s book, ROLL BACK the WORLD: a SISTER’S MEMOIR reconstructs what happened - in the decades after her older sister, Rachel, was diagnosed with schizophrenia (1965) and institutionalized. This memoir is deeply researched, moving, fascina ...more
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January 2013 Group Read- HF that deals with immigration

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

23 votes 12.6%

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

23 votes 12.6%

The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian

15 votes 8.2%

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

10 votes 5.5%

Elizabeth Street: A Novel Based On True Events by Laurie Fabiano

10 votes 5.5%

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

9 votes 4.9%

The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich

8 votes 4.4%

The Physician by Noah Gordon

8 votes 4.4%

A Good American by Alex George

7 votes 3.8%

Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan

7 votes 3.8%

Trinity by Leon Uris

7 votes 3.8%

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

7 votes 3.8%

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

7 votes 3.8%

The Immigrants by Howard Fast

7 votes 3.8%

Queen of America: A Novel by Luis Alberto Urrea

6 votes 3.3%

Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough

6 votes 3.3%

The Last Fernandez by Sandra Perez Gluschankoff

5 votes 2.7%

Until the Robin Walks on Snow by Bernice L. Rocque

5 votes 2.7%

The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

4 votes 2.2%

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

4 votes 2.2%

The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville

3 votes 1.6%

Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen

1 vote 0.5%

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Bernice’s Quotes

“we make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

tags: death, life

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“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: misattributed-to-einstein

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This group is for people who love Christian Fiction whether it is Romance, Suspense, Historical, or any other genre that is CF. We can discuss Christ ...more

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