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Claudette E. Sutton

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Born

in Washington, D.C., The United States

Website

http://www.claudettesutton.com

Twitter

farewellaleppo

Genre

Biography, Memoir, History

Member Since

April 2012

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Family has always been a focus of Claudette's work and writing. When her son was 3, she created a newsletter for parents in her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to provide an information source about services and activities for children. That newsletter has grown into an award-winning quarterly newspaper that has been expanded its scope and contribution to the local community for 20 years. That interest in children and families morphed naturally into "Farewell, Aleppo," a loving tribute to the odyssey of her father and family from the ancient -- now vanished -- Jewish community of Aleppo, Syria, to America. With skill and passion, combining thorough research with multiple interviews and first-hand knowledge, Claudette tells both her own fa ...more