Susan Garzon

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Susan Garzon grew up in Iowa City, a bookish kid in a community of writers. All the stories she read propelled her to see the world, as did her mother, who had served as a WAVE in World War II. In 1973, she went to Chile to teach English, arriving in time to witness both the U.S.-backed coup that brought down Salvador Allende and the brutal repression that followed. Later, she taught English as a Foreign Language in Honduras, then studied linguistics and anthropology at the graduate level, carrying out field work in a small town in southern Mexico and in a larger Mayan community in highland Guatemala. After several years of teaching at the university level, she began writing the story that would become Reading the Knots. She is currently re ...more

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Susan Garzon Hi Arlene. What a pleasure to hear from you! Yes, I've finished the sequel. My husband is converting it to a pdf file, and I'll have a couple of peopl…moreHi Arlene. What a pleasure to hear from you! Yes, I've finished the sequel. My husband is converting it to a pdf file, and I'll have a couple of people look it over before I submit it for publication. I feel like I owe it to readers (and to my characters) to bring them more closure.(less)
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Reading the Knots: A Novel

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