Authors unite to tell Civil War-era tale

‘Whispered family secret’ inspired novel

By Rebecca Rule, “Bookmarks”
(This review appeared June 11, 2006, in the “Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph,” the “Concord (N.H.) Monitor” and the “Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald.”)

A few years ago, Ann Thompson Carter of Durham reached into the world of cyberchat and found a friend — a man from Missouri who, among other things, could spell. Carter and Paul Daniel became faithful correspondents. The art of letter writing is not dead; it has transformed into e-mail. A couple of years later, when Daniel decided to turn a family story into a novel, he thought of Carter — her well-written e-mails, her woman’s perspective — and invited her to co-write.

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“Anna’s Wish:” A Book Review

By Judith Kroll Perez

Are you looking for a “safe,” subtle or innocuous historical novel? Sorry, this ain't it. If, however, you are in search of a story that may change your perceptions regarding a time period that history tends to treat as sacred, this page-turner may be what you are hungering for.

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