Blogs in January 1970

Pay This Amount 1st January 1970

Scott’s haunting and hilarious second collection of short stories is set in disparate spots across the American map — from Kansas to Cape Cod to New York City — and are written with such piercing universality that you sense...

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Fade to White 1st January 1970

Hollywood Harper Stone arrives at Spruce Peak, Vermont to film a commercial. Stacey Curtis loves to ski and does a few last runs with her friend and ski patrol Chip Walsh. They find a body.

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Bridge to Terabithia 1st January 1970

Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class. He’s been practising all summer and he’s sure he’s going to win. But when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever....

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A Painted House 1st January 1970

The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton,...

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In the Garden of Stone 1st January 1970

The story begins in War, West Virginia and spans from 1924 to the 70?s. Sixteen year old Emma gets rescued by Caleb when her home is destroyed in an accident and the two eventually marry. Generational and observant, this...

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