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Blogs in January 1970

The Beatitudes 1st January 1970

“Social workers Hannah “”Scrimp”” Dubois and Earlene “”Pinch”” Washington have just started their own business, Social Investigations, to solve the murders of ten foster children in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Police Department, the Catholic Church, and local...

The Glass Castle 1st January 1970

This is a startling memoir of a successful journalist’s journey from the deserted and dusty mining towns of the American Southwest, to an antique filled apartment on Park Avenue. Jeanette Walls narrates her nomadic and adventurous childhood with her...

Zeitoun 1st January 1970

In August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans had been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic...

Shiloh 1st January 1970

Marty, a young boy, comes across a puppy he calls Shiloh in the hills behind his home. But Shiloh belongs to Judd, who is the town drunk and a dreadfully cruel person, who beats the dog. But Marty will...

Summer in the South 1st January 1970

After a personal tragedy, Chicago writer Ava Dabrowski quits her job to spend the summer in Woodburn, Tennessee, at the invitation of her old college friend Will Fraser and his two great-aunts, Josephine and Fanny Woodburn. Her charming hosts...