Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
The Weaver’s Loom is a story about the special bond between Gypsies and Jews, of which the Gypsies, and a good many Jews, are keenly aware. Reid grew up on Pigeon Hill, a community of Hungarian and Romanian immigrants in Aurora, Illinois, where she uncovered her own Hungarian Jewish heritage - a secret kept hidden for three generations.
A story about forgiveness, The Weaver’s Loom explores the struggles of two beautiful cultures, bound together by the great human tragedy, the Holocaust. This is no political novel. It is an illumination of an enduring friendship between two unlikely women with an indomitable will to live.
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Birth Place
Aurora, IL United States
Accomplishments
P. L. Reid has worked as a freelance editor and writer for 25 years, most-recently as Managing Editor for Arts Beat Magazine. In September 2005, Reid was awarded a scholarship by Tony-nominated playwright, screen writer, actor and producer Samm Art Williams. P. L. Reid was also an assistant editor at MidWeek Magazine in Kaneohe, Hawaii and wrote a weekly column for Channel 2 in Honolulu. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Arts Beat and Connections literary art magazines. She was a featured artist at the "Art Around the Fox" fine arts festival in recognition of her published work.