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The Need Was Great Upon Him an excerpt.
by Linda Newton Perry
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

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The need was great upon him to touch her, to comfort her, to do anything to stop the wretched wailing. He fingered the short braid at the end of his beard. The thin vellum scroll crinkled in his gloved hand. The draft-churned fire cast its moving light on the floor and across their feet and faces. O'Reily, without words to draw on for such an occasion, waited for her to speak. He cleared his throat.

 

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Reviewed by Anne Marie La Porte 2/17/2009
Powerful longing is conveyed in this short piece. Very atmospheric and moving

Anne Marie

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Waitin' for the Train to Come In by David Garnes

A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.  
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Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.  
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Footsteps by Brendan O'Brien

Ireland 1967. The Summer of love. Or was it? A holiday weekend. Amazing weather. American student Dakota Lacey is hiking around Kerry. But there’s a sinister, dark side to the atmosphere. Lone female hikers are being brutally attacked.  
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