I am certain that my English teacher motiivated me to become a great lover of reading and writing. Reading can bring you anywhere you otherwise couldn't go; writing lets you tell a story that has only your ending. When not reading or writing, I enjoy time spent with my husband, three children, and six very handsome grandsons.
The Shelter at Papa's Farm is a novel telling the story of a family's struggle while surviving in a bomb shelter for two years after the US is struck by nuclear weapons and what they find when they are able to go back above ground.
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James had the civil defense station on the police scanner. The announcer kept saying over and over again, "This is not a test. This is not a test. Get to the closest civil defense shelter immediately. This is not a test."
Our culture has taught us to believe in many ideas which aren't actually real. Exposing these illusions allows us to recover the power to live our lives according to our deepest desires.
Poetry. Various urgent, lively, and sometimes haunting poems appear here alongside stark black and white photos of Jones' homeless subjects. Jones takes on the plight of the homeless in different voices, echoing the thoughts of people on the streets,
