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Why the Plum for Courage

by Mary Ellen Sinclair
Price: $19.95

Book Website: http://www.zengapublishing.com

232 Pages, Paperback, 5.25 x 8.25

ISBN-10: 0-9765484-0-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-9765484-0-9

Why the Plum for Courage is a personal memoir that begins in Providence, Rhode Island in the early l950's and ends in present day New York City. Ms. Sinclair's incredible true story is powerfully presented with a unique talent for writing reminscent of Frank McCourt's Angelas Ashes and Susanna Kaysen's Girl Interrupted who shared their observations of how vision, humour and wit got them through some of life's most difficult situations. Read the first chapter and you will be drawn into an amazing story of triumph and tragedy that keeps the reader intensely focused, wanting to know what's going to happen next. It begins with a quote from Anne Morrow Lindbergh's North to the Orient..."Why the plum for courage?" I asked picturing courage a great oak. "Yes,yes," answered my Japanese friend. "The plum for courage, because the plum puts forth blossoms while the snow is still on the ground."

About The Author

Ms. Sinclair recevied her Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. in l981. She lives in New York City where she continues to work as an artist and writer.

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Midwest book review from Oregon , WI

Why The Plum For Courage is author and artist Mary Ellen Sinclair's personal memoir of growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, in the early 1950s, and concludes with her life in present day New York City. Mary Ellen Sinclair's writing style is thoroughly "reader friendly" and her narrated autobiography is totally engaging from the very first page as she relates with great candor and a deft simplicity the highs and lows of her life, her family, her friends, and the times she has lived through. A welcome contribution to the growing library of 20th Century American Biography, Why The Plum For Courage is entertaining, informative, thoughtful, thought-provoking, and a truly great read.

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