Rose Seiler Scott

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June 23, 2022
by Rose Scott
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The Orphan Collector, by Ellen Marie Wiseman

As I read the Orphan Collector, I couldn’t help but notice parallels between 1918 and 2020. Mask mandates, closures of theatres and churches. Overcrowded hospitals and fear of a deadly, unseen enemy. The so-called “Spanish” influenza spread quickly and violently. … Continue reading

May 13, 2022
by Rose Scott
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The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown

Book review: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their epic quest for Gold in the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown Like narrative non-fiction such as Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand, or biographical World War Two fiction? If so, … Continue reading

May 23, 2020
by Rose Scott
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Book Review: When the War is over

Imagine you are just fifteen years old. But fifteen, in 1944 Germany approaches adulthood. Like it or not, conscription awaits for you and your friends. Anton apprentices in his late father’s trade as a watchmaker, even though he dreams of … Continue reading

January 9, 2020
by Rose Scott
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Book review: Forty Autumns

Forty Autumns chronicles the experiences of one family during the iron-fisted regime of the German Democratic Republic (1949-1990). For Willner’s family as for millions of others behind the Iron Curtain, a new normal, almost a mirror image of the Third Reich, intrudes upon their lives. Continue reading

June 1, 2017
by Rose Scott
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Book Review: Under the Silk Hibiscus

Heart Mountain sounds like a lovely place, but it is a Japanese internment camp. Quarters are cramped, bare and cold. Food and employment are in short supply. Along with other Japanese Americans from San Jose, Nathan Mori and his family … Continue reading