Exit – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh Repeat
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is a beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty,…
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Reticence of Ravens – Review by Martha A Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh Repeat
‘Her hands were in her lap, clasped tight, as if she were a child being forced to sit quietly in church. Her yellow cotton sundress, styled…
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Talented Horsewoman – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘I turned to follow Tinker’s movement, hoping she wouldn’t head back toward Millie. As I tracked the galloping form past the barn, a bundle of rags on the
ground hardly merited my attention – until an instant later when I
realized the bundle wasn’t rages. With a jolt somewhere in the center
of my chest, I forgot…
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Song of George – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘Within the same week he is released by the hospital and received by the Hennington County Jail, where he is to be held until his trial. That turns out to
be a period of eleven months. He learns from his court appointed lawyer
that he apparently broke through the glass doors of a Federal Building
and vandalized an…
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The Secret Life of Walter Mott – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
“Men, the company is faced with a crisis; a serious threat to the well-being of every employee and every employee’s family. But before I reveal the
nature of this crisis, I must remind you that this is a top secret
matter; a matter of the utmost delicacy, which, if ever made public,
could…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 21, 2010 at 7:30am —
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Memoirs From the Asylum – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘I was scared of trying things that I couldn’t do. I’m one of those people who rehearses for getting up in the morning. I go through the sequence:
what I’m going to wear, which tasks I’m going to complete, even what I’m
going to think about. If something seems too difficult, screw it. If
there’s a bunch of…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 18, 2010 at 4:14pm —
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The Panamerican - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘We hitchhiked down California’s
scenic route
1 which skirts the coast, and spent the first night out camping off Big
Sur. The first time in what was to be our new home, our green nylon
tent. The next day we were right away given a lift by a lawyer from
L.A. who put us up for the…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 16, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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We Interrupt This Date – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘My mother hadn’t stopped talking about my shortcomings and my need to plunge back into the dating world since the moment we’d stepped out the
door of her condo. “You’re already forty and not getting a moment
younger. Shall I tell Stanley you’re interested? I…
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The Bermuda Triangle v. Captain Bob – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘Captain Bob was born and raised in…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 14, 2010 at 2:23pm —
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November – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘It was his mother who had wanted to call him November. His father had called him Liam, after his grandfather. And there was now only one person he permitted to call him by his middle name. She could call him anything she wanted,
and she knew it. What…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 12, 2010 at 7:30am —
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Rounding the Circle of Love – Review by Martha A Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘When you keep an elder in her home, she receives more personalized care than might otherwise be the case. Her world can…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 9, 2010 at 2:21pm —
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The House – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘For the past year, Edward and his attorney had fought Anna’s request for a divorce. Edward had canceled three times in the last month of the
proceedings. As a result, her realtor had lost potential buyers for…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 7, 2010 at 5:03pm —
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The Turn of the Karmic Wheel – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat
‘Harry had owned his shop for many years, seen some come in and go out in a sea of police gunfire, but, hell, he couldn’t worry about every customer
who purchased a weapon. Fact was, he had given up trying to figure out
man‘s nature years ago. Course, Euclid…
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Added by Martha A. Cheves on October 5, 2010 at 4:47pm —
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