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Finding My Voice: A Personal History of the Silent Generation is a far-ranging and captivating memoir by Janet Taliaferro—who was never silent. Her engrossing personal story ranges from her first-hand recollections of WWII through the Korean Conflict, to Vietnam, Kennedy’s assassination, the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, and beyond.
By virtue of her work in the political and public arena, Taliaferro found herself at remarkable crossroads and events time and again. At the same time, she recounts her personal life, both its triumphs and troubles. This memoir is an engaging, amusing, and fascinating account of a life well-lived.
Other Books by Janet Taliaferro
Who is this lovely destitute girl Sir Edmond Linnington has rescued from entering a brothel?
His offer of employment to her sets their relationship as employer and employee, but that does not stifle his curiosity. Curiosity about Mrs. Olivia Williams grows to passion, returned by her only to meet obstacles they only overcome with the aid of friends, family, a London gossip and helpful servants.
She thinks she knows all about him, this officious elder brother of her best friend from childhood. He regards her as a scatterbrained schoolgirl. When the parents insist he escort her to her debutante ball, neither are pleased. The evening begins a long discovery which can only end with them in each other’s arms and the bond of a passionate love.
Set in the early Eighties, A Sky for Arcadia is the story of a woman named Mary Ann, who awakens from the nightmare of an attempted suicide to what she considers the nightmare of daily life.
This book chronicles her struggle to live without alcohol and drugs while trying to save a business, her surviving child, and what remains of her soul.
Cityscapes is a collection of twelve short stories, all of them connected in some way to New York City and set in the late 20th Century, with one exception. The additional story is set in the 1930s Dust Bowl era. These stories examine human relationships and are unafraid to tackle the big subjects; race, gender, death, disease, addiction, suicide and the vagaries of family dynamics. They range from romantic to tragic. Written in the economic voice of the poet, these are classic, literary short stories reminiscent of O'Henry or Bret Harte