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The Legacy of 9/11
Twenty-two years after 9/11, the firefighters' courage endures as an intended legacy — but the expansion of an American police state and an irresponsible press threaten the freedoms those heroes died to defend.
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Writing & Books
Book Review: Love and Ruin
Paula McLain's novel reveals Martha Gellhorn — war correspondent, D-Day witness, and Hemingway's third wife — as far more than a footnote to someone else's life.
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Writing & Books
Book Review: The Alice Network
Kate Quinn's raw, vivid novel about a WWI spy and a young American searching for her lost cousin sent me on a journey through wartime courage, female resilience, and the redemptive truth that we don't need to stay broken.
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Book Review: Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly's debut novel masterfully weaves fiction and history to illuminate Ravensbrück, Hitler's only all-women concentration camp — a place I never knew existed until I turned these pages.
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