'It was an airport gypsy who told me that I had to kill my husband.' Ro Grandee, on hearing this advice, knew that the gypsy was only giving voice to the thoughts she'd been harboring in her brain for a very long time. Thom Grandee, her husband, had been using Ro as his punching bag for so long that she'd begun to believe his sins were her fault. It was no wonder that she accepted this situation as normal. Years before in Alabama as the child Rose Mae Lolly, she watched her mother suffer beatings at her father's hand.
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Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Matthew Algeo is a historical tale of the American road trip. In the summer of 1953, President Harry Truman and his wife, Bess set out from their home in Independence, Missouri, in a 1953 Chrysler. According to Algeo, Truman embarked on the road trip with a goal of blending back into the country as an ordinary American citizen following his presidency.
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Do not let the title of this book mislead you . It is not about men and their dogs, but it is a story of a 35 year old woman who has made a shambles of her life. When she was eleven, Hannah's father's boat was found adrift far out to sea with no one aboard, except the family dog.
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Cheers for Joseph Wambaugh for continuing the series that features the men and women of the Hollywood division of the Los Angeles Police Department. This story about a husband and wife team who excel in identity theft is by far the best of the series. Through an elaborate system of cons, deceptions, and manipulation of documents they are able to steal from innocent victims.
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