Yona Zeldis McDonough
Yona Zeldis McDonough's new book is Courageous.
From her Q&A with Deborah Kalb:
Q: What kind of research did you do on Dunkirk, and did you learn anything surprising?Learn more about the author and her work at Yona Zeldis McDonough's website.
A: Because I knew very little about the subject, I did a lot of reading about it—first-hand accounts, books by historians and even poems—I found several.
I also saw the recent movie that came out, which I also found very helpful with certain small but telling visual details, like the fact that many of the small boats chose to raise the Union Jack as they crossed then channel or that the men stranded at the shore became covered with sand. Those are the sorts of things that can really bring the story to life in the mind of the reader.
What impressed me was the...[read on]
The Page 69 Test: You Were Meant For Me.
My Book, The Movie: You Were Meant for Me.
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The Page 69 Test: The House on Primrose Pond.
My Book, The Movie: The House on Primrose Pond.
--Marshal Zeringue
