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PR for People® Book Reviews: How May I Help You?

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Barbara McMichael
June 14, 2017
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   The American Dream has always included the idea of satisfying employment and upward mobility, but a new book by Deepak Singh sketches out a less rosy reality.

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How May I Help You? Deepak Singh
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NOTES FROM THE WORKING-CLASS: Kids Like Us

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Patricia Vaccarino
December 10, 2021

Patricia Vaccarino writes about William “Bill” Powers who lived about thirty miles northwest of Denver in Longmont, a town famous for its craft breweries. Although Bill lived in Colorado, he never forgot his hometown Yonkers.

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A Chronicle of Mayor Nicola Smith's Two Terms in Office

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Patricia Vaccarino
November 15, 2021

New book Mayor Nicola Smith Grateful Steward chronicles Nicola Smith’s two terms as Mayor of Lynnwood, Washington. From 2014 to 2021, Nicola Smith served as the seventh mayor of Lynnwood, Washington, a small city located in Snohomish County. Mayor Smith entered the realm of politics at a much needed time in American history when true leadership is needed at all levels of government. 

 

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Book Review by Patricia Vaccarino: Showing Out by Timothy Reed

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Patricia Vaccarino
November 09, 2021

Peeking into the flesh parlor, “Peeps Castle,” to watch the girls in action is a voyeuristic jaunt well worth the price of admission.

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Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty

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Patricia Vaccarino
October 28, 2021

Phoebe Hoban’s rendering of Alice Neel as “Painter of the People” gives rich contextual meaning and fine emotional depth to Neel’s art.

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The Age of Innocence – Oppression and Competition

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Patricia Vaccarino
October 26, 2021

Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence” depicts the world of over a hundred years ago, a world long gone.  Told within the context of New York Society, circa 1870s, Oppression and Competition are the twin symptoms of the malaise of the times.  Oppression rears its head in the form of pervasive social niceties–people are so nice and polite, but it’s all a sham. While people behave conventionally, their false fronts and facades conceal their true feelings that roil beneath the surface in a toxic stew of despair. Despite all of the fashionable frippery...

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