Sallie's posts tagged ‘World War Two’

My Mother’s Hat — The Blue Box

September 2nd, 2014 by Sallie Bingham in My Family 1 Comment

I have the historian’s skeptical view of the past and of the vestal virgins who attend it so assiduously. Their reverence seems to depend on a net of lies and denials. But when I touch the soft feathers of my mother’s hat, preserved for seventy years, I understand a little of what the other women in the family feel.

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And The Good News Is…

June 15th, 2014 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Writing 6 Comments

The first review of my next book, “The Blue Box: Three Lives in Letters”, is just in from the prestigious Kirkus Reviews from which many libraries order.

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