by lesliebarrett | Sep 21, 2020 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
When Michelle Moore went in for what she calls her “mid-life crisis breast lift,” she wasn’t expecting to walk out with a cancer diagnosis and a double mastectomy three weeks later. Then, as she was recovering from that surgery, Michelle’s 7-year-old son was rushed to...
by lesliebarrett | Aug 12, 2020 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
ABOUT JERRY ROSE AND LUCY ROSE FISCHER Jerry Rose published feature articles and photographs in TIME, The New York Times, The Saturday Evening Post, New Republic, The Reporter, and other news venues. He authored two books: Reported to be Alive and Face of...
by lesliebarrett | Aug 12, 2020 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
THE STORY IS OUT Tony Duarte nods his head and smiles when I ask him if he got any flack when my article came out in Time with his name. “It was fine,” he says. “Didn’t bother me.” We’re at a small café in Saigon, having coffee and a smoke. We’re sitting at one of...
by lesliebarrett | Aug 12, 2020 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
Hi I’m Lucy Rose and I’ve co-written a new book with my brother Jerry Rose: The Journalist: Life and Loss in America’s Secret War. But before I get to that, let me tell you a little story about my big brother and me… The year I turned seven,...
by lesliebarrett | Jun 2, 2020 | Coffee, Books & a Blog
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an audiobook narrator? It’s so much more than just reading a book out loud. Listen in to this interview with audiobook narrator Therese Plummer, and watch her in action here: What’s a day in the studio like for you? I get...
