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Valley Writers Read 2010 Schedule

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1. March 3 -- Janet Nichols Lynch "Chest Pains"
   In "Chest Pains" teacher Gordon Clay is facing a mid-life crisis. His career is going nowhere and his social life leaves a lot to be desired. Even his cats seem to feel sorry for him. Oh well, what did he expect?
   
   
2. March 10 -- Burlee Vang "A Necessary Trip"
   In "A Necessary Trip" a father takes his rebellious son to Laos in order to rehabilitate him.
   
   
3. March 17 -- Judy Ryan "Sunday Want Meetings"
   In "Sunday Want Meetings" an older sister takes charge of her siblings after their mother's death. The family gathers every Sunday to talk about what they really want out of life.
   
   
4. March 24 -- Howard Hendrix "Encounter at Totality"
   In Howard's story, we're fast-forwarded 32 years into the future where workers on a "space elevator" encounter a winged creature from the Celestial city.
   
   
5. March 31 -- Naoma Hayes "Steppin' High".
   The author recalls her experience trying out for drum major in high school. Susan Reep "Sunset". A daughter deals with the decline of her aging parents.
   
   
6. April 7 -- Terry Phillips "The April Fool"
   Chronicles of a foreign war correspondent as the author details adventures in Russia, Iraq and Haiti.
   
   
7. April 14 -- Charlotte Abrams "Everybody's got Troubles"
   Mattie's husband has passed away, and now she must deal with well meaning friends, scam artists, financial advisors and most important of all - her loneliness.
   
   
8. April 21 -- Franz Weinschenk "Sixty Years of Teaching"
   A memoir of a long career as an educator and administrator at Fresno City College.
   
   
9. April 28 -- Deb Borofka "Ordinary Grief"
   A tale of love and loss. The author first deals with the death of a family member and then the loss of an adopted stray cat.