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		<title>Are You Now or Have You Ever Been. . .</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRENTER,  APPALACHIAN WEST VIRGINIA. 1950. A young, pregnant woman sits in the living room of her home, one of only five houses in the county with indoor plumbing and electricity. She is a registered nurse; her husband, company doctor. Together they make  house calls, keep office hours and manage the practice. &#8220;The company&#8221; is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=250&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008 Ramona K. Silipo. All rights reserved.
This was the third time I’d met Kathie at a café between our houses. Her son Raphael, twelve, was in school. I calmed myself. I didn’t want to get angry.
“My God!” People looked, but I couldn’t help it.  She had a sutured gash above her left eye. With tremendous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=228&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[©2008, RK Silipo. All rights reserved.
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		<dc:creator>Ramona Silipo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a book &#8216;way ahead of its time. Women, particularly young women, will recognize themselves &#8211;their thoughts, ideals, dreams for themselves and the world. Men, particularly men born after1960, will scoff at the narrator&#8217;s attitudes. Although the premise is a classic hidden utopia tale, there are more than enough plot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lightwithspirit.wordpress.com&blog=1926227&post=70&subd=lightwithspirit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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