Beacon Weekly Report

Archive: June 28, 2006

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Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Flashback, by Penny Coleman (hardcover, May 2006, $23.95, 0-8070-5040-7)

• Tikkun, listed as recommended reading in the July/August 2006 issue:
  
  "Vietnam War widow Penny Coleman…makes a heartfelt case for caring for the emotional lives of veterans…Coleman writes of the prevalence of PTSD and suicide amongst Iraq war vets, and how, through opening sharing our stories of loss, we can help heal yet another generation of walking wounded."
   
• The VVA Veteran, review to run in July/August 2006 issue:
  
  "Coleman shines revealing light on post-Vietnam-War suicide by thoroughly examining the facts and including excerpts from interviews with other women whose Vietnam-veteran husbands took their lives after the war, women she calls ‘Vietnam war widows.'"
   
• Veterans for America website, posted on June 22
   
• WORT Radio, The Stan Woodard Show, interview aired Thursday, June 22
   
• WPFW Radio, Peace Watch, live interview to air Wednesday, June 28
   
• WBAI Radio, interview to air Wednesday, June 28

The Tent of Abraham, Joan Chittister, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow (cloth, July 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7728-3)

• Tikkun, listed as recommended reading in the July/August 2006 issue:
  
  "This book will open your eyes to the possibilities for collaborative work between our traditions, and is a must-read for those doing interfaith peacework."

The Earth Knows My Name, by Patricia Klindienst (cloth, April 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-8562-6)

• Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, review ran in May 27 issue:
  
  "These fascinating stories are an eye-opener to our heritage and well worth the trip."
   
• Bainbridge Island Review, feature article ran June 21

Boston Firsts, by Lynda Morgenroth (cloth, June 2006, $19.95, 0-8070-7130-7)

• Author appearance at the Boston Public Library on Wednesday, June 28

Confessions of the Other Mother, edited by Harlyn Aizley (paperback original, May 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7963-4)

• Seattle Times, included in a roundup of women's literature in the Sunday, June 25 issue