“A willingness to lose one's self in a story was the first step to learning compassion, to appreciating other cultures, to realizing what possibilities the world held for people who kept at life despite the odds.” — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“Oh, Mama,” I said. “What if I don’t live that long?” My mother didn’t hesitate one second. “By hook or by crook, you will.… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
I really recommend that anyone who wants to write have a very physical hobby that takes you away from books and criticism, because it… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“What ever was fair? What ever is? You put one foot in front of the other and you walk through all of it. And… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“Glory sipped her second glass of red wine, impatient for the slight buzz that made her edges blur.” — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“Juniper laughed for real, but one of those fake smiles he considered a plague of the Caucasian race followed. If you’re sad, be sad,… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“Women hoped harder than men, he thought, sometimes hard enough to change the outcome of things.” — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
Heather Lende's small town is populated with big hearts--she finds them on the beach, walking her granddaughters, in the stories of ordinary peoples' lives,… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“A willingness to lose one's self in a story was the first step to learning compassion, to appreciating other cultures, to realizing what possibilities… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
Highway One, Antarctica is a wonderful debut by a writer with razor-sharp insights to the human condition. Justin Herrmann is a voice I hope… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
“It’s my belief that animals can help a human being travel to the wounds of childhood. The best part is, once you go there,… — Jo-Ann Mapson Copy Share Image
