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| | JBooks.com - Non-Fiction: Telling the Tale of Inge |
 | | Ten years later, Gumpert acquired the manuscript from his cousin, Inge’s adoptive daughter, Julie, and was so energized by having learned more about his aunt that he was determined to “learn more about her experiences and fill in gaps in her manuscripts
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 | | Gumpert, himself an accomplished writer and editor, is undoubtedly thrilled with the result, a well-crafted, readable, honest, heartbreaking portrait of what his aunt endured during her childhood. |
 | | In that sense, Gumpert’s role seems similar to that of a paleontologist—called in to analyze the fossilized fragments of a life that remain visible, to identify the components and to use scientific conjecture to conjure the total picture for the lay audience. |
| www.jbooks.com /nonfiction/index/NF_Kustanowitz_Bleier.htm (1025 words) |
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