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Paperback: 157 pages
Publisher: A Few Little Books, Cotati, CA
Released: September 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-9816848-2-6

In this the centennial year celebration of the founding of the California Writers Club, the Redwood Writers Branch anthology celebrates the passage of time. We salute you with the Italian toast Centi’ Anni: May you live 100 years.

We have collected a fine array of stories, poems and memoirs. Some stories will make you sad; others will make you smile; many will make you think. Each one is distinct, just as the Russian River is different from the Amazon, the Columbia, the Thames and the Nile. Each is different in its length, its depth, its dangers and delights.

Time, like a river, flows past into present, present into future and returns again as rain. The pieces of this book are arranged in a similar manner. We begin with stories rooted in our current, frazzled times, flow back to simpler, calmer days of mid-century, float back again to earlier days of western settlers and the Great Depression, then rush forward to the future of disappearing species and nuclear holocaust. We finish up with a history of the Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club.

So kick off your shoes and open the cover of Centi’Anni: May you live 100 years.

With this compilation of very interesting short stories and touching poems you will find it hard to put it down.  This book sparks great interest in our lives,  past and present.  You will enjoy the  memoirs whether they make you giggle or shed a tear, they all bring such a fascinating true-life tale to us all.

Make sure you check out all of the Author Biographies in the back of the book.  There is a lot of interesting and inspiring tidbits to absorb.

Redwood Writers is one of eighteen branches of the California Writers Club, a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to educating both members and the public in the craft of writing and in marketing their work, through public meetings, workshops and conferences. CWC was formed in 1909 and founding members included Jack London.

A Huge Thank You goes out to Ann Wilkes for the opportunity to review this Wonderful Book!

Images Courtesy of Redwood Writers Publishing

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