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1) Zoli
Zoli Novotna, a young woman raised in the travelling Gypsy tradition, is a poet by accident as much as desire. As fascism spreads over 1930s' Czechoslovakia, Zola and her grandfather flee to join a clan of fellow Romani harpists. Sharpened and inspired by reading books, Zoli becomes the symbol of a supposedly brave new world of tolerance in the Soviet Union. But as her fame grows and her skills deepen, the ruling Communists begin to use her for
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What does a mother say to the person responsible for kidnapping, torturing, and murdering her son? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann channels Diane Foley's voice as she tells her story, as the mother of American journalist Jim Foley –
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