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Barbara Emodi

Barbara Emodi writes humorous mysteries set in Nova Scotia around the theme that there is nothing ordinary about ordinary people. She also writes a popular SubStack How to be an Older Woman for Beginners, and in her past has worked in provincial politics, as a journalist and editor and as a university lecturer. She can be contacted through her website.
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Family Secrets: A Daughter’s Search for Her Parents’ Hidden War by Alice Switocz Goldbloom

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 by Barbara Emodi

This book is three memoirs, daughter, mother, and father, all wrapped together in the often-untold story of the Polish experience in WWII. Alice Switocz Goldbloom is both the daughter and the author. 

Categories Biography, Non-Fiction, War Tags family, memoir, WWII
The Fredericton Walking Bridge lit up at night, seen through some dead winter trees.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #57

February 21, 2026 by Kasia Van Schaik, Mallory Tater, David Martin and Barbara Emodi

Featuring David Martin, Mallory Tater, Kasia Van Schaik, and Barbara Emodi

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, nonfiction, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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