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A World Hidden in Plain Sight
A Review of Tracy Kidder’s Rough Sleepers by BettyJoyce Nash Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder’s latest nonfiction book, Rough Sleepers, introduces readers to Boston’s homeless people through Dr. James O’Connell and his street team of medical professionals. Dr. Jim and his team make “house” calls. They travel in a supply-stocked van to parks, underpasses,…
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The Forever Project
Fiction by BettyJoyce Nash The bike chain slips. Vee dismounts and inspects the rusted metal, noticing her lumpy leg veins. Poor circulation, big deal. Her blood’s run around her body long enough. “Lemme have a look.” Finn, from Island Mowing, leaves his machine and ambles over in his ridiculous Hawaiian shorts, jumping with birds of…