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Steeped
in tragedy, Writer searches for happy ending
CT Chronicle, Willimantic, June 12, 2003 by Terese Karmel
I'm not normally inclined to respond to a phone request to write about someone's book. The typical procedure is to find out a little about the author (especially if there are any area connections), then to get a review copy from the author or publisher to decide if it would be of interest to the readers.
In the case of the book that is the focus of this column, 'The Cleansing,' by Cheryl Gittens-Jones, none of the normal procedures struck me as worth pursuing. Something in Gittens-Jones' tone over the phone, something in the urgency and emotion of that accented voice, however, struck a chord, and within five days I was sitting in her comfortable Manchester apartment, her 3-year-old daughter Amaranthia Sepia's toys scattered about, talking with Gittens-Jones and her husband, Keith Jones, a business analyst with the Hartford Insurance Co., about the book' and more importantly, her life and her mission.
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