June 13, 2017
June 8, 2017: Launch Party at Open Book
“There was a whole lot of love in that room,” a friend remarked a couple of days after the launch party. Her comment made me smile from ear to ear.READ MORE
June 4, 2017
June 4, 1944: “It is with sadness that we hear every day about the deadly bombings on France!”
Detmold, June 4, 1944
Good old Georges,
Really, what’s new with you? Still no news from you. Unfortunately, the mail doesn’t work very well, and I get very few letters.
June 1, 2017
Marcel’s Letters is now in the Daimler-Benz Library
While working on the book, I had — I still have, to be honest — conflicted feelings about Daimler-Benz. READ MORE
May 25, 2017
Book Club Questions
Have you selected Marcel’s Letters for your Book Club? Use this list of questions to frame a lively discussion about the book. Or, you know, you can pretend to discuss the book and just drink wine. I know how some Book Clubs roll. I won’t judge.
Do you want me to join you? Drop me an email at carolyn (at) porterfolioinc.com and we can arrange a virtual meeting via Google Hangouts.
Click here to see the BookClub handout
May 23, 2017
1943 French Compulsory Labor Service Census Certificate
In one of the letters Marcel mailed from Berlin, he mentioned having to show his papers to the German police. My guess is that he showed them his arbeitskarte (worker card) which likely included his photo and listed basic biographic information. The arbeitskarte might have also been inked with his fingerprints.READ MORE
May 21, 2017
You would think signing the damn thing would be easy
I received a shipment of eight books from the publisher. All but one of those books will be mailed to members of the Heuzé family in France.
Since everything about publishing is new to me, I had to research how to sign a book. READ MORE