Quaran Team is an artful exploration of the Covid- 19 experience through watercolor visuals and Haiku poems. The book is a delight for all ages and delightfully presents some of our shared experiences over the past few years. It offers a good humored, lively and imaginative way to open conversations between family and friends relating to memories and life changes and challenges. It opens with a moose realizing that the world has changed, and masks are now required. A flamingo carrying a mask heads off for Spring break and a woodpecker gets coughed-shamed. Thirty original animals depict situations that we in our wildest imaginations never thought we would encounter. The book wins with all ages as it evokes our own new reality and helps prompt our conversations with family and friends about our feelings and recollections about these profound events.

"Linda Kohler's "Be Home Before Dark" is a very rare collection of poems. It is the story of a girl, a family, a community, and a small New England town in the 1940s and '50s. Through the eyes of a young girl named Adie, the author creates an exquisite series of pieces that reveal characters both complex and true. With insightful and at times ironic observations, Adie reveals the "heat" - the emotional truth - of each situation, and invites the reader to measure its implications for the larger story. In short order, one finds oneself deep in the hold of a story that is both rich and unforgettable." Kathryn Dunn, Main Street Writers "Listen carefully to Adie as she shares her story of growing up in a small town. You will find no truer rendering of a place, a time, a family, and a child's voice than here. This book is a literary treasure. The sensuous rhythms and evocative language of Kohler's poems transport you to a young girl's world, where adults can be vain, foolish or wise; where magic lurks in the grass, wind or an angel's statue; and where everyday wonders and inevitable sorrows stir the heart." Jan Gianino, psychotherapist and writer "Through the eyes of a wise and curious girl, these poems capture both a particular era and a timeless landscape. We meet a range of characters from the eccentric family to the oddball townspeople to the personality of the town itself. This girl's voice is fresh and funny, always honest. She is both wonderfully na ve and knowing. Reading this book took me back to my own childhood and made me wish Linda had been my friend when I was growing up." Ann McNeal, poet and writer "With wonderful style and insight, "Be Home Before Dark" captures a past time and place. It is all there--the oncoming train whistle, the pet duck, the drudgy mill, the scary hurricane, the sometimes quirky neighbors, the rhythm of the local church. Personally, I can testify that truth lurks behind all of it." David Mayhew, Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale University

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