Class Notes: 1977
Catherine Marshall-Smith '77 is releasing her second novel, The Resilience of Red Thread (She Writes Press) on July 21. This suspenseful story follows a young mother fighting to save herself when her would-be rescuer proves to be as dangerous as the man she escaped. A portion of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to the Center for Domestic Peace in San Rafael, California.
Vivian Pisano recently released Living in Two Worlds: A Memoir (Arc Light Books). This lyrically evocative memoir is a story of love, loss, and reflection. Vivian, born to an American mother and Chilean father, has an idyllic childhood in her father's country. At the age of ten, Vivian's world was disrupted as her sister's illness takes the mother and children abruptly back to California, without...
Mona Hajjar Halaby, M.A. ’77, a writer and retired educator living in Berkeley, published In My Mother’s Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home (Thread Books UK) in August 2021. Her memoir is a story in two voices: her mother’s letters about growing up in Palestine pre-1948, and her own about teaching conflict resolution and non-violent communication from 2007 to 2008 at a school in...
