J.L. Doucette, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/drjdoucette/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:17:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Writing The Long Game https://booksbywomen.org/writing-the-long-game-by-j-l-doucette/ https://booksbywomen.org/writing-the-long-game-by-j-l-doucette/#respond Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:14:59 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=27648 When I was twelve years old I read Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, a novel about the internal world of a girl navigating the complicated relationships of her family, a girl who believed “The world was hers for the reading.” Francie’s story touched me deeply and for the first time I related to […]

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