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The grace of miracles, the
hidden pitfalls of tolerance,
the need for leadership
and commitment in a
battered world. . .
Welcome to the wisdom of
Bill Ellis.

The perils of motherhood, the
delinquency of cats, the
strange habits of the
free-range husband, and the
secret life of Barbie. . .
Welcome to the world of
Karin Fuller.

Geoff Fuller is an award-winning author who has worked as an instructor of both
creative and business writing; he has also been lead editor for two publishing
houses. The only person ever to be awarded WV Commission on the Arts
Fellowships in all three prose categories--fiction, nonfiction, and memoir--Geoff has
also written articles for and served on the editorial board of Writer’s Digest.

Growing up in Nitro
by Keith Estep

This book is about
basketball, bad guys, and carnivals
circuses, dating, and town characters
games, friends, and sibling rivalries
good guys, grade school, and gym class
high school, hunting, and junior high
medicine shows, mischief, and puberty
religion, romance, and school nurses
football, teachers, and tent meetings
the Depression, the War, and fishing.

If you grew up in the ‘40s and ‘50s
this story will bring back memories.
If you are younger, this story
tells how Mom and Dad grew up.
You might be surprised!

Available through Amazon or
through the author at
2956 Seymore Avenue,
Hurricane, WV 25526.

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215 pp. softback
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Rea of Hope: The Story of Betsy Fletcher Rea
by Sally Holliday

Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century in the
United States, crippling thousands, mostly young children. Such was the case with
Betsy Fletcher Rae, who was stricken with polio in 1940, when she was just 9. Rea of
Hope is her story.

Written and compiled by Sally Fletcher Holliday, Betsy’s sister, Rea of Hope skillfully
combines Sally’s own memories, newspaper articles, letters written by Sally and Betsy’s
mother, and journal entries written by Betsy herself, to weave the tale of one family’s
battle against polio, and in later years, alcoholism.

But Betsy wasn’t a quitter. She
revived the determination that
helped her fight polio and used it
to defeat alcoholism. For the next
18 years, until her death in 1999,
Betsy devoted her life to
supporting others in their battles
against addiction. In 2005, the
Rea of Hope Fellowship Home—
named in Betsy Rea’s honor—
opened its doors in Charleston, WV,
to help women in West Virginia as they recover from drug and alcohol addiction.

Available through the
author at
RR 4, Box 250
Hurricane, WV 25526.