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In 2001, while researching the online archives of her hometown newspaper for a client, freelance writer Rita Schiano made a keying error -- a simple mistake that led her to a path she'd been avoiding most of her life; on a journey inside the world of her father, killed gangland-style more than two decades ago.

Schiano turned that difficult journey into an engrossing novel. Painting The Invisible Man is a poignant, often hilarious coming of age story that explores the complex dynamics of growing up in an Italian family on the fringes of the Mafia.

"Painting The Invisible Man is a courageous book by a courageous writer." -- Anne D LeClaire, author of Listening Below The Noise, Entering Normal, and The Lavender Hour

Sweet Bitter Love explores that fine line between compassion and codependence.

From the moment writer Jenny Ceretti spots Susan Fredrickson at the Village Coffeehouse, her serene life begins to change. As their friendship explodes into a tempestuous love affair, Jenny discovers that all is not as it appears.

How to Overcome Personal Barriers, Build Resilience, Decrease Stress, and Live the Good Life

• Understand the causes of stress and its physical manifestations
• Discover the habits that serve you, and the habits that don't
• Identify, build and strengthen your resilient skills and attitudes
• Promote physical and emotional well-being
• Exercises to help you flourish

While most Americans know of the atrocities of World War II through films such as Holocaust, Sophie's Choice, and Schindler's List, Janina Stankiewicz Chung simply knows. Her family endured life under Communist oppression in Russia, forced relocation to Hitler's hellish concentration camps, and the sorrow of losing their homeland.

And that's just part of her story.

Hear Janina's interview on "Talk To Me..."

See the "Real to Reel" interview here...