This morning I was relaxing in my hammock while enjoying the mild spring weather. With coffee in the mug next to me and two year old Mr. Root of Good Jr. playing on the deck not far from me, I was planning on a morning of peace and quiet. I set the lofty goal of finishing the last hundred pages of Nanjing Requiem, a work of historical fiction set in the 1930’s in Japanese-occupied Nanjing, China. I managed to finish the book this morning, but not entirely in peace.
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