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For a True Story Part V: My To Do List



Now that I have shared the true stories I love, I wanted to conclude this series by giving you a  peek at what true stories I plan to find out more about.

Plays I have tickets for…
  •  Baby It’s You! (Look for a review at the end of August) 
Movies currently in my Netflix queue…
  • Cropsey
  • Grizzly Man
  • The Conspirator
  • North Country
  • Cinderella Man
  • Capturing the Friedmans

Books on my Amazon shopping list…
  • The Monster of Florence
  • The House on Sugar Beach
  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  • Bringing Adam Home, the Abduction That Changed America
  • Gorillas in the Mist
  • A Rope and a Prayer
  • Getting It Through My Thick Skull
  • Miracle in the Andes
  • The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans
  • Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter
  • Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer
  • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
  • A Stolen Life
  • Patty Lapone: A Memoir

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If any of these true stories are worth seeing/reading/watching, you can bet I will report back and let you know in a future edition!

Are you now interested in any of these plays, movies, TV shows, or books I love? What are the stories that captivate your attention?



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