Don't Say Trivia : It's My Life You're Talking About

Barr, Ruth Davis

ISBN 10: 0805948112 / ISBN 13: 9780805948110

Published by Dorrance Pub Co, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Don't Say Trivia : It's My Life You're Talking About
• Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805948112
• ISBN 13: 9780805948110
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

"Don't Say Trivia - It's My Life You're Talking About" by Ruth Davis Barr is a thoughtful collection of essays and poems given by a writer who has lived well and worked enthusiastically in the vineyard of human experience. From arachnophobia to zero population growth, the topics of her book express anguish, outrage, compassion, humor, resignation, and acceptance of things as they are. Its topics are widely devergent, so it cannot be said to have a theme as such, unless the colorful observations and opinions of a mildly cynical, benignly critical, slightly acerbic septuagenarian constitute a theme.

About the Author

Ms. Barr received both her bachelor and master's degrees from Central State University and held a lifelong teaching career in the Putnam City Schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, her native city. Now retired, she works part-time as scorer for National Evaluation Systems in Sacramento, California, her present home. She is also involved in several community groups, including the Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento, Humanist Association Greater Sacramento Area, Mental Health Association volunteer, and the Renaissance Society at California State University Sacramento. She enjoys a wide assortment of activities, including plays, movies, music, reading, writing, volunteering, foreign travel, and playing tournament Scrabble in cities all over the United States. She has four children: Melanie, Penelope, and twins Casey and Mark.