Mrs Pollifax Fan Blog » Childrens Books http://mrspollifax.com/blog For Those Who Enjoy the Works of Dorothy Gilman Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:57:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sad News http://mrspollifax.com/blog/2012/02/03/sad-news/ http://mrspollifax.com/blog/2012/02/03/sad-news/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:39:25 +0000 mrspfans http://mrspollifax.com/blog/?p=721 I received this email yesterday:

Dear Jolene,
I am sorry to let you know that my mother, Dorothy Gilman, passed away this morning at the age of 88. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for the past nine years so her death is both sad and a relief. She appreciated the kind work you have done to provide information and a forum for her fans. Take care and feel free to pass this information along as you see fit. Jonathan Butters

We wish to express our sincerest regret to Jonathan and the rest of his family for this tremendous loss. All of us will cherish her writings and miss her style.

Here is a link to the New York Times writeup:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/books/dorothy-gilman-spy-novelist-dies-at-88.html

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If you don’t have a Kindle Reading Device yet now is the time to get one! They are offering lower prices on their devices and are even offering a Colored Touch-Screen Version of the device called a Kindle Fire. You can look at one on our bookstore page under the heading “Kindle Devices”. It will not be shipped until the middle of November and as soon as I can afford one I am absolutely going to order one. I have enjoyed my lightweight Kindle very much over the last several months and look forward to using the colored version as well.

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