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Storytelling Alchemy From Real Life Into Fiction

Eleanor McCallie Cooper
Eleanor McCallie Cooper
Eleanor McCallie Cooper

How do you tell a true story - especially a family story - as a novel?

Eleanor McCallie Cooper has written two books - one non-fiction and the other fiction - about her aunt’s life in China in the last century.

Tomorrow night, Eleanor will teach a class at The Chattery on Rossville Avenue here in Chattanooga, starting at 6 PM.

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