Jersey City to Escobar's Colombia AUTH-462627 Author: Jessica Thorne

Author: Jessica Thorne

Narcissa enthusiastically began service as a missionary there

With a keen a keen eye for human foibles and a wicked sense of humor

When children are written off in our schools because they do not speak formal English

She teaches Russian Literature at the University of Oxford

Jersey City to Escobar's Colombia AUTH-462627 Author: Jessica ThorneIt was more than shock waves that went through downtown Jersey City in the sixties and early seventies, the Vietnam era. Forty or more people I was familiar with succumbed to alcohol and drugs. No one seemed to give any advice, only do as I say. No hugging, no loving, only surviving. Parents that talk more to themselves than to us. Fear, despair, and insecurities on my mind. Never had thoughts of my future, only to find out years later how things