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Unlike many contemporary memoirists, Susan Travers waited to write her first book until its publication would no longer cause a scandal. At 91, the British-born Travers can rest easy. Tomorrow to Be Brave (Bantam Press; 287 pages) won't damage any careers or break any hearts. The book, which tells the fascinating story of the only woman ever to serve in the French Foreign Legion, is a rich, rewarding read. The Legion takes recruits from all over the world, subjects them to grueling training in some of the bleakest spots on earth and spits them out, five years later...
...yesterday's featured match pitted Harvard's Deepak Abraham against Trinity's Michael Ferreira, an English phenom who has earned the No. 1 position in a Bantam lineup loaded with international talent...
DEATH EDUCATION Honesty is the best policy with grieving children, say Mary Ann and James Emswiler, the authors of Guiding Your Child Through Grief (Bantam). "Death education should be like sex education," they say. "Of course, you'll want to make sure your child understands what dead means (that the body doesn't work anymore--no feeling, no seeing, no breathing) before you explain subjects like cremation or embalming...
...qualms about Hiroshima should fade after reading James Bradley's Flags of Our Fathers (Bantam; 376 pages; $24.95). With the help of Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Ron Powers, Bradley rediscovers the carnage of Iwo Jima through the stories of the flag raisers. His father is the one in the center of the photo, the only man whose face can be seen...
...closest loss by far came from No. 4 Ella Witcher, a freshman. The only Harvard winner from the top half of the draw in its first match against Trinity, she appeared to be headed in the same direction early on against Bantam sophomore Samantha Lewins, winning the first two games, 9-4 and 9-6, respectively...