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...fine. So I started writing in the voice of Demetrie, the maid I had growing up. She later became the character of Aibileen [in The Help]. I sent the story to my mother and she was sort of like, "Hmm, that's good." As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude. That's [how another character] Minny came to be. After a while longer, I decided to make it a book...
...surprisingly, many people have found themselves trying to lend veterans a helping hand rather than asking for their help. While 7 out of 10 returning vets were offered a service from local do-gooders, only 1 in 5 was asked to serve. In particular, veterans say they are eager to serve by helping other veterans, aiding in disaster relief, helping the elderly and troubled kids and protecting the environment...
...Instead, when Hassan got off the plane, he found himself in the airport in Kathmandu, where a taxi took him and the trafficker, who was traveling with him, to a bustling tourist neighborhood in the Nepalese capital. "It was a strange place," says Hassan. "All the buildings looked the same. Everything was new to me." When they booked a hotel there, the trafficker assured Hassan that he was arranging the necessary documents to complete their journey to Sweden. But the next morning, when Hassan woke up in an empty room, he realized he'd been duped. "I realized...
...this were one of Connelly's novels, Harry Bosch surely would have found some piece of evidence; no one disappears in a crime thriller for good. In the real world, however, Connelly saw nothing out of the ordinary in the video of the hustle and bustle of Chungking's crowds. A year later, despite the ongoing efforts by Ashekian's family and friends, a private investigator, local volunteers and some 150 Hong Kong police officers, there are still no leads. Ani Ashekian's 29-year-old sister Sossy describes Ani as a "smart, adventurous, vibrant, kind, beautiful, energetic, loving woman...
...When he found out about the Ashekian case this fall, Connelly felt compelled to get involved with a real-life mystery again. He has written about Ashekian on his blog and for CNN and has been doing interviews with foreign media in Hong Kong, trying to bring attention to her disappearance. "When all this tumbled together, I had to do something," Connelly says. "No one disappears in a vacuum. Someone knows something." With some noting that Jaycee Lee Dugard, an American girl abducted 18 years ago, reappeared in August and is now back with her family, no one has given...