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Growing up in the Nation’S Capital: We Made It, but It Took an Entire Village
Growing up in the Nation’S Capital: We Made It, but It Took an Entire Village
Growing up in the Nation’S Capital: We Made It, but It Took an Entire Village
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Growing Up in the Nations Capital, invites the reader to spend some time with Carrolyn Pichet as she tells the stories of her childhood growing up in Washington, D.C., in the 1940s. Growing from her recollections of the caring and distinctive people who lived around her and creating a village in the midst of the city, this memoir does not tie itself down with exhaustively documented research. Instead, it liberates the members of the community to come to life through the stories that make up its account of the authors early years.
Over the span of thirteen chapters, Growing Up in the Nations Capital introduces the authors family, describes her humble beginnings, paints a picture of family life, walks around the local community, recounts childhood adventures, recalls family road trips, and follows the author on her journey to adulthood.
If you have wondered what goes on in the nations capital in the places beyond the shadows of monuments and outside the halls of power, then Growing Up in the Nations Capital will give you an intimate, personal, and memorable guided tour of one womans life and help you to become familiar with the lives of all of the members of her urban village.
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PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateMar 29, 2013
ISBN9781481728102
Growing up in the Nation’S Capital: We Made It, but It Took an Entire Village
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Carrolyn Pichet

The author is a native Washingtonian but can boast a few highlights from abroad. A student of the Spingarn High School College Preparatory and Business Career Honors Programs, she began working at the DC Parole Board before her graduation. She received a BA degree in the romance languages from Howard University (with Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude honors) and attended the University of Maryland on scholarship for a master of art degree in Spanish language and literature. Awarded a grant from the International Institute of Education Student Exchange Program, she taught in two French high schools—one year in Avignon and another in Nice, France. Career positions included the DC Parole Board, African-American Institute, International Military Sports Council, and the Peace Corps. She was employed for twenty years with the US National Central Bureau, Interpol, Department of Justice, and in 2009, she retired from the Quality Control & Standards Unit, Language Services Section, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is the author’s fourth publication. Her first book, The Best Is Yet to Come, a motivational book for the health of mind and body, was published in 2010. Her autobiographical book, Growing Up in the Nation’s Capital: We Made It but It Took an Entire Village, was published in 2013. Poetry followed in 2014 with her third book, My Lovely Golden Rose: A Lifetime of Poetic Reflections and Precious Memories. The author is a self-proclaimed art lover who enjoys all music, especially classical, and the theater. She also enjoys interpreting and reciting poetry, storytelling, and teaching. She has a passion for participating in speech and writing contests in the Powertalk International Training Organization, winning numerous club and Blue Ridge Region speech contests. She also won several international and multiple Blue Ridge Region writing contests.

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