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Notes from the Porch (Hardcocver) Sandy Hall How to Stand Up toSilver Winner, Inspirational, 2025 IBPA Book Award Silver Winner, Creative Nonfiction, 2024 IPNE Award Covid 19 stole so much. But one of the things it couldn't steal was the power of stories. From the author of the international bestseller The Headmaster's Wife and other novels comes a collection of essays written during the Covid 19 pandemic while the author sheltered in place in his tiny Vermont town. While in isolation, he observed a small town at