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Caroline Topperman

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Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family's Search Across History for Belonging

Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family's Search Across History for Belonging

An exploration of family migration, identity, and the complexities of cultural adaptation across generations and continents.

2024

Caroline Topperman

Caroline Topperman

Stories

Published in
Migrations Review

When You Can’t Find The Fire

A few years ago, while on a trip to Munich, I took a walking tour of the city. The tour focused on the Third Reich, documenting the Nazi’s…

Jul 27, 2022

When You Can’t Find The Fire

Jul 27, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Breaking Down A Book

In film school you watch a lot of movies. One of the first rules you learn, is that its essential to stay until the very end. The end is…

Jul 11, 2022

Breaking Down A Book

Jul 11, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Why Is My Editor So Slow?

So, you’ve handed your manuscript over to your editor. Now what? What is your editor really doing, other than pouring their life force into…

Jun 10, 2022

Why Is My Editor So Slow?

Jun 10, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Imposter Syndrome

Imposter syndrome is real. It can hit at any time, and usually does when you least expect it. Writers are generally solitary creatures…

May 24, 2022

Imposter Syndrome

May 24, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

How Writers Use Voice

I’ve found my voice, and no one seems to like it or how do I learn to live with, and like, my voice?

May 14, 2022

How Writers Use Voice

May 14, 2022

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Migrations Review

Behind The Scenes With A Book Editor

A few years ago, I decided to write a book. I wanted to tell my family’s story and braid it with my adventure of semi-spontaneously moving…

Apr 25, 2022

Behind The Scenes With A Book Editor

Apr 25, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Everyday Foreigner: An Excerpt

In 2013, my husband and I sold almost everything we owned and moved to Warsaw, Poland. We had been living in Vancouver, BC but I wasn’t…

Mar 26, 2022

Everyday Foreigner: An Excerpt

Mar 26, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Forefathers

“My ancestors live deep in the strands of my DNA.

Mar 25, 2022

Forefathers

Mar 25, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

Names. First, Last & The Ones In Between

How important are names, and does changing your name change who you are? I’ve been thinking a lot about this as I watch the million plus…

Mar 10, 2022

Names. First, Last & The Ones In Between

Mar 10, 2022

Published in
Migrations Review

When Historical Fiction Becomes Problematic

In writing my book, I naturally did quite a bit of research. While much of it was reading historical books and articles about the war and…

Feb 10, 2022

When Historical Fiction Becomes Problematic

Feb 10, 2022

Caroline Topperman

Caroline Topperman

Book Author

Writer, book coach & traveler, Caroline recently spent 4 years living in Poland. Find more of her writing on caroline.topperman.com & Migrations-review.com

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