A new novel reflecting the dystopian reality currently facing immigrants in the US. It follows the challenges faced by a mother and son trying to make their way to Canada to safety and freedom.
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Sally Cronin’s Review of My New Novel
What a great review of my new novel by Sally Cronin, who has 32,000 followers. I am honored by her promotion of my work. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/smorgasbord-book-reviews-immigration-thriller-time-to-take-off-by-nancy-blodgett-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-820722?page_id=201652
Time to Take Off: A Journey to Freedom
By Amanda Thomas Time to Take Off was an eye-opener for me as a European. We are aware of certain events and persecution in the United States of undocumented migrants such as Mexicans, but Time to Take Off really brought this alive. Even in my resident country of Spain it is not always easy for the undocumented, but this … Continue reading Time to Take Off: A Journey to Freedom
An Underground Railroad for the Undocumented
A Book Review by Sheila MacArthur Imagine, if, overnight your country, that you loved and trusted, declared you an illegal alien and no longer welcome within its borders. You are stripped of your rights and hunted down like a rabid animal. That is the reality for fifteen-year-old Angel Rodriguez and his mother, Luna. Angel felt … Continue reading An Underground Railroad for the Undocumented
Time to Take Off First Book Review
By Molly Ringle I have so much gratitude and admiration for writers like Nancy Blodgett Klein, who are willing to stand up for oppressed populations and unveil brutalities at the hands of our government, even as said brutalities are still unfolding. This novel makes the injustices inescapably clear, through the story of characters we can … Continue reading Time to Take Off First Book Review
Time To Take Off Coming Out Shortly
Hereโs information about a new novel I wrote about ICE agents pursuing an undocumented Mexican-American teenager boy from Chicago and his mother who is already in prison for being without papers.
The New Colossus Updated
A writer friend of mine named John McGilvray recently wrote a poem about the US reflecting what is happening under its current president but he wrote it in the same style as the well-known poem,"The New Colossus," by Emma Lazurus, seen on the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. I liked his poem so … Continue reading The New Colossus Updated
When Life Delivers Blows, Try to Remain Positive
Me in my hospital bed On my way to a planned 9 day guided tour vacation with my husband to Sicily on Tuesday, I fell on the outside stairs and broke my wrist in several places. So straight to the emergency room we went and not to the airport for our flight to Sicily for … Continue reading When Life Delivers Blows, Try to Remain Positive
The Hot Topic of Immigration
Since the issue of immigration is much in the news these days, especially in the US, I thought it would be a good time to remind my dear readers about my well-reviewed novel Torn Between Worlds. (It has a score of 4.7 out of five on Amazon.) Itโs about a 12-year-old Mexican named Isabel who … Continue reading The Hot Topic of Immigration
No Kings Protest
Reporting from Toledo, Ohio Because family is important to us, hubby Rick and I flew back to the US a few days ago from Spain to attend the 100th birthday party of Rickโs aunt Peggy. She lives in Toledo, Ohio and is the younger sister of my husbandโs father.I had not intended to go to … Continue reading No Kings Protest