<div id="attachment_224745" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-224745" class="wp-image-224745" src="http://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie-1024x680.jpeg" alt="" width="500" height="332" srcset="https://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie-1024x680.jpeg 1024w, https://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie-300x199.jpeg 300w, https://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie-768x510.jpeg 768w, https://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeannie.jpeg 1095w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a>Cover design: Beth Steidle Photo credit: JCPenney</div>
Jeannie Vanasco, who teaches creative writing at Towson University, has been on the receiving end of a silent treatment from her mother. It’s the subject of her <a href="https://www.jeannievanasco.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third memoir</a>.
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Cover design: Beth SteidlePhoto credit: JCPenney Jeannie Vanasco, who teaches creative writing at Towson University, has been on the receiving end of a silent treatment from her mother. It’s the subject of her third memoir. http://www.wbjc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BOOKNOTES-a-silent-treatment.mp3

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Jeannie Vanasco, who teaches creative writing at Towson University, has been on the receiving end of a silent treatment from her mother. It’s the subject of her <a href="https://www.jeannievanasco.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">third memoir</a>.
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