Echols: A friendship 84 years in the making
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“In a world where loneliness is an epidemic, I wondered what could possibly go into cultivating a friendship like this one.”
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