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Every community has interesting characters living in, many of whom are unknown to their neighbors. In this column, we look to introduce artists, authors, heroes and other interesting characters to the community at large.Robert Sanabria, of Leesburg, said writing his memoir was a catharsis. Growing up in an orphanage during the height of the Great Depression left a mark of shame on his life that he knew was irrational, but he had no other way to purge it than by writing about it. This process took 10 years. Afterward, he brought part of his manuscript to a writing workshop held during Leesburg’s First Friday. There, a woman told him she wanted to read the rest of his manuscript. She worked for Sterling-based publisher Capital Books. This lead to his first book, “Stewing in the Melting Pot: The Memoire of a …
