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Kathleen Valentine
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My friend Joe Gallo, author of
Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us
, announces the following:
On
September 18, 2013 between 11:31 am and 1:00 pm Paula Ogier of the UMass Boston
Osher Lifelong Institute of Learning, has asked me to give a talk about
Boston's Bronze and Stone Monuments. All are welcomed!
Joe
Gallo will be conducting a five week lecture course at the Beacon Hill Seminars
school o... Read more of this blog post »
On
September 18, 2013 between 11:31 am and 1:00 pm Paula Ogier of the UMass Boston
Osher Lifelong Institute of Learning, has asked me to give a talk about
Boston's Bronze and Stone Monuments. All are welcomed!
Joe
Gallo will be conducting a five week lecture course at the Beacon Hill Seminars
school o... Read more of this blog post »
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The Crazy Old Lady in the Attic
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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The Old Mermaid's Tale
— published 2007 — 4 editions |
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Each Angel Burns
— published 2009 — 3 editions |
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Ghosts of a Beach Town in Winter
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Arthur's Story: A Love Story
— published 2010 |
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Fry Bacon. Add Onions: The Valentine Family & Friends Cookbook
— published 2010 — 2 editions |
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The Reluctant Belsnickel of Opelt's Wood
— published 2011 |
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My Last Romance and Other Passions
— published 2006 — 3 editions |
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The Crazy Old Lady's Revenge
— published 2013 — 4 editions |
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The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Volume 1 Secrets of
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The Old Mermaid's Tale (Literature & Fiction)
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Before the Edmund Fitzgerald there was the Carl D. Bradley, the Willaim B. Davok, the Betty Hedger, the American Sailor and many more...
In 1959 the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to international commerce creating a problem for seaport towns bordering the Great Lakes. Within the first year over a thousand barges and tankers from all over the world arrived at these seaports to unload, re-outfit and reload. While waiting, the crew, that had been at sea for weeks, went ashore looking for fun and companionship. Restaurants, bars, pool halls, rooming houses, tattoo parlors, and rumors of other - less savory - forms of entertainment sprang up in the blocks surrounding the commercial docks. Those parts of town acquired a deservedly terrible reputation.
When Clair Wagner begins college in Port Presque Isle she dreams of meeting a "handsome sailor with the constellations of the Northern Seas in his eyes". Into her life comes Pio, a beautiful Italian fisherman, who dreams of life on the big lakes under the aurora borealis. She meets Gary, the dashing son of a wealthy shipping magnate, who introduces her to Canal Street where she encounters The Old Mermaid Inn, a tavern that, as Gary tells her, "deserves its reputation".
But The Old Mermaid Inn, with its giant painting of a seductive mermaid, is home to some fascinating people including Tessie, the owner and original mermaid, and the intriguing Baptiste, a Breton mariner injured in a shipwreck, who earns his living as a musician.
With Pio, Clair discovers passion, with Gary she gains entry into the world of the commercial waterfront, and with Baptiste she discovers all-consuming love. But as her relationship with Baptiste grows she discovers he is far more complex and mysterious than she could imagine. He has secrets and his secrets will alter her life forever.
Set against this background - and that of the maritime and sea legends of the Great Lakes - The Old Mermaid's Tale weaves a romance that pays homage to the importance of stories in our lives.
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Great bunch of short romance stories. No explicit sex scenes just story's of two people and their love for each other
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Found this on my Kindle yesterday and have no idea when I purchased it. Maybe it was a free book that I just snagged because it was free? These stories are very short. Not flash fiction short. but coffee break short for sure. They almost read as c...
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"I finished The Lacemakers of Glenmara which was pleasant--no big surprises and lots of stereotypes but still enjoyable."
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“The soul, they say, is divine and the flesh is iniquity. But I am a musician and I ask this - without the wood and the strings of the violin, where would the sonata find form?”
― Kathleen Valentine, The Old Mermaid's Tale
― Kathleen Valentine, The Old Mermaid's Tale
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― Billie Hinton, claire-obscure
“The soul, they say, is divine and the flesh is iniquity. But I am a musician and I ask this - without the wood and the strings of the violin, where would the sonata find form?”
― Kathleen Valentine, The Old Mermaid's Tale
― Kathleen Valentine, The Old Mermaid's Tale
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Naomi wrote: "Look at you go!! Loved your comment in ROBUST!"Thanks -- I get carried away sometimes.
Thanks for the invitation!