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Sally Saylor De Smet

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Nashville, Tennessee , The United States

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Suspense, Mystery, Fiction

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My background includes editing, writing for dignitaries, and owner of an online antique doll shop which I still operate. I wrote PAGES IN THE WIND, while working full time. I felt driven to write this book to explore how trauma and abuse affects self esteem. Although a work of fiction, I hope that my reader finds a thought, a spoken word, an incident that touches a chord and opens an inner dialogue.

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Brooklyn Bitters Kate A Difficult Truth

Brooklyn Bitters is a different coming of age story. It covers the two year span of a woman facing middle age. Kate, the heroine, lived a conventional life until a chance meeting with a handsome and mysterious man in New York City. The relationship challenges how she sees her life and forces her to face some difficult truths:

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

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