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Ames’s 2019 Year in Books
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Ames Sheldon
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in Minneapolis, The United States
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Faith Sullivan, Wallace Stegner, Doris Lessing, Barbara Kingsolver,
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Louise Erdrich, LaRose; Annie Proulx, Barkskins; Jeffrey Archer, Best Kept Secret
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Eleanor's Wars
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Once I retired at age 65 from my salaried position as a major gifts officer for an independent day school, I got to focus on my passion: writing historical fiction. I’d started writing my first historical novel at the age of 29 and after years of rejections by editors and rewriting the manuscript to respond to their feedback, I finally stuck it in a drawer. At last, at age 65, I embarke...
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What a wonderful message, Linda! YOU inspire ME!! I know that kids who struggle academically often have huge challenges with learning disabilities
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I would go to Louise Penny's town of Three Pines and hang out in the bistro, drinking wine, talking with Gamache and Reine-Marie and all the other regulars.
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Some Kinds off Research | 1 | 8 | Sep 11, 2019 08:35AM | |
| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Inspiration | 3 | 9 | Sep 11, 2019 10:09AM | |
| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Why I Write | 3 | 8 | Sep 13, 2019 07:52AM | |
| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Sneak Peek! | 7 | 7 | Sep 13, 2019 04:17PM | |
| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Meet Ames Sheldon! | 8 | 16 | Sep 16, 2019 06:03AM | |
| AMERICAN HISTORIC...: Giveaway winner! | 8 | 21 | Sep 16, 2019 01:24PM |
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