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Annie M. Ballard

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I'm Annie when I'm writing fiction, and as Annie and IRL I'm a dual citizen of the US and Canada. I grew up in New England and moved to the Canadian Maritimes as an adult and then discovered my ancestral roots were here.

I like to read almost anything....but I love to WRITE stories about women and their families...families found, made and constructed in various ways.

When I'm in non-fiction mode, I write books and articles to help counselors and therapists learn skills to help in therapy. I'm a somatic psychotherapist and psychologist, madly in love with the energy of the human spirit, and delighted to write and talk about that any time.

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	Angels in the Architecture 3.83 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story 4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Home Out of Ashes 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Million Ways: Stories of Motherhood by Gina Andrew, Annie M. Ballard (Goodreads Author), Sarah Branson (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Heart for the Homeless 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Domestic Arts 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Kindness Lives: A Women's Fiction Anthology by Janet Koops (Goodreads Author), Annie M. Ballard (Goodreads Author), Kimberly Nixon (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Helping Heart (Sisters of Stella Mare, #4) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I don't know if you've ever been in the position of not having much for Christmas, but I have. When my mother was trying to raise me in Boston, all alone we had a couple of very nice holiday dinners because of community food drives. I remember a lady came to drop off a box of food, and my mother was so grateful she had tears in her eyes. I can tell you, when I was a child, it meant so much to have a holiday. To be like other people.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

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“Christmas is supposed to be about something more than sparkes and santa.”
― Annie M. Ballard, Sea Stars Christmas: A Stella Mare Story

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“There's courage in being the ones left at home, too.”
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