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Elvy Howard

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Born

Birmingham, AL, The United States

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Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

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October 2014

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I have a checkered past.
I may look like a grandma and love my grandkids to pieces, but in my heart lurks the soul of a rebel.
From my days as a hippy to becoming a "rabid feminist" and becoming Pitney Bowes' first female service rep, have been writing. I began college in my thirties and finished with a Master's degree, then worked in Juvenile Justice, Big Brother's Big Sisters, foster care, and hospice, and through it all wrote angst-filled poetry and short stories.
I dedicated my adult life to pursuing the right career (and raising kids, making dinner, and occasionally cleaning the house), and thought of writing as an absorbing hobby.
Only now, as a grandmother, do I understand those jobs were never more than research meant to inform my fi ...more

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	Bounty 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Love on a Half Shell 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mysteries of the Macabre: A Halloween Anthology by Alexa Day (Goodreads Author), Elvy Howard (Goodreads Author), Alicia Dean (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Lady Guadalupe and the Sno-Kone Hut 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 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
	Love On The Half Shell 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Bounty – A Love Story

A New Year and a NEW ARRIVAL.

The origins of Bounty remain a mystery. Why it takes place in 1953, I haven’t a clue. I also don’t know where the idea of a girl posing as a woman originated. But I have to say, I enjoyed finding out.

Along with Tom and Netty’s story, Bounty is about language. How we share a similar dialect yet express it in unique ways. When you think about it, any difference i

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I haven't enjoyed reading a book this much in a long time. Maybe after finishing my vaccine regimen, I needed something light-hearted and well written. Maybe I would have always enjoyed it a lot, I don't know, but I'll be reading Graeme's sequel next ...more
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