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Pamela Stockwell was born in Texas and raised in South Carolina. In between, she lived in the Philippines and, along with her big sister, became fluent in Tagalog name-calling. She abandoned her foreign language studies at age five but went on to earn a BA in journalism from the University of South Carolina. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey. She is a member of the Princeton Writers Group and Women’s Fiction Writers Association. Her writing has appeared in several anthologies and online literary magazines. Her first novel, A Boundless Place, has won several awards and her second book, The Tender Silver Stars, will be coming out in 2024.

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	A Boundless Place 4.49 avg rating — 143 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
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	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

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Santa Claus is coming to town, but who is he, exactly?

The Santa we know today is an amalgamation of several folktales.

First, we have Saint Nicholas, a monk born around A.D. 280 in what is now Turkey. He was celebrated for his kindness and was popular throughout Europe in the centuries that followed his birth and death. He is the patron saint of sailors and children, as well as of merchants, archer

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The Dangerously Truthful Diary of a Sicilian Housewife

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How to Cook a Wolf

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Great Expectations

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“[Writing is] like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
― E.L. Doctorow

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“I have always found that actively loving
saves one from a morbid preoccupation
with the shortcomings of society.”
― Alan Paton

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“My own mother always said that every bad thing does not happen for a reason, but that every bad thing brings meaning.”
― Julia Heaberlin, Night Will Find You

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