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Pamela Stockwell

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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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Average rating: 4.5 · 268 ratings · 127 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Boundless Place 4.49 avg rating — 145 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
	The Tender Silver Stars 4.58 avg rating — 84 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 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
	Hope: An Anthology of Hopeful Stories and Poetry by Joe Butler (Goodreads Author), David G. Clark (Editor), Camden M. Collins (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2021 — 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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I was aloof, not three sheets to the wind, until someone yelled, "Bottom's up!"

I used to read a lot faster before Google.

For instance, I recently read The Wager by David Grann, a nonfiction book about the 1741 shipwreck of the British warship of that name (the book has nothing to do with betting).

Charles Brooking's 1744 painting of HMS Wager was based on one of the survivors’ journals.

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Mad Mabel

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How much can one write about waves? Apparently, a lot. We still have a lot to learn about the ocean, and this book explains what we do know in a very readable way. Would definitely recommend.
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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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