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Leif Gregersen

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in St.Albert, Alberta, Canada

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Short Stories, Biographies & Memoirs, Pseudo Philosophy

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I am currently working hard on getting my latest short story collection "Voted Off the Crew" into print. What excites me about this book is that it tells so many key stories of my own life growing up in this amazing place called Alberta. If you enjoy short stories, please sign up for my online book launch and also sign up for my giveaway. Check out my website for more information about me and my writing.
I was born in a small city that was full of life and opportunities to find happiness. I had a lot of love in my family, my parents were good to me, though as I grew older I started to slowly develop manic depression/Bipolar Disorder. If you don't know what bipolar is, just go back a while and look at Charlie Sheen. You can recover from an il ...more

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	Through The Withering Storm 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Inching Back to Sane: My years with Bipolar Disorder by Leif Gregersen (Goodreads Author), Richard Van Camp (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paula Kirman (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Voted Off the Crew 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Those Who Dare To Dream 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Inching Back To Sane: My Life With Mental Illness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Mustang Summer: Stories Tall and Short 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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
	Green Mountain Road and Selected Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Poems From Inside Me it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Alert and Oriented X3: A Snapshot of Severe Psychosis 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	In The Blink of an Eye: A Journey Through Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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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Well, I got the incredibly good news that my short story collection has been edited and is now ready to have a cover design made and a final go through from me and my best friend and mentor, at which time I will be seeking the right quotes and story excerpts on the back cover and inside the jacket. I love the photo the book has here on Goodreads, I want to go with that one, but I'm going to run th Read more of this blog post »

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Leif liked Simone's review of Through The Withering Storm: "I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. This is the story of Leif Gregersen, a young man suffering from mania and bipolar disorders. His story hit home for me because I suffered silently with anxiety and severe depressi" Read more of this review »
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The publication date of this book is a while off, though the book is complete. It contains a selection of my stories ranging from grim to adventurous, all set in or near the parts of North America I grew up in. It is my hope to tell fictional stories ...more
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Leif is on page 46 of 175 of Voted Off the Crew: This book is now complete and available on Amazon! I had so much fun writing and compiling these stories. It is a short book for the price, which is $16 CAD but there are some real Gems in it. Visit Here:https://www.amazon.com/Voted-Off-Crew... I hope everyone likes the cover photo, it doesn't make sense until you have read the second story in the book. Thanks Goodreads! Voted Off the Crew by Leif Gregersen (Goodreads Author) progress:	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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There is a small mistake on the page for this author. Susan Doherty Hannaford has written three books, "A Secret Music" was her first, "The Ghost Garden" was her second, and "Monday Rent Boy" was her third. As far as "A Secret Music" goes, I found it ...more
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There is a small mistake on the page for this author. Susan Doherty Hannaford has written three books, "A Secret Music" was her first, "The Ghost Garden" was her second, and "Monday Rent Boy" was her third. As far as "A Secret Music" goes, I found it ...more
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This is the second book I have read in the past week by Susan Doherty. The previous one, The Ghost Garden, was a nonfiction book about schizophrenia and how it affected the lives of everyone who encounters it and their loved ones and caregivers. I am ...more
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I am a bit of a slow reader, and sometimes I find it hard to concentrate, but this book kept me reading for 10 straight hours until I finished the 300+ pages. I really like how realistically mental illness is portrayed and the book has a number of pl ...more
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