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Forest York

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Forest York is an author based out of Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of his debut novel The King of Instruments, the collection of pieces called Withered Shoe Strings, and the novel We'll Breathe the Same Air. He works as a therapist and lives in Tucson with his beautiful wife Sonia and their daughter- all pursuing their journey with Christ and eating their weight in Tacos ...more

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Average rating: 4.8 · 10 ratings · 5 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The King of Instruments 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	We’ll Breathe The Same Air it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Withered Shoe Strings it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Swept Pantry by Forest York (Goodreads Author), Cole Batson, Sean Keirns 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 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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How odd, how similarly tired and sadness represent one another. The sun and the darkness, so distant but so connected to me, connecting us all. How marvelous the blues look, how warm they feel when shared with others. But the blues, how often are they felt when with others, together? How glamorized they are, how pretty it looks, from the warmth of another, wrapped up together watching for a ti Read more of this blog post »

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