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Vera Jane Cook

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in New York, The United States

January 20

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https://www.verajanecookfiction.com

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Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal

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Average rating: 4.2 · 1,811 ratings · 204 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Pleasant Day 4.31 avg rating — 1,172 ratings — published 2015 — 11 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
	Lies a River Deep 4.17 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	When Hannah Played Ragtime (The Fourniers, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2021	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 Story of Sassy Sweetwater: Southern Fiction for Women 4.31 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012	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
	Dancing Backward in Paradise: A Novel 3.81 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2006 — 6 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
	Where the Wildflowers Grow 4.06 avg rating — 48 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
	Faith Among Friends 3.80 avg rating — 35 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
	Glamor Girl (The Fourniers, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Marybeth, Hollister & Jane 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Darlings 3.78 avg rating — 18 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

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I want to hear wind and the rustle of leaves. I don’t want the sun but rather the greyness of rain. I want to hear my thoughts and the sound of my tires on asphalt and the distant laughter of children. I want the time and the silence to remember who loved me. I want […]

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“I should have seen his weaknesses and only given him a section of myself but I loved him to my core, no matter who he was. There were no hidden places in my heart that would not welcome him or any sacred ground inside my being that he could not walk upon.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

tags: happiness, love, romance, truth-telling

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“The passing years often rob people of the truth. But then again, those passing years also allow people to recreate the truth.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Lies a River Deep

tags: wisdom

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“Daddy says that one day all I'll think about is people I used to know.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

tags: death, life, time, wisdom

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Vera’s Quotes

“Evil does not alter easily.....”
― Olivia Hardy Ray, Annabel Horton, Lost Witch of Salem

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“Little bastard would never get as tall as the tales he told.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

tags: humor, life

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“He stood there breathing hard, getting fat on bad news.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

tags: humor

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“No truth on this goddamn planet ever made its way out of your mouth. If truth was hanging out of your nose you'd blow that goddamn truth bugger into a snot rag and toss it into a fire pit”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day

tags: humor, life

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“I am well practiced in avoidance and indifference though the hollowness in my soul resents her absence; I wear the mask I must.”
― Vera Jane Cook, Pleasant Day