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In “Maude”, Donna writes the story of her paternal grandmother’s life, beginning on the day of her birth in 1892. A story filled with highs and lows, she reveals a woman who experienced the best life had to offer and the worst events imaginable. Through it all, Maude clung to her faith and kept on going.

In 1906, I was barely over fourteen years old, and it was my wedding day.
My older sister, Helen, came to my room, took me by the hand, and sat me down on the bed. She opened her mouth to say something, but then her face flushed, and she turned her head to look out the window. After a second, she squeezed my hand and looked back in my eyes.

The end of a 99 cent era

Today’s news that the entire 99c store chain will close struck a blow to my well-being. I have many, many happy memories that grew from my visits to their stores.

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MY DOG IS A LIAR

Most moms remember well when they were trying to toilet train their toddlers. The child in question discovered early on that the best way to gain their parent’s complete attention

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UNFORGETTABLE

I have a half-dozen moments in my memory that are enormous– unforgettable. They’re the kind that come as a surprise and make you remember exactly where you were and what

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Lena

I only met my mother-in-law one time. From family descriptions, I knew she was once beautiful but in her sixties, she looked pretty much like most grandmothers. I was aware

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Halloween

I’m into it. When the kids were little, I dressed them up in home-made costumes. One year, Melanie was a Geisha, several years, a princess of some sort, a pilgrim.

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Deadly Ambition

President Tim Connors is slipping in the polls, and his chances for re-election are fading fast. His Chief of Staff, Arthur Locke, blames the abrasive, feminist First Lady, Rachel Connors.

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Lena, a life

The stories shared with me about Lena, my husband’s mother, were extraordinary. I heard many of them over the years, tales told to me by her son and his father, accounts that were often shocking, sometimes heart-wrenching, and always fascinating.

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Rough Ride in Vegas

It’s National Finals Rodeo week in Las Vegas, and even more people than usual are traveling to Sin City in hopes of fulfilling their dreams.

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The Case Files of Molly Evers: 1947

After serving during WWII as a WAC armorer, Molly Evers partners with Army buddy Jake Kent to open a private investigator’s office. Romantically involved with a Detroit police detective and sometimes working with the Detroit mob, she walks a tightrope that won’t give her room for a single wrong move.

Follow Molly as she recounts her most memorable cases of 1947, including one she solves with help from Humphrey Bogart himself.

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Jessica

Wealthy heiress Jessica McCarthy desperately wants to be married and have a family. A rogue and a scoundrel, Zachary Belk, the handsomest man in Manhattan, is the only one who has proposed. Even though her father warns her that Zachary won’t make a good husband, she marries him.

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Pillsbury Crossing

In the second of The Manhattan Stories, Emma is nine on the day they meet, hot-headed and wild-haired. Akecheta is twelve, already the man of his house. He saves her life and tells her she belongs to him.

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