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Pat Stanford

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in Philadelphia, The United States

July 02

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Pat Stanford was born in Philadelphia. Her farming family moved to Delray Beach, Florida looking for year-round growing seasons when Pat was one. She lived there until a brief stint in the Air Force took her to California.

She graduated Florida State University with a B.S. in Secondary Education, which was never used for its intended purpose.

'Fixing Boo Boo' is a fictionalized account of what happens when a brain-injured sibling comes to live with a sister who doesn't know what that means. It won the 2017 Gold Medal in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award for Florida Non-Fiction.

'Proverbs of My Seasons' is poetry that reflects the "seasons" of the author's life. Aside from this full length book of poetry, Pat ha ...more

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	Fixing Boo Boo 4.39 avg rating — 31 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
	A Motley Miscellany: Misfit Poems that Fit Together 4.33 avg rating — 6 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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	Fixing Boo Boo: A story of traumatic brain injury 3.40 avg rating — 5 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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Campervans, Cooking, and Corpses (Max's Campervan Case Files, #1)

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message 3: by Pat

May 06, 2019 02:15PM

John wrote: "Hi Pat,
I was wondering if you might be able to reference any of my books in your promotional posts. They can be found on my website @ EngagingBooksBlog.com,...or I can send you more details.

Than..."

Hey John,

I guess you can tell I don't look at my messages much on Goodreads. Any way, I am not sure I understand what you are asking. What promotional posts do I do?

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message 2: by John

Jan 16, 2019 02:49PM

Hi Pat,
I was wondering if you might be able to reference any of my books in your promotional posts. They can be found on my website @ EngagingBooksBlog.com,...or I can send you more details.

Thanks for listening,

John Chaplick
jpchaplick@gmail.com

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