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C.J. Zahner

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Cyndie "CJ" Zahner is a digital-book hoarder, lover of can't-put-down books, wife, mother, grandmother, runner, and author of seven novels.

On April 1, 2025, her memoir, The House That Loved, was released. The story is about a drug prescribed to millions of pregnant women, including her mother. Uniquely, the novel's POV is a house, signifying the millions of homes, worldwide, that shelter DES children. Zahner is a DES daughter.

Her other books include four thrillers, The Suicide Gene, Dream Wide Awake, Project Dream, The Dream Diaries, and three chick lit novels in her Awkward Mothers You Hate Loving series, Friends Who Move Couches, Don't Mind Me, I Came with the House, and PLease Post Bail, Love Mom.

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C.J. Zahner I am currently working on two novels, one non-fiction and one fiction. I'm writing a memoir about the effects of a drug called Diethylstilbestrol (DES…moreI am currently working on two novels, one non-fiction and one fiction. I'm writing a memoir about the effects of a drug called Diethylstilbestrol (DES) on my life and the lives of others, while at the same time, working on The Dream Snatchers. The Dream Snatchers is the reader-requested sequel to what is fast becoming my most popular book, Dream Wide Awake.
Oh! And of course, I'm read, read, read, read, reading. (My new read crush is Fredrik Backman. Who's yours?)
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I've read other Joshilyn Jackson novels that I couldn't put down. While I still consider her a great writer, this one just wasn't for me.

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3.5 stars I did not like the protagonist at all. The writing was excellent, however. I couldn't put down until about 75% through when I realized she was unapologetic. I finished, but was disappointed. I LOVED Frank. ...more
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Oh my word, this book started out silly and a bit slapstick in comedy. It turned into a loving and supportive story that used prayer to get through life’s most difficult and/or frightening times. Our main character is Catholic and her prayer" Read more of this review »
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“Read, read, read, write—and never give up. Dream all day long until you fall asleep—and then dream more.”
C.J. Zahner

“precious moment of time. A mother’s job is to love her children. Yet first, you must learn to love yourself, Nikki. You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be enough. And you will be. Trust me. The simplest of mothers, those who stand in the shadows of their children, are often the strongest souls, their love unbending.”
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