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Susan Welch

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"As a girl, I listened to my mother’s stories about her year in quarantine as a 19-year-old TB patient in St. Paul in the mid-1940s. As an adult, upon my mother’s death, I discovered for the first time I'd been adopted at seven months old. As a writer, I've tapped my passion for storytelling to dig myself out of the mysterious hole I found myself in, regarding my own origins and family history."

Susan grew up in Minnesota and Wisconsin with either her nose in a book or her toes in the water. She earned a Masters in International Management and built an international career in the brewing industry, and now works for a company focused on craft brewing and regional agriculture. She is co-editor of Hot Flash Fiction, an online literary magazine ...more

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A Thread So Fine

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The Inspiration Behind A Thread So Fine

At forty-six years old and settled in my life with a wonderful husband, two young boys, and a comfortable career, I had a perfectly acceptable story I’d forever told myself about my childhood. Most of us do, I suppose. The night my brother invited me to dinner and revealed in his deadpan way the family secret he and my parents had kept for decades, my own personal narrative unraveled before even t Read more of this blog post »

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Please Don't Lie (Crystal River, #1)

by Christina Baker Kline (Goodreads Author)

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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The Covenant of Water

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