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Barbara Peterson

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Born

in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, The United States

Website

http://www.barbaralpeterson.com

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Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy

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Barbara Peterson grew up by the Four Mile Creek and picked blackberries in the woods around her Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin childhood home. Many of my stories focus on memories of my family's early beginnings in the central Wisconsin area. The Button Boy is my debut novel. If you are from Wisconsin, you will notice many of the cities and place descriptions are real in my writing, but the characters are all fictional.

I moved from Wisconsin Rapids to Wausau, Wisconsin after high school and studied business at Wausau's technical college. I worked many years as an assistant administrator, worked in healthcare customer service and owned my own cross stitch design company for ten years called Something In Common Designs. My love for thrifting, an ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 36 ratings · 7 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Button Boy 4.35 avg rating — 23 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
	Full Circle, The Button Boy's Journey it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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
	Johannes and Berta 4.67 avg rating — 6 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

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Barbara Peterson and 230 other people liked cherie ^_-★ (comment restriction)'s review of When in Rome (When in Rome, #1): "5 stars ⭐️ ⤷ minor spoilers ahead!! ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ I LOVE ME A GOOD ’GRUMPY X SUNSHINE’ BOOK!!! this was such a fun and cute read 🥧 i decided to read this since i loved amelia and noah in practice makes perfect (don’t ask me why i read that book first. idk ei" Read more of this review »
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This book was 1 of 4 books in a Reader's Digest Fiction Favorites. My husband read it first and then urged me to read it as he thought I'd like it. I don't normally like reading books that he refers to me...I like picking out my own. But I finally go ...more
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