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SISTER LUMBERJACK WINS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD and MONTANA MATRIMONIAL NEWS IS LAUNCHED INTO THE WORLD

On Friday November 7th, my new book launched into the world. Thank you to everyone who came to the Brainerd Library to help celebrate MONTANA MATRIMONIAL NEWS. The reviews are already trickling in. One person said it is my best book yet. Another described it was a “fun read” that kept her laughing. The Kirkus Review compared it to John Steinbeck’s CANNERY ROW. Please let me know your thoughts. MON

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Montana Matrimonial News by Candace Simar
"What a sweet little book. A potpourri of interesting characters, held together by a grumpy old midwife on an equally old and ill-natured horse. Life, love, and tragedy on the North Dakota prairies in the 1880s, presented in great historical detail. A" Read more of this review »
Montana Matrimonial News by Candace Simar
"Another winner of historical fiction by Candace Simar! In Montana Matrimonial News, Simar puts us smack in the middle of pioneer life. This book is a collection of stories of people surviving life in the Dakota territory in the mid to late 1800’s. No" Read more of this review »
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"In the pages of MONTANA MATRIMONIAL NEWS, characters vary from siblings who are nothing alike each other, to sourpuss citizens of Nickelbo, to innocent children, and some not so innocent or even able. Simar spins personalities that whet the attention" Read more of this review »
Montana Matrimonial News by Candace Simar
"Candace Simar's most recent novel is a group of connected stories about men and women who have come to live in the Dakota Territory as homesteaders in the 1880s. Simar paints a realistic picture of the harsh and lonely lives homesteaders lead as they" Read more of this review »
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This YA book did not disappoint. Well done!
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I have enjoyed the entire Billy Boyle ww2 mystery series. This book felt rushed and confused.
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Quill and Crow live on an Indian reservation in Northern Minnesota. Their world is rocked by missing Native women. This story shows the results of generational trauma. I highly recommend it.
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I bought this book to research homesteaders in the 1800s. I learned a lot.
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Candace Simar Janene wrote: "Welcome to Good Reads, Candice! This is my home away from home. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've read & liked...or disliked. :)"

Great! same here. nothing like a good book!


message 1: by Janene (last edited Dec 18, 2011 03:31PM)

Janene Welcome to Good Reads, Candace! This is my home away from home. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've read & liked...or disliked. :)


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