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Marcia Breece is an American author, memoirist, and self-publishing consultant who lives near Port Townsend, Washington. Her diverse life experiences, from corporate executive to innkeeper/llama farmer have deeply impacted her writing.
Breece began her professional life as a stay-at-home mother before transitioning into a high-powered corporate career in the telecommunications industry. In the 1990s, she worked internationally in India, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, helping to establish wireless networks for AT&T Wireless and GTE. Despite the excitement of global travel, she eventually felt unfulfilled, prompting a significant lifestyle change.
In 2005, she left her corporate career to purchase a hobby farm on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, where ...more

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	Secrets Lost: Secrets Remembered 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 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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	Yutka And the Voyage of the Parita 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2024 — 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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The Fifth Chamber

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“The music felt like a special gift from Ted, a view into his soul.”
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“Their temporary home filled with the scent of soup, ink and fresh paper and the reassuring harmonic vibration of piano strings.”
― Marcia Breece, The Last Bottle

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“The bouquet of assorted meats, onions, garlic, thyme, bay and parsley wrapped around her like a warm, familiar quilt.”
― Marcia Breece, The Last Bottle

tags: cozy-reads-3, culinary-fiction, family-saga, fiction, food-lovers, french-cooking, literary-fiction, sense-of-home

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“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”
― Mary Oliver

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“Carve out the time. Notice I do not say find the time. That is an absurd and dangerous phrase. Time is never lying around waiting for us to find her. She is elusive. She wants you to sculpt her like clay, to mold her into exactly the form you desire your days to take. If you refuse to do that, if you spend your mornings worrying and your afternoons catering to others, always hoping there will be a few minutes left for you, time will play you like a sucker, making you run harder and faster with each passing week. Time wants you to realize that she is the most precious and irreducible fact in your live. Make her into what you will”
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“Write down everything that you accomplished today. Instead of a “to do” list, this is a “done” list. Include everything!”
― Jennifer Louden, The Woman's Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide for Restoring Balance in Your Life

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