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Wendy Bertsch

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I’m a Canadian author--a pragmatic optimist with rather eclectic interests and a pervasive sense of humour.

Toronto born and bred, I live by the lake with a motley array of dogs and a cat, all but myself being of unknown origin, in a comfortable old house filled with books. Over a thousand books. Books in every nook and cranny. And now, since there can never be too many books, I'm writing more.

Once More, From the Beginning highlights the women in the bible. It's about time! And believe me, they see things quite differently. And in Dodging Shells, you'll meet the irrepressible Tommy, as he fights his way through Italy in World War II. You'll love Tommy. I do.
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人を好きになったのはいつですか?恋愛の話

初めて人を好きになったのはいつですか?私は幼稚園のときですが、今思えば母親に『誰が好きなの?』と聞かれて、答えなくてはいけないから答えていたような気がします。本当に好きになって、初めてお付き合いしたのは中学生のときでした。1つ上の近所の男の子。小学生の時から知り合いで友達だったけれど、中学生という微妙な年頃になり、話したり一緒に帰ったりしているうちに、お互いに友達とは違う感情が沸いてきました。当時まだ携帯は一部の人しかもっていなかったので、パソコンのメールでやりとり。告白もメールで、お互いがお互いに言わせたくて、思わせぶりなやりとりが続いた末にお付き合いが始まりました。初めての彼が出来た私はとてもテンションが上がっていました。ですが、もともと人に自分の話をするのが苦手だった私は、誰にも話していませんでした。特別秘密にして欲しいとか、そういう約束をしたわけではないので彼は友人に報告をしていま

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Published on December 25, 2015 17:54
Average rating: 3.7 · 54 ratings · 18 reviews · 2 distinct works
Once More, From the Beginning

3.52 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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“Women were valued highly in those days – not as highly as the least of men, of course, but well above the worth of all but the most superior livestock.”
Wendy Bertsch, Once More, From the Beginning
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“Now that they had gotten wise, it took Adam no time at all to notice they were also naked. And once it caught his attention, he noticed it constantly.”
Wendy Bertsch, Once More, From the Beginning
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“Let me be sure I understand this babies thing. These items are how big? . . . And they come out of WHERE?”
Wendy Bertsch, Once More, From the Beginning
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”
Robert Frost

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Now that they had gotten wise, it took Adam no time at all to notice they were also naked. And once it caught his attention, he noticed it constantly.”
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