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Lisa A. Tortorello

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I am a Chicago native. As a child, I spent many of my “growing up” years working at Deno’s Jewelry Store. I went to college at Purdue University where I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, I began teaching in the Archdiocese of Chicago. I spent 10 years there. After that, I began teaching in the Chicago Public School system and am still currently teaching there today continuing to inspire the youth in my classroom.

I have always had a love of reading and that fostered my interest in writing.
Currently, I am the author of three books.

My Hero, My Ding - a Memoir of a Girl and Her Grandfather
http://lisatortorello.tateauthor.com

The Moose at the Manger - a children's Christmas story filled with magic while keeping Christ is Christma ...more

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Can We Now Put Hillary's Book Reviews in the Category of "Fake News"?

So much for relying on reviews from Amazon!

I checked the reviews of Hillary's book on Amazon two times on Monday. I did not take a screen shot, but there are enough of them going around the internet now. When I first checked in, there were just over 80 reviews and by later Monday afternoon there were over 500 reviews with 46% 5-star reviews and 53% 1-star reviews.
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Average rating: 4.06 · 330 ratings · 30 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Hero, My Ding 4.04 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Moose at the Manger 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Mark the Missing Moose 4.80 avg rating — 5 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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Quotes by Lisa A. Tortorello (?)

“It’s often said when a baby is born so is a grandparent; well, for me it turned out that when I was born it was also the birth of a Ding Dong.”
― Lisa A. Tortorello, My Hero, My Ding

tags: family, grandparents, humor, inspirational, love

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

tags: inspirational

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“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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