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Melissa Ford

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I never know what to put into one of these things. I mean, do I talk about my penchant for making up Yiddish words and trying to convince others that they’re real? My love of the penny whistle? My fears of white foods? Or do I tell you a tale about how I applied to my MFA program because I didn’t know what one did after college except remain in school indefinitely?

Long before I published my first book, I was a blogger, and I’m still a blogger to this day at the award-winning site, Stirrup Queens. Like my blogging character, Rachel Goldman, my own site was catapulted into a larger readership when the Wall Street Journal named it one of the top ten motherhood blogs. You can find me in all sorts of places around the Web including Facebook, Twi ...more

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Many museums limit the size of the bag you can bring into exhibits to an A4 sheet of paper, or approximately 21 x 30 cm (8 inches x 11.5 inches… ish). My daily bag comes from Tom Binn, and I love it, but it’s 26.5 cm x 30 cm. It’s a small difference, but I […]

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Average rating: 3.53 · 3,028 ratings · 388 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Life from Scratch 3.47 avg rating — 2,606 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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
	Measure of Love 3.66 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Navigating the Land of If: Understanding Infertility and Exploring Your Options 4.41 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	Apart at the Seams 3.45 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Writing Interactive Fiction With Twine 4.07 avg rating — 61 ratings — 4 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
	Nidah 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013	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
	Hello Scratch!: Learn to Program by Making Arcade Games by Gabriel Ford, Melissa Ford (Goodreads Author), Sadie Ford 4.60 avg rating — 5 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

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My Husband's Wife

by Alice Feeney (Goodreads Author)

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The Satsuma Complex (Gary Thorn, #1)

by Bob Mortimer

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La Mémoire de Babel (La Passe-Miroir, #3)

by Christelle Dabos

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4.5 rounded up. There is a great note on the acknowledgments page where the author admits they probably wouldn’t like the character Dell as a real person, and that is how I felt, too. They worked in the story, and I felt for them despite all of their ...more
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“It is unfair that life doesn’t come with a rewind button; an undo button that can reset time after you make a terrible mistake.”
― Melissa Ford, Measure Of Love

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“The name of my blog was already Life from Scratch, and the food became a natural extension. It turned out that writing about food was the perfect jumping board to discussing the rest of my life too. If nothing interesting was happening, I could talk about how I learned to roast potatoes (the trick: put the cubed potatoes in a bag; splash in the olive oil, salt, rosemary, and garlic powder; and then shake to coat each potato evenly.)”
― Melissa Ford, Life from Scratch

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“marriage is a series of discoveries, of negotiations and admittances.”
― Melissa Ford, Measure Of Love

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