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Kay Smith-Blum

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Kay Smith-Blum is a former business owner and Seattle School Board President. A lover of the natural world and an avid gardener, Smith-Blum founded Environmental Endeavors, the first greenhouse program in Seattle Public Schools. A fan of mid-20th-century history, Smith-Blum has penned two other manuscripts set in Texas, but the recent upheaval over leaking waste tanks at the Hanford site drew her in. A meticulous researcher, Smith-Blum felt compelled to write the Hanford story in a way that would educate and entertain readers, redefining historical fiction. The result is her debut novel, TANGLES, coming December 3, 2024. Smith-Blum’s published short works may be found in multiple literary journals. A companion short story to TANGLES is incl ...more

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The Last Gypsy Queen by Linda  Paul
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A Romeo-and-Juliet like love story, The Last Gypsy Queen provides the reader with plenty to like. Debut author, Linda Paul, weaves a tale of little known history of both Ohio-resident Romani and the vast recreational playground of Buckeye Lake, all o ...more
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"TITLE: TANGLES
AUTHOR: Kay Smith- Blum
PUB DATE: 12.03.2024

Oppenheimer was just the beginning.

When a harpooned whale offers proof the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is endangering all life in the Columbia River Basin, Luke Hinson, a brash young scientist" Read more of this review »
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"Wow, what a read. Engaging and educational at the same time, it discusses the horrific depths the government will go to in order to cover up culpability, and the effects these cover ups caused to families just trying to make their way. It is not a ha" Read more of this review »
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"'They will end anyone who gets in their way...Their precious mission to keep the world safe, what a farce'.

In 1944, Hanford reservation, in the eastern state of Washington, hundreds of employees work on something top secret. Everyone knows their job " Read more of this review »
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Based on the memoir ghost-written by her grandfather, award-winning and gifted writer Janis Robinson Daly presents the well-researched little-known. but extraordinary adventure of Josephine Therese Marzynski. The Jewish would-be opera singer travels ...more
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For Elizabeth’s Mountain readers anxiously awaiting the sequel to that heartfelt saga, the wait is over. Smoky Blue Sunrise breaks over the mountain with a new set of wonderful, resilient women of three generations that you’ll want to know. Bonus poi ...more
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When Dahlman’s lovable nurse Nancy falls amidst a cast of quirky characters, some more evil than others, the author draws us into an imagined world of science bent for profit – or is it just the norm for The Night Nurse? The only way to find out is t ...more
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