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Alison L. McLennan

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Alison L. McLennan is a native of Quincy, Massachusetts. She earned a Bachelor of University Studies in Expressive Therapy from the University of Utah and an MFA from the Solstice program of Pine Manor College where she was awarded the first Dennis Lehane Fellowship for Fiction. Her second novel, Ophelia's War:The Secret Story of a Mormon Turned Madam, was published by Five Star Gale-Cengage Learning in 2016 and was an Editor's Choice of the Historical Novel Society. Her first novel, Falling for Johnny, won Honorable Mentions in the 2012 Utah Original Writing Competition and the 2013 Inkubate Literary Blockbuster Challenge. She is currently working on the sequel to Ophelia's War. She is interested in Depth Psychology and believes that creat ...more

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	Falling for Johnny 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Ophelia's War: The Secret Story of a Mormon Turned Madam 3.59 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Ophelia's War: Dangerous Mercy (Rubies of Ruin, 2) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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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	Sisters of Grace and Mud: A Rubies of Ruin Short Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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K undaliniis primordial energy that exists in all human beings and connects them to both the Earth and the Great Beyond or universe. Considering the theory of multi-verses the term universe could be reductionist, so I'll just call it The Great Beyond. There is actually a beautiful Buddhist mantra (Gate, gate, paragate...) that aims to take you beyond the Great Beyond, but I don't want to put the ca Read more of this blog post »

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