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Cindy Ojczyk

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Born

in Chicago, IL USA

July 29

Website

https://www.cindyowrites.com/

Genre

Memoir

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Cindy Ojcyk is an award-winning writer, memorist, and lifelong pet foster whose work explores the emotional terrain of parenting, mental health, and the healing power of rescue animals. She uses storytelling to reveal the devotion we’ve shaped in pets as a mirror of the love and loyalty we long to give and receive.

Cindy lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota USA with her husband, a revolving cast of foster animals, and a few eccentric rescues who keep life interesting.

Her adult children, raised in a home full of fur, now tend to menageries of their own.

When Cindy is not writing or reading, she volunteers with animal and human welfare groups, tends to her little patch of native prairie, and walks in nature with whomever will accompany her.

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Average rating: 4.75 · 12 ratings · 10 reviews · 1 distinct work

Mom Loves the Dogs More: A Memoir of Family Rescue

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Kneading to Die (Pawsitively Organic Mystery #1)

by Liz Mugavero (Goodreads Author)

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Pick Me

by Victoria Schade (Goodreads Author)

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The delightful nature of the here and now blended with the past leaves me wishing for my own library ghost. If you need a light story with a few headscratching twists and turns, cozy up to this Field Guide.
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