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	Things Past Telling 4.37 avg rating — 2,627 ratings — published 2022 — 13 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 Secret Women 3.67 avg rating — 1,659 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion 3.54 avg rating — 967 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Dancing on the Edge of the Roof 4.26 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 2002 — 12 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 Shade of My Own Tree: A Novel 4.22 avg rating — 402 ratings — 11 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
	On the Right Side of a Dream 4.09 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2005 — 14 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
	Girls Most Likely 3.57 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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
	Daughters of the Wind: A Mythic Fantasy 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 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

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It's Wednesday. June 10. Summer (at least, that's what the temperature feels like). The hum of AC in the neighborhood breaks up the delight of bird song in the morning. I am at "pub date +1" - my fifth book in print, arrived yesterday. I feel like one of THE SECRET WOMEN - covid has kept me a secret (!) because I can't do public book signings, I can't (or shouldn't) go door to door and peddle the Read more of this blog post »

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Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet

by Joan Halifax

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Aug 31, 2020 08:47AM

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Grant

by Ron Chernow

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“Baby, you ain’t lost; you just ain’t got there yet.”
― Sheila Williams, The Secret Women

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“It’ll be over when it’s over. There’s no stopwatch marking the time you need to grieve for a loved one. Get that concept out of your head. There’s no formula, protocol, or rule. It’ll take as long as it takes.”
― Sheila Williams, The Secret Women

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