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Christine Rose

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Amazon bestselling author of the critically-acclaimed survival memoir One Reason to Live and the award-winning Rowan of the Wood YA fantasy series. Needs copious amounts of dark chocolate, frothy mochas, and silent solitude.

All her books, including the new memoir One Reason to Live, are available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3zuoh8E

Between 2010 and 2014, also wrote romance and horror, mostly Steampunk, under the name O. M. Grey.

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	Rowan of the Wood (Rowan of the Wood #1) by Christine Rose (Goodreads Author), Ethan Rose (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Witch on the Water (Rowan of the Wood, #2) by Christine Rose (Goodreads Author), Ethan Rose (Goodreads Author), Linda Thune (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Fire of the Fey (Rowan of the Wood, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	One Reason to Live: A Memoir About Surviving Trauma 4.65 avg rating — 26 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
	Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Il mondo rosa di Barbie: La storia della bambola che è diventata il simbolo dell’emancipazione femminile 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings	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
	Power of the Zephyr (Rowan of the Wood, #4) by Christine Rose (Goodreads Author), Ethan Rose (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Spirit of the Otherworld (Rowan of the Wood, #5) by Christine Rose (Goodreads Author), Ethan Rose (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	El mundo rosa de Barbie 3.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Ancestors and descendants of the brothers Rev. Robert Rose and Rev. Charles Rose of Colonial Virginia and Wester Alves, Morayshire, Scotland: With ... Patrick, James, Hugh, George, and Alexander really liked it 4.00 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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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

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“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
― Edith Wharton

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