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Marlene Sowder

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Born

in Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

Website

http://marlene.sowder.com/

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KnitOnePurrToo

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author:Tamora Pierce, author:David Eddings

Member Since

April 2012

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Marlene has been a passionate reader for most of her life. She won several summer reading programs as a child and her lifelong habit of reading has greatly influenced her writing style. Marlene has had several careers, including Linux system administration, paralegal, legal secretary, drive-thru order taker, and is currently a freelance writer working from home.

Marlene is a graduate of Tarrant County College, loves cats, knitting, good music, cooking, and playing video games. She resides with her husband and an assortment of cats in Cleburne, Texas.

Marlene has a presence on several social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

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Marlene Sowder’s books

Average rating: 4.71 · 7 ratings · 2 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Hamburgers for Thanksgiving? 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Candy Dish it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Candy Dish: 500 Word Stories to Tickle Your Frontal Lobe it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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
	Mirror it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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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Very cathartic for anyone with a toxic mom I was immediately struck by how much I recognized my own mother in the antagonist and myself in both protagonists. My mother didn’t enforce obedience via sorcery, but the effect was largely the same. Throughl ...more
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