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Yvonne deSousa

Goodreads Author

Born

in Cape Cod, The United States

Website

http://yvonnedesousa.com/

Twitter

@yvonnedeSousa

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Spirituality

Member Since

October 2013

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Yvonne deSousa has worked as a street sweeper, a shell seller, a babysitter, a candy peddler, and a guest house manager, all before the age of sixteen. Later on she worked as a waitress, sales clerk, library assistant, victim’s advocate, and at the front desk of a doctor’s
office.

Two years before Yvonne’s diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a relative volunteered her to write an article for a local newspaper. Little did she know it was the beginning of a writing career. When MS threatened to turn her into a lunatic, she started writing more frequently and quickly discovered that writing about the insanity that is MS was helping to keep her sane.

Her work has appeared on CapeWomenOnline.com, and in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Finding My Faith ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 138 ratings · 50 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love Story 4.54 avg rating — 50 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
	MS Madness 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2014	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
	MS Madness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014	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
	MS Madness: A "Giggle More, Cry Less" Story of Multiple Sclerosis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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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Fall at the Mall

A shopping trip goes awry

I’m pleased to report that I’ve still got it! Even as I approach my middle ages, I still can pull it off.

Just a few weeks ago, I was picked up by not one, but two younger guys!

Here’s how it went down.

I had a doctor’s appointment in the big city and afterwards, I planned to do some shopping. I didn’t have money to go shopping but I did have rewards points at not one, bu

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Yvonne deSousa wrote a new blog post Fall at the Mall A shopping trip goes awry I’m pleased to report that I’ve still got it! Even as I approach my middle ages, I still can pull it off.Just a few weeks ag Read more of this blog post »
Nov 25, 2025 03:02AM · like
Yvonne deSousa entered a giveaway A Different Type of Poison by Liz Alterman (Goodreads Author)	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
Nov 18, 2025 08:26AM · like · see giveaway
Yvonne deSousa rated a book it was amazing A Ghost in the Middle Kingdom: A Memoir by Anna Keibler (Goodreads Author)	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
It is hard to say I loved this story, while also saying I really LOVED this story. There is pain and cruelty, but also beauty and resilience. In her early twenties, Anna travels to China, a land mysterious to many, including me. There she shows us he ...more
Nov 05, 2025 06:17AM · like · see review
Yvonne deSousa made a comment in the group Living With Multiple Sclerosis — Is anyone still active? topic " Hi Nellie Are you still looking? My memoir reads like fiction and is about acccepting my MS diagnosis with a twist- I used humor to help and it worked ...more "
Oct 20, 2025 05:28PM
Yvonne deSousa made a comment in the group Indie Voices: Authors & Books — Introduce Yourself topic " Hi fellow authors and readers!! I am both and happy to be here. My books are Shelter of the Monument: A Provincetown Love story, 2023, a coming of age ...more "
Oct 20, 2025 05:14PM
Yvonne deSousa joined the group Indie Voices: Authors & Books
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Yvonne deSousa rated a book it was amazing Gut Instinct: Based on a True Story by Hannah McNamara (Goodreads Author)	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
Reading Gut Instinct, the debut YA thriller from Hannah McNamara, I felt so into the story that I kept checking myself for ticks. I could smell the campfire and the freshly baked donuts. And I cringed at having to use the dirty campground bathrooms. ...more
Oct 19, 2025 03:32PM · like · see review
Yvonne deSousa rated a book it was amazing Lunch Tales: Teagan by Lucille Guarino (Goodreads Author)	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
In great fiction, we feel for the protagonist and want to journey with them as the story unfolds. But in Lucille Guarino’s new release, Lunch Rales: Teagan, that compelling journey goes much, much deeper. Not only was I able to appreciate what Teagan ...more
Sep 18, 2025 06:28AM · 1 like · like · see review
Yvonne deSousa rated a book it was amazing A Very Inconvenient Scandal by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Goodreads Author)	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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Jun 23, 2025 05:00PM · like · see review
Yvonne deSousa rated a book it was amazing You, Always: The Years of Us by Lauryn Jay (Goodreads Author)	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
Like most love stories, You Always is filled with heart ache, heartbreak, frustration, anger, betrayal and moments so beautiful they are beyond our wildest emotions. This is a novel we can all relate to and cherish as we navigate our own messy love l ...more
Jun 02, 2025 09:42AM · 2 likes · like · see review