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When I was a teen in Munster Hamlet, Ontario, I discovered my mother’s box of her ancestors' photos. I was drawn with an inexplicable intensity to a photo of Laddie Millen, my great-uncle, who died in WWI. That connection to him, that obsession really, was one I felt for the rest of my life. There was something about his eyes. The depth. The sensitivity I sensed there. The integrity. The vulnerabi Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.92 · 551 ratings · 82 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood 3.95 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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
	Rock, Paper, Fire: The Best of Mountain and Wilderness Writing by Marni Jackson, Tony Whittome (Editor), Charlotte Gill (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Isobel Millen: Adventures of a Grenfell Teacher did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)

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Welcome to the Neighbourhood: Stories

by Clea Young (Goodreads Author)

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When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine

by Monica Wood

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Jan is currently reading The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (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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Jan rated a book it was amazing The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout (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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Jan wants to read Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne (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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Jan rated a book really liked it Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road by Kate Harris (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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