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Crystal Klimavicz

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Born

in Maine, The United States

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http://www.CrystalColeBooks.com

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Fiction, Memoir, Ebooks

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Pearl Buck, Margaret Mead, Stephen King, James Clavell,

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From Maine to the south, a stint overseas, and back to Maine again, Crystal now lives just outside of beautiful Portland, ME with her husband and their two children.

Her love for the written word coupled with family tragedy, prompted her to write Falling Through Trees. Two years later, the sequel, This Side of Perfect, was released. Both books have been recently republished under her pen name, Crystal Cole; same family dramas, told through a tighter prose and showcased by gorgeous new covers.

Beyond women's fiction, Crystal has also written The Days of Not So Long Ago, as well as multiple family memoirs. Currently, she is editing manuscripts for a number of aspiring authors, teaching the craft of memoir, and writing her latest novel, The Upe ...more

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	Falling Through Trees by Crystal Klimavicz (Goodreads Author), Crystal Cole 4.05 avg rating — 22 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
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Capturing the Past... From Those Who Have So Much to Share

Throughout my adolescent years, I was ‘forced’ to make weekly trips to visit my grandparents just like so many other close-knit families of that day. The adults would talk, laugh and bicker, and then we would all eat dinner around the small kitchen table. As I grew older, and more insolent I’ll admit, I became […]

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

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