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Jennifer Gentry

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Born

in Ottumwa, Iowa, The United States

Website

http://www.jottingsbyjenny.blogspot.com

Genre

Fiction, Christian, Romance

Influences

Jan Karon, Karen Kingsbury, Jane Austen

Member Since

January 2010

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/authorjennifergentry

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Jennifer Gentry has been writing stories since the third grade, one of which was published in her high school periodical. She is also a voracious reader whose favorite book, like that of her heroine, is “Pride and Prejudice”, by Jane Austen. As to which “Darcy” camp she belongs to, Jennifer is a staunch Matthew Macfadyen fan.

Generally preferring Christian fiction, Jennifer’s favorite novels are those in which the authors are able to pull a large range of emotions from their readers throughout the telling of the stories. She also enjoys novels where she walks away encouraged -- or even challenged -- in her faith.

Jennifer Gentry is a missionary, serving with an anti-human trafficking ministry whose primary goal is to prevent human trafficki ...more

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	The Reunion (Cancun Chronicles Book 1) 3.87 avg rating — 15 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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The Dutiful Daughter (Sanctuary Bay, #1)

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message 3: by Gwendolyn

Aug 26, 2011 07:33PM

Hi Jenny! Thanks for being my Goodreads friend! :-)

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message 2: by Jennifer

Oct 18, 2010 03:40PM

Nadine wrote: "Thank you for adding me as a friend, Jenny! (I love your blogspot url. :-])

Nadine C. Keels"

Thanks, Nadine! :-) The phrase "lean and mean" was always a running gag in our house, so I decided to use it as the name of my blog. LOL!

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message 1: by Nadine

Oct 18, 2010 03:18PM