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    Miles from Ireland
    Miles from Ireland
    Miles from Ireland
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    Miles from Ireland

    By Mary Kitt-Neel

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    Isabel works for a university and befriends a graduate student from Ireland. He is colorblind, and his colorblindness indirectly helps Isabel look at things in a new way, including a painful incident from her past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMary Kitt-Neel
    Release dateSep 9, 2010
    ISBN9781452317762
    Miles from Ireland
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    Mary Kitt-Neel

    I am a full-time freelance writer, writing website content and blogs for my clients. I also enjoy writing fiction, both novels and short stories. In addition to being a writer, I spent over a decade as an engineer at an Air Force facility, and I have also worked as a newspaper journalist.

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      Miles from Ireland

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