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    Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction
    Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction
    Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction
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    Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction

    By Lorina Stephens

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    Author Lorina Stephens offers up three tender Christmas stories about Barbara Brown, from ages four through fifteen, set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, WWII, and the indigence of a fatherless home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFive Rivers Publishing
    Release dateDec 2, 2011
    ISBN9781927400029
    Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction
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    Lorina Stephens

    Lorina Stephens has worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, and publisher.

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      Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction - Lorina Stephens

      Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction

      a short story trilogy

      by Lorina Stephens

      www.5rivers.org

      Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction. Copyright 2011 by Lorina Stephens

      Cover artwork and design Copyright 2011 by Lorina Stephens

      Published in Canada by E-scapes, an imprint of Five Rivers Chapmanry 704 Queen St., P.O. Box 293, Neustadt, ON N0G 2M0, Canada www.5rivers.org

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