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    Mid-Life Moments
    Mid-Life Moments
    Mid-Life Moments
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    Mid-Life Moments

    By Wendy Bell Scott

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    Stories of a group of characters who are all facing changes in their lifestyles in mid-life and how they deal with the situations in which they find themselves.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Button Publications
    Release dateAug 17, 2012
    ISBN9781476298078
    Mid-Life Moments
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    Wendy Bell Scott

    Wendy Bell Scott was born in Ripon, Yorkshire and moved to North-Northumberland with her family while in her teens. At various times she has been a private music teacher, run her own craft business and taught history and creative writing to adults. She has been writing since the late 1970s, ranging through songs, non-fiction articles, a film script, plays, sketches, short stories, and two part-written novels. Wendy has been researching local and family history for many years and gained an Open University degree in Humanities with History in 2003. She has one son and also brought up her niece and nephew, all of whom are now adults.

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