The Fortune Cookie

By Dorene J. Stamper

Louise Carter, a 34-year-old, and recently divorced mother of two, finds herself thrust into the workforce after fifteen years of spousal abuse. Though lacking confidence, she applies for work at Hunter and Hinson’s. Bringing with her a filled out application, she enters the office. “Thank you,” said the secretary as she took the application. “If you’ll have a seat, I’ll give this to Mr. Hunter.”

Louise took a seat and pretended to read a magazine while her thoughts ran wild. 'You know Ted’s right. You’re worthless! Even he said that he would not hire you to lick stamps let alone do something of importance. You’ll never amount to anything, so why even try?'

The interview went well, and Mr. Hunter gave Louise a chance, she was to start in the morning. Walking onto the assembling floor was intimidating. As she stepped up to the time clock, punched in for the first time, she meets Margaret Ling, a co-worker who befriends her.

Daily they would have lunch at the Destiny Dragon restaurant, where the fortune cookies would drastically change Louise’s life for the better.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dorene J. Stamper
• Release date: Oct 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9780984281527

Dorene J. Stamper

Ms. Stamper started her writing career when selling her first story to a magazine at the age of seventeen. Throughout her life she has written for numerous periodicals, has been a news reporter, publishes a monthly family newsletter, and has held numerous callings within her church that involve creative writing.Ms. Stamper has discovered what interests’ young and older minds alike, and keeps them fascinated as they learn good moral values, and American history in fun and interesting ways.Readers of novels and quick reads by Dorene J. Stamper feel as if they were actually witnessing the events within the adventure. Her easy reading style breathes life into the characters, while giving the reader the experience of action, tears of joy and sorrow, excitement, fun and accomplishment. They learn that disappointment does not always mean failure, and to keep trying until they win the prize and triumph.

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The

Fortune Cookie

By Dorene J. Stamper

The Fortune Cookie ©

2014 Dorene J. Stamper

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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