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    10 Stories About Nothing
    10 Stories About Nothing
    10 Stories About Nothing
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    10 Stories About Nothing

    By Alida van den Bos

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    The book is a collection of short stories some funny and some romance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReadOnTime BV
    Release dateApr 9, 2015
    ISBN9781742845234
    10 Stories About Nothing
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    Alida van den Bos

    Born in the Netherlands, Alida lives on the Central Coast, near Newcastle, Australia. Her love of writing has been a lifelong pursuit leading her to become a novelist ten years ago. Alida emigrated to Australia in 1959 with her husband and two children where adventure beckoned and the family tried opal digging in Coober Pedy and Lightning Ridge. A move to midwestern New South Wales town of Orange where her third child was born and with her husband started a horse stud, aptly named Running Hoofs, leading to success in local and metropolitan racecourses.

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