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    In the Name of Love: Thirty Short and Shorter Stories
    In the Name of Love: Thirty Short and Shorter Stories
    In the Name of Love: Thirty Short and Shorter Stories
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    In the Name of Love: Thirty Short and Shorter Stories

    By Laurie Boris

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    A lonely neighbor tries to melt a widow’s reluctant heart. Bullying brothers threaten to spoil a young girl’s Halloween. Left at the altar once, a woman takes a gamble on a second chance. These are just a few in a collection of thirty short and shorter stories about growing up, growing older, moving out, moving on, revenge, redemption, and love in all its shades of bittersweet pain and joy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaurie Boris
    Release dateJun 17, 2015
    ISBN9781310172397
    In the Name of Love: Thirty Short and Shorter Stories
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    Laurie Boris

    Laurie Boris is a freelance writer, editor, and former graphic designer. She has been writing fiction for almost thirty years and is the award-winning author of seven novels. When not hanging out with the universe of imaginary people in her head, she enjoys baseball, cooking, and reading. She lives in New York's lovely Hudson Valley.

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