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    The Pencil Sharpener
    The Pencil Sharpener
    The Pencil Sharpener
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    The Pencil Sharpener

    By D.S. Lucas

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    Change is hard for Mitzi Miller, a spunky, elderly widow who misses her house and the way things used to be. After her husband dies, she regretfully sells the fixer-upper she owned for half-a-century. Mitzi is still homesick nearly five years later. On her seventy-sixth birthday, she grants her own wish to return “home” with a bizarre request for an old pencil sharpener she left behind. There she embarks on a nostalgic journey led by her memories and the new owner's bouncy dog. Can this visit bring Mitzi the closure she needs to help her move on?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Wild Rose Press
    Release dateJul 26, 2017
    ISBN9781509215751
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