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The Together Years
The Together Years
The Together Years
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This book is not a memoir but a compilation of actual journals that the author kept as her children were born and growing from infants to young adults. It captures the funny sayings of young children we all wish we had written down at the time. It also captures the very real problems of parenting, sibling rivalries, and settling into new neighborhoods. The author writes with her heart and records the ordinary moments so they wont be forgotten. She also writes with a very young voice, and we see her mature along with her children over the fifteen years that this book encompasses.

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PublisheriUniverse
Release dateMar 18, 2013
ISBN9781475978391
The Together Years
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Shirley Randels Floyd

Shirley Floyd is a retired reference librarian who graduated from the University of Illinois. She has spent most of her adult life on the East coast but still considers herself a Midwesterner. Shirley lives with her second husband in New Jersey where they garden, travel and try to keep up on what’s happening with their 22 grandchildren.

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