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The Dream Stitcher
The Dream Stitcher
The Dream Stitcher
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The Dream Stitcher’s story moves eloquently between two time periods and places, America in 2008 and World War II Poland.

 

Hard times are forcing Maude Fields to take in her estranged mother, Bea, whose secrets date to World War II.  Bea arrives with a hand-embroidered recreation of La Tapisserie de la R

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Release dateAug 8, 2018
ISBN9781732589629
The Dream Stitcher
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Deborah Gaal

Deborah Gaal abandoned a love of theater to take over the family flooring business and ended up running a wholly-owned subsidiary for E.I. DuPont de Nemours (DuPont). After leaving DuPont, she coached entrepreneurs and corporate execs in addition to creating and guiding leadership seminars for women. Finally, she returned to her dream of living a creative life by writing. She is a repeat recipient of the San Diego State University Writer's Conference "Editor's Choice Award." In addition to two full-length works of fiction, her short story "Weekend at the Pere Marquette," appeared in Creative Writing Demystified by Sheila Bender (McGraw-Hill) as well as in the online magazine Writingitreal. She has raised four children and lives in Southern California with her husband, an exuberant Chocolate Lab, and two feral cats. When she is not writing, you can find her on the lawn bowling green.

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