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    Clara's Timely Birthday Gift
    Clara's Timely Birthday Gift
    Clara's Timely Birthday Gift
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    Clara's Timely Birthday Gift

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Dean Dawson, his girlfriend Clara and their friend Madame Chung, a restaurateur, focus on the year 1924 and the doings of a stranger named Howard.
    Once Upon A Crocodile Magazine, previously published this tale under the title “Dean and Clara Find Fault.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateMay 24, 2021
    ISBN9781005747824
    Clara's Timely Birthday Gift
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      Clara's Timely Birthday Gift - Thomas M. McDade

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      Clara's Timely Birthday Gift, Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2020 Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual locations or events is coincidental.

      Acknowledgements:

      I am most grateful to Once Upon A Crocodile,

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