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Waterstones - in England /Ireland ; my book -That's Just how it Was -  people  can order the book in the shop ; it is not stocked as yet .

  ISBN 978-1-4918-8985-5 

Just to remind people of what it is about ; click on the lick below to view the video

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I have found out this morning that my Book - That's Just How It Was - can now be bought in the USA from Waterstones; ; not on the shelves as yet ; but it can be ordered from the Waterstones Bookstore -via Ingrams.

ISBN 978-1-4918-8985-5 

This is  a breakthrough for me ; as a self published author ; it has not been easy to get my book acknowledged ; so its now official . Whatestones will take orders for my book ;

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Book review

"The Longing," by Kimberly Mae

Friesen Press, 2015

Reading this warm-hearted book was a precise reminder to me of the full range of…