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Hortensis

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11. :) I'll have wait to get it used, being in my fixed-income years while

Fri Oct 12, 2018, 12:27 PM

Oct 2018

hers is on the way up. We're reading this in the NYT, after all. I'm sure she'd appreciate the suggestion, not just for its kindness but for her book.

I was amused that an Irish woman mentioned Las Vegas as a fantasy destination (really?), but if she still wants it it's very likely she'll get there someday. Hope she loves the desert -- I'd travel around the world from Ireland to see that.

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Author works as a janitor. She just won a prestigious literary prize from the university she cleans [View all] FSogol Oct 2018 OP

K&R ZeroSomeBrains Oct 2018 #1

eggscllent AllaN01Bear Oct 2018 #2

Rita lives! B Stieg Oct 2018 #3

I loved that movie! redwitch Oct 2018 #4

Goodwill Hunting of the Literary world I guess. Le Gaucher Oct 2018 #5

So many people have gifts they can't nurture because of circumstances. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #6

Very true. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #7

Not this one. She IS nurturing her gifts as a writer Hortensis Oct 2018 #10

Unfortuately, the "paid job that is not stressful" is the barrier for many. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #12

Yes, hers is supplementary income, giving her choices Hortensis Oct 2018 #13

Buy. Her. Book!! nolabear Oct 2018 #8

Good advice. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #9

:) I'll have wait to get it used, being in my fixed-income years while Hortensis Oct 2018 #11

Wow, what an accomplishment! smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #14