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Writer of 16 novels, two story collections, and 4 volumes of poetry. Fine Arts photographer/mentor and retired book designer. Website: www.lauryaegan.com

geni.us/jennykidd "'Jenny Kidd' by Laury A. Egan (review: Vicki Weisfeld): "Need to escape from this gloomy weather? How about a trip to sunny Venice? In her new book, Laury A. Egan recreates La Serenissima so believably you’ll be surprised when you discover it’s still winter!" Amazon: paper/Kindle.

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So sad. Morley, the Very Best Basset Hound, passed away last night (14.5 years old). Lynda and Dusty were at his bedside. Love and sympathy to both of them. Morley was a wonderful dog.

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Two paintings by my mother, Agnes Ricks Egan, now on exhibit at the Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, NJ. The portrait is of me, age 8. Stop in and see the paintings!

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"I was looking forward to Laury A. Egan's latest release with a whole clutch of stories [and] a 2-act play. [It] was all I had expected. Favorites: The Playground, about an encounter with children, Contagious Dementia, Life with a Beagle, The Proposal, and The School Contest. © Jerry L. Wheeler

Bartlett White, Your Session Is about to Time Out A review by Laury A. Egan Bartlett White’s new poetry collection was inspired by 6 months spent in Oxford, where he strolled through the city’s ancient byways and absorbed the atmosphere breathed by past poets. A lovely book!

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From the Foreword We were at 30,000 feet over the dark Atlantic, tracing an arc through the night of July 4, 2022, a jet-fuel firework leaving American airspace, pointed toward the United Kingdom. …

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A lovely Sunday reading to friends, former and current photo students, and neighbors: a celebration for "Fair Haven" and "Contrary: Stories and a Play." Thank you!

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Although Wheeler wrote a collection of stories unified by the two characters, Kent and Spencer, Mercedes General could have been a novel because it’s a continuous story beginning as two boys meet in 1966. Kent thinks: “When I looked at him, it felt like finding the right piece of a jigsaw puzzle.”

A review: “Fair Haven is a murder mystery and it expertly weaves the complexity of the characters and explores their depth. At the end I had suspected every character of being the murderer. It's a quiet picturesque town where nothing much happens especially murder until it does!”--Leanne Dagan

Teri M. Brown, "10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure" “A double-butted adventure” is done on a tandem bicycle. Brown and her husband ride from OR to D.C. An arduous journey for a disabled man and an inexperienced cyclist, but the ride also offers life lessons for them and the reader.

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