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1 week ago December 2, 2023December 2, 2023joynealkidney

How Some Readers are Learn About Leora’s Courageous Life

2 weeks ago November 27, 2023November 28, 2023joynealkidney

Norwegian Immigrant Stories by Ann Hanigan Kotz

November 24, 2023November 7, 2023joynealkidney

Granddaughter Authors

November 21, 2023November 16, 2023joynealkidney

Three Christmas-Themed Books to Savor and to Gift

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023joynealkidney

Winds of Change by Gail Kittleson

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Stories at the Perry Public Library on November 11

November 3, 2023November 3, 2023joynealkidney

The First Review on Amazon for “What Leora Never Knew”

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023joynealkidney

My Three Favorite Reads of 2023

October 30, 2023October 29, 2023joynealkidney

A Welcome Guest Post about the Leora Stories

October 28, 2023October 28, 2023joynealkidney

Smorgasbord Book Promotions – New Book on the Shelves – What Leora Never Knew: A Granddaughter’s Quest for Answers (Leora’s Stories) by Joy Neal Kidney

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023joynealkidney

Generosity: Marcus Brotherton, New York Times bestselling author

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023joynealkidney

Book-Launch Un-Shindig

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023joynealkidney

Just Out: What Leora Never Knew

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023joynealkidney

See Jane Dance! by Jolene Stratton Philo

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023joynealkidney

Book Cover! What Leora Never Knew: A Granddaughter’s Quest for Answers

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023joynealkidney

The Legacy, brand new book by Cherie Dargan

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023joynealkidney

Tough Subjects, Terrific Books

September 23, 2023September 23, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Books

September 22, 2023September 22, 2023joynealkidney

Favorite Redemption Novels Based on Family History

August 31, 2023October 2, 2023joynealkidney

What’s Next?

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023joynealkidney

“What Leora Never Knew” Needs a Subtitle

August 3, 2023August 2, 2023joynealkidney

Review of “Leora’s Letters” by Sally Cronin of Smorgasbord Blog Magazine

July 30, 2023August 8, 2023joynealkidney

Book Club Invitation!

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023joynealkidney

Browse for Books. Authors, List You Own!

July 7, 2023July 7, 2023joynealkidney

Bananas–everything you wanted to know about them and more

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023joynealkidney

Invitations to Write Book Endorsements

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023joynealkidney

I Attended the Writers Conference After All!

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023joynealkidney

“As Grandma Says: Timeless Words to Live By” by Judith Robl

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023joynealkidney

Books with Patriotic Themes

June 5, 2023August 26, 2023joynealkidney

Shot Down–the Book and the Audiobook

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