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November Rain

I am glum. I have no excuse. No reason to be glum. I mean, yes, it's been raining for 457 days solid now, so that might have something to do with it. This morning, for the first time this week, we could walk to school again. Such joy in that walk. And then back came the ...

Author Andrea Mara | Office MumPosted on November 28, 2019Categories Just my two centsTags books, editing, fiction, kids, rain, winter, writing1 Comment on November Rain

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I’m a shoe-obsessed, coffee-loving author, blogger, and mother of three from Dublin. When I’m not writing or looking after the kids, I’m simultaneously making tomorrow’s school lunches, eating cake, and letting off steam here.
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PS My two psychological thrillers, The Other Side of the Wall and One Click (Poolbeg Press) are out now.
The Other Side of the Wall was shortlisted for the 2018 Kate O'Brien Award and One Click was shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year in the 2018 Irish Book Awards

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