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Your Story Matters: Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life
Copyright © 2020 by Leslie Leyland Fields. All rights reserved.
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Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is purely coincidental.
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ISBN 978-1-64158-219-3
ISBN 978-1-64158-221-6 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-64158-222-3 (Kindle); ISBN 978-1-64158-220-9 (Apple)