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Copyright © 2013 by Lynn C. Miller and Lisa Lenard-Cook
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Miller, Lynn, 1951–
Find your story, write your memoir / Lynn C. Miller and Lisa Lenard-Cook.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-299-29314-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-299-29313-0 (e-book)
1. Autobiography—Authorship. I. Lenard-Cook, Lisa. II. Title.
CT25.M484 2013
808.06'692—dc23
2012032685
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