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"Rusnak does not waste a single word, and she is clear where she wants her story to take her reader."
Zev Good, author of All About the Benjamins
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"honest and provocative"
Margaret Terry, author of Dear Deb
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"Alanna Rusnak is a wordsmith. She is both mistress and master of her craft."
Geraldine Mac Donald, author of Sumac Summer
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"Rusnak manages to write with a naked rawness that brings out the true depths of family and spirituality in a way that pulls the reader in."
William F. Aicher, author of Calibration 74
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"She writes with such illustrious clarity and complexity..."
Liv Archer, author of Sixth Sense and owner of Winter Writer Books
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"Rusnak is a master wordsmith who weaves non-linear sequencing, alternating perspectives, and complex characters to create a nuanced yet heart-wrenching book."
Amber Kuipers, author of When Grey Came to Stay
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