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After 18 months of work, including our successful crowdfunding campaign in march last year, we are proudly releasing the anthology on march 8. Her best friend, a black boy, is killed, or as she correctly says, is murdered, by the police. Cranky ladies of history is a celebration of 22 women who challenged conventional. Mar 04, 2015 welcome to womens history month 2015, which has the theme weaving the stories of womens lives, which fits perfectly with our cranky ladies of history anthology project. Welcome to womens history month 2015, which has the theme weaving the stories of womens lives, which fits perfectly with our cranky ladies of history anthology project. I bought it and instantly fell in love with susanna kearsley as a writer. Vivien, christine, margaret, julia, shaun, paddy, colin and anne.
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