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We are privileged to have back with us - Shirley Melis and her memoir Banged-Up Heart . Readers and listeners of this book have had so many wonderful things to say about this inspiring story - NOW AVAILABLE on  Audible  ! Banged-Up Heart: Dancing with Love and Loss  is an intimate and clear-eyed account of finding love late and losing it early—and of the strength it takes to fall deeply in love a second time, be forced to relinquish that love too soon, and yet choose to love again. When her husband of thirty years dies suddenly, Shirley Melis is convinced she will never find another man like Joe. Then she meets John, a younger man who tells her during their first conversation that he has lived for many years with a rare but manageable cancer. She is swept off her feet in a whirlwind courtship, and within months, made brave by the early death of a friend’s husband, she asks him to marry her! What follows is a year-long odyssey of travel and a growing erotic and crea...

We are privileged to have back with us - Shirley Melis and her memoir Banged-Up Heart . Readers and listeners of this book have had so many wonderful things to say about this inspiring story and now it's available on  Audible  ! Banged-Up Heart: Dancing with Love and Loss  is an intimate and clear-eyed account of finding love late and losing it early—and of the strength it takes to fall deeply in love a second time, be forced to relinquish that love too soon, and yet choose to love again. When her husband of thirty years dies suddenly, Shirley Melis is convinced she will never find another man like Joe. Then she meets John, a younger man who tells her during their first conversation that he has lived for many years with a rare but manageable cancer. She is swept off her feet in a whirlwind courtship, and within months, made brave by the early death of a friend’s husband, she asks him to marry her! What follows is a year-long odyssey of travel and a growing erotic and...

Thank you WOW! Women on Writing for including us as a blog stop on the book blog tour of Jo Ann Simon's   Rose Colored Glasses - it truly is a pleasure! Head over to JoAnn's blog for more reviews and information about this fabulous memoir!  Dear Tom, I'm back on Anna Maria Island... missing you. But walking down these beautiful beaches reminds me of us and makes me feel a little less far away from you. And that encourages me as I am writing our story. Hopefully this will help other people who are feeling our pain too. I love and miss you every day, darling. Love, Me When he first saw me, Tom said that he would spend the rest of his life with me. To my surprise, he actually did. He was the love of my life. We shared a story that felt like a dream. Every moment was an adventure... and then Tom became ill. As his mysterious symptoms persisted we were hurtled through a maze of fear, tests, doubts and sorrow. But while doctors toyed with diagnoses--Lyme d...

It’s raining here in my corner of the cornfield and I’m happy to say all is well with the family! Take a look at this wonderful memoir by JoAnn Simon and please let me know if you'd be interested in participating. If you would like to participate, I need to know the following: 1) What date (between 7/23-8/23) would be your first choice? 2) What date would be second choice? 3) What type of copy would you like? (if e-book, please include your email, if print copy I'll need your physical address) 4) What is the url for your blog where you'll be posting your review? (please plan on posting to Amazon and Goodreads as well please and thank you) Jo Ann Simon's WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF “Rose Colored Glasses” Tour Begins July 23rd ! A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Hope Paperback: 288 Pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: WiDO Plublishing (May 29th 2018) ISBN-10: 1947966049 ISBN-13: 978-1947966048 Amazon Link: click here Dear ...