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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

I went on buying trips to New York for the fancy ladies wear shop run by one aunt (they used to model the dresses at high end shops), learned the uniform business from another aunt, and was taught the basics of the Borscht Belt hospitality business by a great cousin. After dinner, Dad went off to Schul with his brothers.

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Fall Reading List

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Centered around the twists and turns of a Mississippi family, 13-year old Jojo navigates life with his younger sister, through his mother’s drug abuse, his father’s incarceration, and a harrowing journey through the South. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (Sept). The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (Oct).

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Sunday Reads 7/13: School For Mysteries, Butter in the Well and More Reads

For the Mommas

Swedish immigrant Kajsa Svensson Runeberg fights to survive and build a homestead on the Kansas prairie as she and her family faces the trials of weather, disease, accidents, and loneliness. When her long-missing sister ends up dead, Maggie flies to the south of France to find the little niece that no one in the family even knew existed.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They have found that giving gifts is a surprisingly complex and important part of human interaction, helping to define relationships and strengthen bonds with family and friends.”. If you make a list, you should thoughtfully compose it with several types of gifts and expense levels for each family unit.

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Harris Teeter Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups Week : 12/28

Coupons Do Work

Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice, 6 oz - $1.67. Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice, 6 oz. Sister Schubert's Rolls, 8 - 12 oz - $3.00. - $0.75/1 1 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls (exp. Sister Schubert's Rolls, 8 - 12 oz. Stouffer's Family Size Entrees, 30 - 40 oz - $6.99. - $1.00/2 Red Baron Pizza.

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Harveys Supermarket Ad With Coupon Deals: Week of 12/21

Coupons Do Work

Luzianne Family Tea Bags, 24 ct - $2.00 Luzianne Family Tea Bags, 24 ct. Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix, 32 oz - $2.99. Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix, 32 oz. Sister Schubert's Rolls, 11 - 15.5 1 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls. - $0.75/1 1 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls. qt - $3.98.

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Harveys Supermarket Ad With Coupon Deals: Week of 12/14

Coupons Do Work

Luzianne Family Tea Bags, 24 ct - $2.00 Luzianne Family Tea Bags, 24 ct. Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix, 32 oz - $2.99. Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix, 32 oz. Sister Schubert's Rolls, 11 - 15.5 1 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls. - $0.75/1 1 Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls. qt - $3.98.