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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

I have an English degree and I work in scholarly book publishing as an editor (developmental and acquiring editor, not the grammar and spelling kind of editor). I mostly work remotely which is very, very nice. The cats In my free time, I (probably obviously, considering my career) love to read, and I’m in a local book club.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. The easiest part of being frugal is everything else.