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Dear Jack
2012
First Published
3.77
Average Rating
50
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Dear Jack...the journal of a woman unwilling to let go. Dottie is a woman with a heart full of emotions but unable to express them unless through her journals. When Jack goes off to war, Dottie is left behind having to be strong for their young daughter, Mary. While Jack is away, she keeps a journal full of letters for Jack, for him to read when he comes home. Except, word comes that Jack has gone missing and leaves Dottie to fend for herself. She keeps hope that her husband is alive and will be coming home, until Jack's personal effects are returned to her by a member of Jack's unit. When Doug, her husband's best friend, shares with her a letter Jack wrote for her in case he never came home her world falls apart and it's all she can do to hold herself together for Mary. Were you one of the readers who wanted to know about the story behind Dottie and Doug? This is where you'll find out. Please note this novella is only 10,000 words long and is meant as a companion to Finding Emma. BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED—Excerpt from Emma's Secret!

Avg Rating
3.77
Number of Ratings
994
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2 STARS
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Author

Steena Holmes
Steena Holmes
Author · 29 books

NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author - Steena is the author of the heart wrenching Finding Emma series. Her latest novel - LIES WE TELL OURSELVES - is out October 2020. The Word Game was included in the Top 20 Novels to be Written by Women in 2015 by Good Housekeeping. The Word Game also won the 2015 USA Books Award for Best Fiction and her novel, The Memory Child was a finalist in the same category. Steena Holmes grew up in a small town in Canada and holds a Bachelors degree in Theology. In 2012 she received the Indie Excellence Award. Holmes was inspired to write Finding Emma after experiencing a brief moment of horror when she’d thought her youngest daughter was missing. She currently lives in Calgary with her husband and three daughters and loves to wake up to the Rocky Mountains each morning. ~ LIST OF HER NOVELS STARTING FROM MOST RECENT: LIES WE TELL OURSELVES - OCT 2020 THE PERFECT SECRET - MAY 2020 THE PATIENT - OCTOBER 2019 THE FORGOTTEN ONES SAVING ABBY & ABBY'S JOURNEY THE WORD GAME Stillwater Bay Series: Stillwater Shores Stillwater Rising Stillwater Tides Stillwater Deep The Memory Child & The Memory Journal Finding Emma series: Finding Emma Dear Jack Emma's Secret Dottie's Memories Megan's Hope

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