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August 6, 2004, Forest City, NC: Author Claire Matthews (pen name of Farral Bradtke) held a book signing and sale at Autumn Care of Forest City upon invitation from the nursing home's administrator. From the Ashes of Love enjoyed a great success, and almost each individual who came to buy the book and get it signed by the author stayed to talk and ask questions. |
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October 10, 2004, Forest City, NC: From the Ashes of Love is listed in the top 10 Best Seller's List for the Fireside Book Store of Forest City. |
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October 26, 2004, Forest City, NC: Farral Bradtke holds an invited reading and signing for her book, From the Ashes of Love, at the Wanda Paul Children's Center. |
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October 28, 2004, Spindale, NC: Farral Bradtke is a guest speaker for the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and Staff of Family Resources of Rutherford County, Inc. |
| November 17, 2004, Spindale, NC: Farral Bradtke addressed the combined college classes for sociology, psychology, and child care at Isothermal Community College's Library Auditorium on the subjects of child abuse and domestic violence. |
April 30, 2005: More news...Farral is continuing other efforts in the world of writing. She has reviewed a book of poems for published poet Laura Grover of Marquette, Michigan.
Actress/model/film producer Angela Shelton is including From the Ashes of Love on her website as a recommended book for survivors of abuse. For more information, see her web site on my 'recommended web site' area of my bio page. Her film documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton, is brilliant and highly recommended.
October 30, 2006: Farral has completed her second book, Heartless Heartland, which is a horror novel! For a sample of thrills, chills, and dark delights, please visit the book's web site at www.heartlessheartland.biz . You can read the first six chapters free! Please let her know what you think about it by e-mailing her at farralbradtke@heartlessheartland.biz .
November 10, 2006: At the Heartless Heartland web site, readers can now sample yet another side of Farral's writing in the short story, So You Want to Be an Old Southern Woman. This is a humorous look at living in the South of the United States by a Yankee, and was written for a dear friend of mine. I hope you enjoy it! www.heartlessheartland.biz.
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