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Hi.

Welcome to This Awful/Awesome Life! My name is Frances Joyce. I am the publisher and editor of this magazine. We'll be exploring different topics each month to inform, entertain and inspire you. Meet new authors, sharpen your brain and pick up a few tips on life, love, entertaining and business. Enjoy and please share!

A Holiday Message from Jim O'Brien

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Happy Holidays! 

Christmas is coming and Hanukkah will be here before you know.  There is never a bad time to say "thank you" to someone who has been kind to you. 

Please Google Pittsburgh sports author Jim O'Brien and you will find my website with book cover images and summaries of the books in my Pittsburgh Proud collection. 

The two latest offerings are "Franco, Rocky & Friends -- It Pays to be a Good Guy," and "Looking Up Once Again," the second in a planned trilogy of basketball memoirs with a strong Pittsburgh accent and emphasis.  

The books are $33.70 per copy which includes packaging, shipping cost and sales tax.  Make checks out to James P. O'Brien Publishing, P.O. Box 12580, Pittsburgh PA 15241.  For more information you can call 412-221-3580. 

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Athenaeus and His Figs by Orlando Bartro

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