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    Oil On Troubled Waters
    Oil On Troubled Waters
    Oil On Troubled Waters
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    Oil On Troubled Waters

    By Clare Tanner

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    Communication becomes so hard in the teenage years. Families can fall apart over misunderstandings. If only we could all learn to listen to each other.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClare Tanner
    Release dateNov 16, 2011
    ISBN9781465750167
    Oil On Troubled Waters
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    Clare Tanner

    Clare Tanner lives in West Berkshire, UK, where she belongs to a local Writers' Group. They have published four anthologies of short stories. "The Tranquillity Project" is Clare's first novel and she is currently working on her second.

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