{"id":1824,"date":"2011-07-08T05:37:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T10:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2011-07-08T05:37:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T10:37:36","slug":"patricia-sands-joins-loveahappyending-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"Patricia Sands joins loveahappyending.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/strawberry-dark-background.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/strawberry-dark-background-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"LAHE logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/strawberry-dark-background-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/strawberry-dark-background.jpg 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Welcome to Patricia Sands \u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone at <em><strong>lovehappyending.com<\/strong><\/em> is delighted to welcome new Author <strong>Patricia Sands<\/strong>, as her author\u2019s page goes live here today! \u00a0<strong>P<\/strong><strong>atricia lives in Toronto, Canada<\/strong> and has a very busy family life with seven adult children and, at last  count, six grandchildren! \u00a0She devotes quite a bit of time to her love  of photography as well as \u00a0promoting her debut novel, <strong>The Bridge Club<\/strong>,  published through iUniverse. \u00a0Read more about Patricia\u2019s intriguing  story of life time friendships, check out her new author page on the  righthand side of our website <strong>\u2014\u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently at work on her second novel, Patricia admits the writing  muse has possessed her. She is particularly drawn to the rewarding  friendships of women and the challenges many embrace once their families  are grown. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late to begin something new,\u201d she enthuses.  \u201cAs the saying goes, just do it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So a very warm welcome Patricia, we hope you will enjoy taking part and interacting with our Associate Readers.<\/p>\n<p>***<strong> The Bridge Club is included in Barnes &amp; Noble\u2019s \u201cCatch A Rising Star\u201d feature for the month of July with special discounts<\/strong>****<\/p>\n<p>A few words from Patricia about \u2018The Bridge Club\u2019:-<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAlthough  this novel is a work of fiction, many of the issues are based on the  experiences of my real-life Bridge Club of over forty years. The  friendship is certainly true of us. I chose to write about the  controversial topic in the final chapter after watching a friend  deteriorate intellectually and physically in a locked Alzheimer\u2019s ward  at the age of fifty-three. It was shattering to observe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Throughout the story each of  the characters faces challenges and change in her life. The Bridge Club  emphasizes how strong friendship helped to enable these changes and  demonstrates how these women empowered each other and indeed how much  they learned from each other in the process. Change is inevitable and  personal growth should always be the outcome. This novel encourages  women to feel positive about facing the challenges, large and small,  that may arise at any stage of our life and to recognize how building a  strong foundation of friendship is a priceless asset in so many ways.  Knowing you are offering true friendship to someone is as rewarding as  receiving it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/loveahappyending.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/indiebook_finalist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/loveahappyending.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/indiebook_finalist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/loveahappyending.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/BCwsticker-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/loveahappyending.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/BCwsticker-copy-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Patricia Sands \u2026 Everyone at lovehappyending.com is delighted to welcome new Author Patricia Sands, as her author\u2019s page goes live here today! \u00a0Patricia lives in Toronto, Canada and has a very busy family life with seven adult children and, at last count, six grandchildren! \u00a0She devotes quite a bit of time to her &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=1824\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Patricia Sands joins loveahappyending.com<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,6,15,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-interviews","category-novels","category-publishing","category-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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