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Filled with colorful characters- both real and fictitious- this is a page-turner crafted by an author who knows the landscape well.","brand":"BFB-Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43052392874209,"sku":"pat-4","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/6432\/9697\/products\/ScreenShot2022-07-20at4.52.09PM.png?v=1658353970"},{"product_id":"pat-mcgauley-novel-the-sons-of-marellas-windsong","title":"Pat McGauley Novel- The Sons of Marellas Windsong","description":"Marella Windsong is a single mother raising twin sons who are as opposite as night and day. Trevor is night– a brooding teenager and a driven athlete with a vein of recklessness and sudden rage. Travis is day–a sociable, easy-going and academically inclined young man with a fondness for computer-gaming. 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His radical surgery, however, turns out to be an unexpected gift . . . an ability that comes to the attention of the Minnesota Twins management team.","brand":"BFB-Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43052398641377,"sku":"pat-5","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/6432\/9697\/products\/ScreenShot2022-07-20at4.55.52PM.png?v=1658354182"},{"product_id":"pat-mcgauley-children-s-book-mazril-and-derisa","title":"Pat McGauley Children’s Book ~ Mazril and Derisa","description":"Mazral and Derisa is a children’s fantasy about a mouse and a dove and one of God’s most touching miracles.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParents no longer need to believe that a story about the last days on earth of Jesus is too dramatic to be shared with their younger children. 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WAITING is a story with unexpected twists at every turn. Ultimately, Mickey’s journey becomes a disaster of unforeseen events from which he may never fully recover. McGauley skillfully spins his web with familiar characters whose lives are forced to change just as Mickey’s must—there is Mary Reagan, the mother of his son Michael, along with family and other friends from his checkered past. Ultimately he must choose between his undeniable love of Mary and his commitment to the priesthood. 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It might also be said that behind every man’s emotional stability is a loving woman. In Mickey’s life, it is Mary Reagan, the mother of his son, Michael. McGauley’s readers will be kept enthralled with the growing tensions in the lives of all those who find themselves connected to the good or ill fortunes of Mickey Moran.","brand":"BFB-Boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43162465108193,"sku":"pat-10","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/6432\/9697\/products\/118.jpg?v=1660851899"},{"product_id":"pat-mcgauley-novel-tears","title":"Pat McGauley Novel ~ Tears","description":"Gunshots ring out from a car parked across the street from Saint Gerard’s Catholic Church in West Duluth, Minnesota—a picturesque port city on Lake Superior. Four people go down. 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