Lissa M. Cowan


Biography

Lissa M. Cowan has worked professionally as a writer, translator and communications consultant for 15 years. She has published mostly non-fiction books in the realm of social sciences, worked in publishing as an editorial director, written a children’s book and co-translated a book of poetry called Words that Walk in the Night (Vèhicule Press, 2001) by Pierre Morency, a renowned Quebec author and poet. This is her first novel.

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Books

The Wet Nurse's Daughter    by Lissa M. Cowan
Price: $2.99 USD. 101710 words. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction.

On the eve of the French Revolution, gossip is rife about a wet nurse called Armande whose magical milk makes children intelligent and wise beyond their years. Celeste, an orphan whose life Armande once saved, sees danger growing for the wet nurse. After Armande is kidnapped, Celeste must risk her life to save the wet nurse--and ultimately France itself--from the potential evil of the time.

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