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Member Since:
July 01, 2013
Betty Auchard
Biography
Betty Auchard is the author of the IPPY Award winning Dancing in my Nightgown: The Rhythms of Widowhood, endorsed by celebrity widows Jayne Meadows and Rosemarie Stack. In addition to writing, she enjoys presenting to audiences and narrating her own audio books. Her stories and essays have been published in the San Jose Mercury News, Today's Senior, and Chocolate for a Woman's Soul series. Betty lives and writes in Los Gatos, California.
Where to find Betty Auchard online
Website: http://www.bettyauchard.com/home.html
Twitter: @btauchard
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://bettyauchard.com/blog/
Twitter: @btauchard
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://bettyauchard.com/blog/
Where to buy in print
Books
Living with Twelve Men: a mother in training
by Betty Auchard
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 55,700.
Language:
English.
Published: February 20, 2016
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Parenting
A day after their wedding in 1949, Denny whisks his new bride, Betty, to the boys’ dorm on a college campus in Nebraska, where they are to serve as houseparents and role models. The strict church-based campus prompts the young wife to act smarter than she thinks she is and holier than she knows she is. Betty learns lessons as a surrogate mother to 11 young men that prepares her for the real thing.
Home for the Friendless: Finding Hope, Love, and Family
by Betty Auchard
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 133,960.
Language:
English.
Published: January 29, 2014
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Family relationships
The eldest of three in an unconventional family making their way through The Great Depression, Betty narrates this humorous and poignant recollection. Although poor in possessions, Betty's family leads a life so rich in turmoil that it rivals today's sitcoms.
Dancing in my Nightgown
by Betty Auchard
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 50,630.
Language:
English.
Published: January 27, 2014
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Death, Grief, Bereavement
(5.00 from 1 review)
Married when she was barely 19, Betty Auchard went straight from her parent's home to her husband's bed. She raised four children, returned to college, taught art in public school, and became a grandmother, published artist, a retiree and then a widow.