Dara Mulberry Fairbro

Little crazy, little weird, little sarcastic, usually nice...lol A crazy cat mom & Mommy to an amazing little boy & girl!

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SIGNED book news.

You can pre-order copies of "Have It", the new poetry collection by the Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke.

It's out in October, but you don't have to wait until then to secure a SIGNED copy.

ORDER HERE!

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SIGNED BOOK NEWS.

I got a few SIGNED copies of "Tonight the Music Seems So Loud. The Meaning of George Michael" by @Sathnam Sanghera.

So, if you want a copy, baby, i'm your man!

Order HERE

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I have a few more SIGNED Limited Edition copies of Poet Laureate Simon Armitage's 1st ever poetry publication "Human Geography", originally published in 1986,

This rare and beautiful chap book is in high demand, so get one HERE quick!

https://t.co/qbAyFBOZrb

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

She was kidnapped first.

She suffered the longest.

And when another captive woman went into labor inside that house with no doctor, no hospital, and no help coming…

Michelle Knight delivered the baby herself.

With her bare hands.

But when the world learned about the horrors inside Ariel Castro’s house in Cleveland, her name was barely mentioned.

In August 2002, 21-year-old Michelle Knight was walking to a social services appointment when Castro offered her a ride.

Instead, he kidnapped her.

Locked her in a room.

Chained her up.

When she vanished, almost nobody looked for her.

Michelle came from poverty. She struggled with housing instability and a custody battle over her son.

Authorities quietly assumed she had simply “disappeared on her own.”

No major searches.

No national coverage.

No constant headlines.

Her case went cold almost immediately.

Then, in 2003, Castro kidnapped 16-year-old Amanda Berry.

The response was massive.

TV coverage.

FBI involvement.

Vigils.

Billboards.

The entire city knew Amanda’s name.

In 2004, he kidnapped 14-year-old Gina DeJesus.

Again, the community rallied around the search.

But inside the same house, Michelle had already been trapped for years.

She endured horrific abuse.

She became pregnant multiple times and lost every pregnancy due to Castro’s violence.

He repeatedly told her nobody was coming for her.

Then came Christmas Day, 2006.

Amanda Berry went into labor inside the house.

Castro threatened Michelle’s life if the baby died — then left.

Amanda was terrified.

Michelle had no medical equipment.

No training in childbirth.

But she stepped in anyway.

The baby girl wasn’t breathing when she was born.

Michelle performed CPR until the infant finally cried.

Inside one of the darkest places imaginable, a forgotten woman saved two lives.

In May 2013, Amanda escaped and called 911.

Police rescued all three women and Amanda’s six-year-old daughter.

The reunions flooded national television.

Amanda and Gina were embraced by the world.

Michelle walked out of the same house into a very different reality.

Even after surviving 11 years of captivity, she was often treated like an afterthought.

Later, she spoke openly about it.

Not with bitterness.

With honesty.

She wrote a memoir called Finding Me and explained the deeper pain of realizing the world had quietly decided she wasn’t important enough to search for.

Eventually, she legally changed her name to Lily Rose Lee.

A name she chose for herself.

A life reclaimed on her own terms.

Today, Lily Rose Lee advocates for missing people who are ignored because of poverty, addiction, unstable lives, or social status.

Her message is simple:

Every missing person deserves to be searched for.

Not just the ones society finds easier to care about.

Ariel Castro died in prison.

But Lily Rose Lee survived.

And the woman who once saved a baby in captivity now spends her life making sure nobody else is forgotten the way she was.

[Murray Rothbard @MurraySuggests]

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.

Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.

If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

Pokémon makes a lot more sense once you see what’s running around in Japan

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SIGNED BOOK NEWS!

One of my favourite authors Simon Crump has a new book out next month.

"Post-It Notes from the Underground"

@Ofmooseandmen sent me an early copy & it's AMAZING.

Simon will be signing copies especially for us!

ORDER HERE!

https://t.co/1oVsB5bOVc

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🎵Ullo John, Gotta New Memoir🎵

SIGNED BOOKS!

Comedy legend Alexei Sayle's new memoir is out in September.

"How I've Tried To Change The World (by walking down the middle of the street shouting)"

We're getting SIGNED copies!

Order one HERE

https://t.co/4ihnqTX1y2

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SIGNED BOOK NEWS!

"The Manchester Chronicles : True Tales of Music, Madness and Mayhem 1976 - 2006" by Inspiral Carpets legend Clint Boon @therealboon

I cannot tell you how much i'm looking forward to reading this!

It's out in September.

Order HERE!

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[Dara Mulberry Fairbro @DeeMulFDLS]

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IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

The grooviest day of all.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

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UK only

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PUBLISHED IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH! (July 2nd)

Thrilled to say that we're getting a few SIGNED copies of "Contrapposto", the new novel by the magnificent Dave Eggers.

You can order one HERE

https://t.co/jFw7akqzxf

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PUBLISHED IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH! (July 2nd)

"Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep" by Paul Tremblay.

A heady, terrifying genre-bender from one of the most ground breaking voices in fiction today.

We'll be getting SIGNED copies!

You can order one HERE.

https://t.co/TP6Fkzj4rW

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PUBLISHED IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH! (July 2nd)

We're getting SIGNED copies of @MarkBillingham's latest thriller "The Shadow Step".

Detective Miller is back in Mark's riveting new mystery!

If you'd like a SIGNED copy, you can order one HERE

https://t.co/WrF7jrWhJP

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PUBLISHED IN EXACTLY ONE MONTH! (July 2nd)

We're getting SIGNED copies of "Queenie is Working on It" by Candice Carty-Williams.

The much anticipated follow up to the huge bestseller "Queenie"!

You can pre-order one HERE.

https://t.co/x57EpSQ7Sx

[𝑴𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒓 @MoMohler]

The fact that a dog took this photo makes it even more impressive.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Always a pleasure to work with indie booksellers and Simon is one of the best. We’re offering personal dedications when you order my second Clarendon Lexicographers mystery from the Big Green Bookshop.

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PUBLISHED THIS MONTH!

Whistler, the new novel by Ann Patchett.

An intimate portrait of how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.

Our copies have arrived

Order a SIGNED copy HERE.

https://t.co/b7w5ijrlDV

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PUBLISHED THIS MONTH!

Pre-order a SIGNED copy of "Green City Wars" the latest thrill ride of a novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow

It's out on June 25th

We'll be getting SIGNED copies courtesy of Adrian, and you can order one HERE!

https://t.co/QZ31srBuQo