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September 21, 2020

Red Spice In Red China

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Sue: Minneapolis, MN; Transplanted East Coaster in the Upper Midwest. Author, "Breakfast with the Pope." Loud and proud Irish Catholic American!

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Sue's book won 1st Place in the 2014 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards!

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