[Answerland] FW: [Libs-Or] Seeking title of a book

[Lori Moore]

I think I could be Temperance Creek by Pamela Royes.


Lori

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 9:01 AM Andrea Marshall <
andreariethmarshall at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The husband and wife writing duo of Clark Hays and Katherine McFall
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> Unfortunately I was unable to find the exact title described by the patron
> in their published catalog. Here is a link for the website of their
> independent press; it's a good starting point for further investigation:
> https://www.pumpjackpress.com/clark-and-kathleen
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> All Best,
> Andrea Marshall
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> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 11:39 AM Tamara Ottum via Answerland <
> answerland at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:
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>> *From:* Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces at omls.oregon.gov]
>> *On Behalf Of *KRIST OBRIST
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>> *Sent:* Friday, September 18, 2020 8:29 AM
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>> *To:* Libs-or <libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
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>> *Subject:* [Libs-Or] Seeking title of a book
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>> I have a patron searching for the title of a book:
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>> "It's a biographical type story (may be based on her experiences?) and
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>> I think it's set in the 70's. The main character meets a cowboy/loner bad
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>> They travel all over Oregon working odd jobs, living hand to mouth, very
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>> Eventually they get married, have some kids and move to Portland.
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>> Not a great synopsis, but it should be enough for someone that knows the
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>> I haven't had any luck searching, hoping someone has read this book and
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>> Thanks....Krist
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> --
*Lori Moore*
*Regional Librarian*
Multnomah County Library -
Belmont, Albina, Woodstock branches
My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
971-271-1722
multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org>
My pronouns are she/her/hers
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