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New book gives readers a fresh, first-hand perspective on bullying


AUTHORS TO WATCH interview with Bette A. Stevens about her latest book, PURE TRASH, The Story.

PURE TRASH, a new short story by author Bette A. Stevens, offers readers and book clubs insight into poverty and prejudice in rural New England in the 1950s

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PRLog (Press Release) – Oct. 24, 2013 – HARTLAND, Maine — PURE TRASH, The Story by Bette A. Stevens offers readers and book clubs an insights and pause for thought into what a child goes through living in abject poverty in a small town.

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PURE TRASH by Bette A. Stevens: BOOK GIVEAWAY


Winners selected November 11th:
Ten (10) author-signed copies of PURE TRASH, The Story by Bette A. Stevens available to winners!

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ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18344664-pure-trash

“Pure Trash is a worthwhile, meaningful, beautifully written story I’d recommend to readers of all ages.

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POVERTY & PREJUDICE: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


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POVERTY & PREJUDICE: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

You’re invited to read my blog post on Is History The Agreed Upon Lie?

As a baby boomer that grew up in an average middle-class family in America during the 1950s and 1960s, poverty was not something I had to dwell on or even think about as a child or as a teen. For me, poverty was an unknown concept.

Poverty in America during the 1950s and 1960s was simply ignored in our wealth-burgeoning society. I was not alone in my ignorance. “[In fact, it’s been more than 50 years] since Americans, or at least the non-poor among them, ‘discovered’ poverty, thanks to Michael Harringtton’s engaging book The Other America.” (Twisting the Phrase “Culture of Poverty” Barbara Ehrenreich March 16, 2012).  Read it all at… POVERTY & PREJUDICE: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

I look forward to hearing from you.

Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com

PURE TRASH Author’s to Watch Book Review: “Unlike any story I’ve read…”


1950s LiteraryFiction: a short story for Middle-grade/YA/Adult Audience by award-winning children's book author Bette A. Stevens

1950s LiteraryFiction: a short story for Middle-grade/YA/Adult Audience by award-winning children’s book author Bette A. Stevens

“Pure Trash is unlike any story I’ve read. At first, it reads like a memoir from Reminisce Magazine, but as the story unfolds, I connected with the characters at a deep level. The author explores prejudice, class division, alcoholism, poverty, injustice, and bullying. It’s a story all audiences over the age of ten can enjoy. While reading this story, the reader will experience the joy of a carefree Saturday and the blistering pain of feeling not quite good enough.”
Tricia Drammeh, Authors to Watch

Read the entire review and an opening excerpt from PURE TRASH here http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/10/book-review-pure-trash.html?showComment=1381003916852#c4672239549036570333

Order your copy today! http://www.amazon.com/PURE-TRASH-Daniels-Adventure-England/dp/1481824449/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1380997994&sr=1-2

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AUTHORS TO WATCH: An interview with author Bette A. Stevens


AUTHORS TO WATCH interview with Bette A. Stevens about her latest book, PURE TRASH, The Story.

Tricia Drammeh of AUTHORS TO WATCH interviews Bette A. Stevens about her latest book, PURE TRASH, The Story.

FIND OUT ABOUT THE…  Who? What? When? Where? & Why? behind Stevens’s latest book: PURE TRASH, The Story.

Tricia Drammeh of AUTHORS TO WATCH interviews Stevens about her latest book. Read all about it here http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/10/interview-with-bette-stevens.html

A 1950s Short Story Review by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones


http://idea-creations.blogspot.com/2013/08/book-review-pure-trash.html

1950a General Fiction: first book for Middle-grade/YA/Adult Audience by award-winning children's book author Bette A. Stevens

1950s General Fiction: first book for Middle-grade/YA/Adult Audience by award-winning children’s book author Bette A. Stevens

This short story is filled with images and flavor only better provided by an ice cream cone.

Available in kindle and paperback at

http://www.amazon.com/PURE-TRASH-The-Story-ebook/dp/B00EH0RV6K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376412782&sr=1-1&keywords=PURE+TRASH%2C+The+Story

Read Kathryn’s  great review at Idea-creations.blogspot (top link) . We would love to hear from you!

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