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    So Long, Little Black Diamonds
    So Long, Little Black Diamonds
    So Long, Little Black Diamonds
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    So Long, Little Black Diamonds

    By Debbie McGowan

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    So Long, Little Black Diamonds
    A short and glorious true tale of friendship, and a dog on wheels.

    NOTE: what you will read here is not embellished in any way. These are real events, and they may cause some readers distress. Thus, whilst I’ve tried to capture the character, sense of humour and generosity of spirit of my much-missed friends, both human and canine, it is only right to forewarn you that this ‘story’ deals with the terminal conditions of cancer of the fallopian tube and canine degenerative disorder.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeaten Track Publishing
    Release dateJul 7, 2017
    ISBN9781786451507
    So Long, Little Black Diamonds
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    Debbie McGowan

    Debbie McGowan is an award-winning author of contemporary fiction that celebrates life, love and relationships in all their diversity. Since the publication in 2004 of her debut novel, Champagne—based on a stage show co-written and co-produced with her husband—she has published many further works—novels, short stories and novellas—including two ongoing series: Hiding Behind The Couch (a literary ‘soap opera’ centring on the lives of nine long-term friends) and Checking Him Out (LGBTQ romance). Debbie has been a finalist in both the Rainbow Awards and the Bisexual Book Awards, and in 2016, she won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for her novel, When Skies Have Fallen: a British historical romance spanning twenty-three years, from the end of WWII to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Through her independent publishing company, Debbie gives voices to other authors whose work would be deemed unprofitable by mainstream publishing houses.

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      So Long, Little Black Diamonds - Debbie McGowan

      So Long, Little Black Diamonds

      A short and glorious true tale of friendship, and a dog on wheels.

      Debbie McGowan

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      Table of Contents

      July 2017

      January 2014

      About the Author

      By the Author

      Beaten Track Publishing

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      July 2017

      I originally posted this on my blog, but cleared out all my old posts in a ‘fit of pique’. I’ve decided to re-share this story as a short ebook, for free. However, if you read it and can afford to do so, please make a donation to an animal welfare or cancer support charity of your choosing.

      Back in January 2014, as part of my endeavour to get my online marketing organised, I looked at my social networking accounts, which I’d set up when I first started using the internet for teaching purposes. They all had my ‘WeeMee’ as my profile picture. Even now, it’s still on some of my online accounts (NaNoWriMo, for instance), and it consists of a caricature of me (all in black, cool shades) with my pets.

      When I

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