How We Spend Our Days

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About Cynthia Newberry Martin

Cynthia is the author of 3 novelsโ€”The Art of Her Life, Love Like This & Tidal Flats. She grew up in Atlanta and now lives in Columbus, GA, with her husband, and in Provincetown, MA, in a little house by the water.

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