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Ralph Josiah Bardsley
"...an elegant and eloquent book. Steeped in the romance of the City of Light..."
- The Novel Approach
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"It’s a happy ending, though not, in any way, a fairytale-like one..."
- Just Love Romance Reviews
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"It's real, its beauty lying beneath its painful truths."
- Dog-Eared Daydreams
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"This is a novel that is prosaically beautiful..."
- Reviews by Amos Lassen
The Photographer's Truth
Life takes an unexpected turn for Ian, a Silicon Valley software programmer, when he finds himself in Paris for a three-month work project where he must confront a part of himself that he's mostly managed to forget.
"...love, with all of the beauty, and seriousness, and disruption it can sometimes bring...another absolute winner from Bardsley!"
- South Dublin Libraries
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An IndieFab Book of the Year Award Winner, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and a finalist for the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival award for Best Emerging Author, Bardsley's first book, Brothers, chronicles the lives of two sets of siblings, the Corks and the Malloys.
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