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Pat Wilson and Kris Wood have been friends for over 30 years, although they've seldom lived near each other. Instead, they've run businesses, written stories, and collaborated on a multitude of projects all through mail, email, fax, telephone, and the occasional brief visit. Pat is an international speaker. Kris is a certified gerontologist. Both are published authors, as well as bin-shopping aficionados and masters of lobster suppers, fire hall bingo and flea markets. They now live next door to each other on Sober Island, Nova Scotia.
They are both members of the Ladies Killing Circle, a group of women from across the country who write for mystery anthologies, and are also the co-authors of a Maritime mystery novel, Lucky Strike, set on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.
Pardon My Frenchy'sPat Wilson and Kris WoodNonfiction: The Maritimes, Popular Culture, Humour Pardon My Frenchy's is a definitive relationship manual for shoppers who haunt Frenchy's, Value Village, The Sally Ann, and the hundreds of used clothing stores that are part of the Maritime mystique. Unlike a how-to book, Pardon My Frenchy's is a what-to-do compendium of ideas, quizzes, games and stories, all aimed at keeping the Frenchy's fires burning, the used clothing passion alive and the super bargain excitement as high as it was during that first root in the bins. Order this book: |
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Contributed to the anthology Pottersfield Nation: East of Canada.
Extreme Sports of the Maritimes: Lobster Suppers, Fire Hall Bingo, Flea Markets, Church Chowder, and All the RestPat Wilson and Kris WoodThe Maritimes, Humour, Travel, Philosophy From the excitement of yelling "Bingo!" in the Jackpot Game, to the discovery of untold treasures at the flea market, to the mountain-top elation of finding actual pieces of real lobster in the festival chowder, to the boldness of penetrating the terra incognita of a fabulous casino, Pat Wilson and Kris Wood have uncovered the thrill-a-minute extreme sports of the Maritimes. In a rollicking, tongue-in-cheek look at what it takes to be a player of these extreme sports, Pat and Kris share their how-to secrets. Order this book: |
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The Frenchy's Connection: The Pottersfield Guide to Second-hand Clothing Stores in the MaritimesPat Wilson and Kris WoodMaritime Interest, Nonfiction "We gotta take you to Frenchy's." So begins this rollicking how-to manual, inspired by the Maritime used clothing stores called "Frenchy's." Start with the self-quiz which determines whether you are Frenchy's shopper material. ("Clothes are more comfortable after they've been broken in by somebody else.") Next learn the intricacies of used clothing shopping. From sorting methods (A to B or end-to-end) to Novice Notes ("All boxes anywhere should be inspected"), to 101 Ways to Think Outside the Bins (12 ways to recycle a wedding dress find), the book is interspersed with hilarious "Tales from the Trail." Here is a fresh, new perspective to the world of used clothing shopping, Frenchy's and beyond. Order this book: |
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