Cliff, After
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Cliff Keane gets paroled at age 26, after eight years in the Oregon State Penitentiary. With no money or possibilities, he returns to his little town hoping for forgiveness and a new life. His older sister finds him a rental; his parole officer finds him a job. But the going isn't easy. Everyone knows his past, and three families hang on to their hatred for him. Bit by bit, Cliff makes his way into recovery, into a calling, into real love, where forgiveness waits.
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I began writing in 2002 with a memoir that was a finalist for the prestigious Oregon Book Award. Since then I've been writing most days in the morning for an hour or so and am currently working on book #10. It's just so fun. I'm a big reader of mysteries and thrillers and have written three of my own. I also enjoy exploring the relationships between men and women, and mothers and daughters.
I'm a former college professor of literature and writing who's been a freelance editor for the last 25 years. I am also a pastel and acrylic painter and I make art deco needlepoint pillows (www.jillkellycreative.com). I live in Portland, Oregon, with my four cats who do all the chores so I can be creative 24/7.
