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Susan Sand began writing a biography of her daughter when her only child was just a toddler, though she didn’t realize that’s what she was doing when she jotted down the moments a mother might otherwise forget in those hectic early years.

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Susan Sand (center) celebrates with her friends, including Cathy Martinez (center-left) and Kathie Rinearson (right) after self-publishing a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. Sand said she wrote the book, titled “Mum: A Loving Remembrance of Christine Susan Fellows,” for her grandson, Eli, who was 20 months old when his mother died.

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Susan Sand celebrates with her friends after self-publishing a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. 

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Susan Sand, 75, pages through a self-published a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. Sand says she wrote the book, titled “Mum: A Loving Remembrance of Christine Susan Fellows,” for her grandson, Eli, who was 20 months old when his mother died.

ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

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ARTHUR H. TRICKETT-WILE, Journal Star

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Susan Sand Book Feature, 10.18

Susan Sand (center) celebrates with her friends, including Cathy Martinez (center-left) and Kathie Rinearson (right) after self-publishing a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. Sand said she wrote the book, titled “Mum: A Loving Remembrance of Christine Susan Fellows,” for her grandson, Eli, who was 20 months old when his mother died.

Susan Sand celebrates with her friends after self-publishing a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. 

Susan Sand, 75, pages through a self-published a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. Sand says she wrote the book, titled “Mum: A Loving Remembrance of Christine Susan Fellows,” for her grandson, Eli, who was 20 months old when his mother died.

Susan Sand (center) celebrates with her friends, including Cathy Martinez (center-left) and Kathie Rinearson (right) after self-publishing a biography of her late daughter more than 10 years in the making. Sand says she wrote the book, titled “Mum: A Loving Remembrance of Christine Susan Fellows,” for her grandson, Eli, who was 20 months old when his mother died.

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