Laurie Gough is an

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author of memoirs and a freelance writer. She is the author of ''Stolen Child: A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder'', published in 2016; ''Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American Road-trip with Exotic Detours'', published in 2006 with Penguin, and ''Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Odyssey'', (published in Canada as ''Island of the Human Heart). Kite Strings of the Southern Cross was''

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ed for the

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, in the U.K. and was silver medal winner of ''

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s Travel Book of the Year in the US. She is the author of numerous travel articles. A number of her stories have been anthologized in various literary travel books, including salon.com's ''Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance''; ''AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds''; ''Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road''; ''Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure''; and ''A Woman's Passion for Travel: True Stories of World Wanderlust''.Bond, Marybeth and Michael, Pamela (eds.) (2004). ''A Woman's Passion for Travel: True Stories of World Wanderlust''. San Francisco: Travelers' Tales. .

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