title: The Blue Amulet: A Novel
author:  Mj Ro 
description: Mj Ros debut novel, The Seven Turns of the Snail's Shell, was awarded honorable mention in fiction at the Paris Book Festival in 2010 and the Los Angeles Book Festival in 2012. Mj earned degrees in French and English and a graduate Diplme from the Universit de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour in France and has taught French and creative writing. Having spent many years living and working in France as a business executive, the author and her husband now reside in Southern California.
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  > ISBN 978-1-4197-4801-1  
  > eISBN 978-1-64700-022-6
  
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