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Rachel Ballard shares her first published novel, "A Long-Forgotten Truth," the story of a young woman's search for her biological father (and ultimately, herself) at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Village Books, in Fairhaven.
Ballard grew up on Mercer Island, where, she says, she collaborated at an early age writing ghost stories and political satire with her two best friends. She has lived in Bellingham since 1998. For more on her life and her writing, go to .