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Lane Author Proves it’s Never Too Late to go ‘One Step Beyond’

Lane Author Proves it’s Never Too Late to go ‘One Step Beyond’
Author Christine M. Smith

After 57 years of marriage, Christine M. Smith is finally ready to admit her husband was right, but she isn’t telling him just yet, she’s telling the rest of the world.

At 76 years old, the Lane resident and longtime writer has just released her latest story, 'One Step Beyond,' in the national bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life. It is a milestone in a quiet but prolific writing career that began in spiral notebooks as a form of 'therapy' while raising her family and serving as a foster parent.

Her story in the new collection deals with a struggle many can relate to: the lifelong cycle of dieting.

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