Journey's Child
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Última publicación vie, may 5, 2017
Twelve year old Gilly Morris is about to journey through a summer of loss, bullies, guilt and terror. Told from her point of view, 2003 is the summer when the horrible, terrible thing happened to her and her mother. Journey's Child is the story of unimaginable loss and pain, and where redemption comes at a high price.
Drakes Harbor is an old art community on the Oregon coast where Gilly and her mother spend that fateful summer. Alone with her guilt and pain, Gilly befriends a grizzled hermit living with his own loss. Journey's Child isn't a story of what life can take away but rather the cautionary tale of surviving the storm together.
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𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁 : 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 : 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸...𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 ?
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Her secret
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