Finding Yourself
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Prison. Parents not caring. Forced church outings. Alcohol. School. Boys.
Life isn't too easy for 18 year old Despina. Her mother hates her and put her into prison. When she comes out, people expect her to be the caring, shy girl she used to be. But, she has grown hard. Hating everyone she first meets. She attends a Greek event with her family that could drastically change her love life, found her way into Greek dancing again, and goes on an unexpected journey to find herself and be herself again.
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