If Glass Flowers Weeped
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MatureOngoing43m
Last published Tue, Oct 10, 2017
Reed is only 14 years old when his controlling mother decides to leave his family and now lives with his father and older brother Rodrick. With her out of the picture and the father always working, Reed can finally breathe and be an individual...not exactly. Reed has always been controlled to the point he has no idea how to act on his own or think for himself. With more and more people come to his life he faces many emotional changes. If a flower made of glass were to cry and shatter who would put it back together such a dangerous and fragile thing? Will Reed grow to become his own person and come to peace with his family or just be easily swayed by people?
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