The Red Strokes
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Ongoing3h 15m
Last published Sun, Jan 28, 2018
The Fahning sisters. As individual as snowflakes with a kinship that resembles a stick and plate balancing act. It takes constant work and the slightest misstep threatens to bring it to a shattering end. Yet among their many differences is a bond, a common thread that has carried them through decades of both happy and sad tears. The heartstring.
When their eccentric father dies, he leaves behind a cryptic message and enough secrets to pave the road from Pennsylvania to his hometown in Mississippi. With the help of someone from his past, the sisters learn to accept, forgive, and embrace the red strokes of his and their own life.
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