This Is Us
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Due to certain circumstances, 17 year old Issie Rose is forced to leave her home with her 4 year old daughter and live with her sister whom she hasn't seen in years.
As Issie returns to the dreaded highschool, she fears what others may think. Would they judge her for having a child? Would they think she was weird?
But what she fears most isn't what other people think, it's what's trapped in her brain telling her shouldn't bother trusting anyone because they would only break her down.
Join Issie as she struggles to find who she is in the midst of pain and betrayal and how she must learn to trust again to be able to survive.
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