Under a Blanket of Stars
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Last published Sat, May 4, 2019
Iris Keller never expected to be twenty-two and raising a teenager hell-bent on self-destructive behaviour. The last thing Iris wanted out of life was to be a mother. Yet, here she is, four years after the death of her mother still walking the delicate line between sibling and parent. Her sister, Haley, dances with shades of grey in every aspect of life. She's only sixteen and lives in a world filled with drug addiction and crime.
Life isn't supposed to be this hard, something has to give before they all break.
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