The Partial Absence Of Light
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"One of the most courageous decisions you'll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul."
Aurora was young when her mother left to prison, leaving her children, Hailey and Zane. Aurora was sixteen and like most teenagers, except for she has two jobs and shes left with raising and taking care of her little sister, Hailey. Zane, her older brother, is always gone, and doing drugs and getting drunk, not knowing what is going on until one night, when the siblings find out there mother is never coming
home.
There life is now a constant roller coaster. Aurora finds out the secrets of her brother, and where he gets all the money. . .
She also faces the life of love and the popular boy of the school. Why does he notice her now?
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