October to October
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  • Reads 8,301
  • Votes 577
  • Parts 39
  • Time 9h 7m
Complete, First published Aug 31, 2019
Lauren is nineteen in a conservative, college town in the bible belt. Her older sister Ruth is newly engaged, and that seems to be the goal for Lauren's entire group of friends. Lauren sometimes feels like her friends are only hanging out with her as they wait for their real lives as wives and mothers. She wants something more. She just isn't sure what.
    
  Then she meets the bold, smart and independent Joan, and Lauren's entire life changes as their friendship grows, and they begin to fall in love. How will she ever tell her family? Will they still love her? Will Joan stick around if Lauren can never tell them the truth?
  
  Follow their love story from October to October. Will it continue past autumn?
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