Where Do I Go From Here
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Last published Thu, Feb 20, 2020
Her father is an alcoholic. Her mother died in a eyebrow-raising farming accident a year ago in 1981.
Bernadette (aka Birdie) decides to take the risk and run from the dangers of her life on the ranch straight into the threatening challenges of living in a city; homeless, hopeless, and all alone.
The neon lights. They call for her. She decides to answer and enters a world she could've never imagined. Stripping. Something that will flip her life upside down. Bring joy, pain, grief, and possibly... save her life forever.
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drug abuse, explicit language, abuse, and sexual occurrences.
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