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The Secret World of Maya Alexander
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Complete, First published Apr 07, 2020
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After a devastating event, Maya, a respected Clinical Psychologist,  is drawn into an apparently imaginary world. Why is she drawn to stay in this faraway land? And what would it take for her to return? 

The reader will be compelled to question constructs of mental health and whether Maya is mentally ill, or simply sick from a world and the people who she has tried so very hard to please.
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