Sometimes it Feels Normal
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MatureOngoing10m
Last published Thu, May 7, 2020
Jen Martin is a 16 year old teen living in a nightmare. She believes that her family is stuck in a curse of death because everyone in her family have dropped like flies. Death has followed her family for generations and she wonders who's next. After the death of her father, she is a complete disaster and her brother Tom is no help. When child services knocks on her door she is suck in a dilemma, until Tom comes up with a crazy solution. This heart warming story will pull at your heart strings and play them like a guitar.
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