The Periods of Being

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Parts 50
Time 8h 33m

Reads 1,397
Votes 128
Parts 50
Time 8h 33m

Olive Garthen is walking on the path of self-ruination. While her husband is away fighting for their beloved country, England, during World War I, she is in bed. With her sister's husband, Andrew. Guilt eats away at her, shrinking her into the shell of herself. She stays silent from her family back at Blythestone, cutting all ties and leaving her sister, Freya's, letters unanswered, in an attempt to forget about him and their night together. 
    
    	When a telegram replaces Mark, she knows that God was watching over her during her moment of weakness. Traveling back to her childhood home, Blythestone Manor, Olive walks through the heart of a war of her own and the only way to survive is to battle the shadows in her family. A journey of loss, forgiveness, and finding life after death, Olive suffocates with the idea that she is never alone. No one ever is.All Rights Reserved

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Olive Garthen is walking on the path of self-ruination. While her husband is away fighting for their beloved country, England, during World War I, she is in bed. With her sister's husband, Andrew. Guilt eats away at her, shrinking her into the shell of herself. She stays silent from her family back at Blythestone, cutting all ties and leaving her sister, Freya's, letters unanswered, in an attempt to forget about him and their night together. 
    
    	When a telegram replaces Mark, she knows that God was watching over her during her moment of weakness. Traveling back to her childhood home, Blythestone Manor, Olive walks through the heart of a war of her own and the only way to survive is to battle the shadows in her family. A journey of loss, forgiveness, and finding life after death, Olive suffocates with the idea that she is never alone. No one ever is.

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