Why Are We Strangers?
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Last published Sun, Oct 25, 2020
When Lawrence unknowingly inherits the memory of a "stranger", his and Florence's lives become intertwined in this story about loss, pain, hope, and music.
After Lawrence's accident that erased a portion of his memories and after Florence's best friend and lover died, the two of them find themselves linked by both their traumas and their love for music.
But what if one of them has always known the other long before they met?
And what if one of them owns memories that he shouldn't?
Will the music they share and the comfort they get from each other be enough to save their special friendship from the secrets and lies that is about to get unravelled?
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