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running towns in 29

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Warning: this book contains sensitive topics such as self-harm/suicide, depression and other mental health issues.

Prompt #33 - ONC -
"When a loved one dies, the person is lost. Until they find a jar of 'fortune notes' which leads them to read each one every day. How does the journey start and end?"

(Additional prompt #29: "I'm in the mood to dissolve in the sky." - Virginia Woolf.)

The protagonist comes home after a few years in college and declares that she'd quit school. She begins her new life as a wanderer, letting the fortune slips in a red bag take her to where she wants to be.All Rights Reserved

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