The New Normal As We Know It
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Last published Sat, Oct 30, 2021
Anxiety, depression, the fear of the unknown... 32 year old Anika Simmons learns how to adapt in an ever changing society during a global pandemic. Watching the beginnings of a mysterious flu-like virus unfold in what will become the epicenter of the crisis-- New York City.
A civil rights movement was exploding in the middle of all of this madness. An unapologetically Black Anika has two life changing events unfolding all while she is quarantining in her apartment. Will she stand up and fight?
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