Here and Now
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Returning home after a psychotic break, and ending her longest relationship, Iris Ray St. Michaels feels out of place, and out of time.
Confronted with the fact that everyone's life has seemed to keep moving, but hers, she makes an unlikely friendship with a crush, from her past.
This is a story about finding inner piece, self-love, mental illness, and finding love when you're not looking for it.
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