Fragmented
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On the evening of September 4, 1998, sixteen-year-old Amber Murphy died.
Six years later, in September of 2004, an old friend moves back to town and relationships are rekindled.
But not everyone has moved on from Amber's death. And nothing is as simple as it seems, the truth obscured by more than rumour.
Told from the perspectives of seven young adults in the setting of a Canadian small town, Fragmented is a story of loss, grief, guilt, and acceptance.
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