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Since, A Novel

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Parts 23
Time 4h 14m

Two college students confront the way of life while reaching out to their sexualities, feelings, the first and last acts of adolescence, and the beginnings and realities of adulthood. 

While this work of fiction pilots friendship, familial love, betrayal, pride, and self-redemption, it also leads the readers back to the well known 'unconditional love' for the families that we save for ourselves, as we are met by the love we ought to receive from our own kith and kins that comes with a great yet disturbing revelation. 

A novel about curing hunger without opening the mouth. 

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Original Fiction 
Genre: Young Adult Fiction 
Sapphic / WLW 

Photo by Kseniya Vashchenko

Copyright 
EST. 2023 by satricainAll Rights Reserved

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