The Bigger Picture
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Last published Tue, Jan 30, 2024
One state.
One town.
One street.
Two houses.
Two families and a whole lot of drama.
The Brussels and Collens have been living opposite of each other to as far as any senior citizen in Memphis could remember. Unfortunately, something that could not be traced back was when these two families turned from friends to enemies over the last two decades.
Join Deborah Collen as she works to navigate around her life flooded with her father's expectations, mother's ingorance, sibling rivalry and ofcourse a not-so friendly neighborhood boy who lives opposite her house.
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