Paying for Attention
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Last published Tue, Apr 21, 2015
Penny loves to be the centre of attention but when her unquenchable quest for self fulfilment takes her all the way to the intoxicating country of India she comes face to face with the full cost of others paying her more attention than she ever truly thought possible.
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