Scatterings

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Afnan just turned 18. Sweet. She has lots to discover: her first kiss, her first taste of true freedom and her first belly piercing. 

But this all soon turns to dust when she returns home to a life now in flames that keep her away, and fumes she's inhaling, the only remnant of her carefree childhood. As Afnan moves from place to place in search of a home, and faces new challenges, all the regrets come seeping back. 

Was she wrong to call her parents 'swines' the last time she saw them? Were her siblings ever going to reconcile and care for her? Will she survive the unemployment that has her stomach grumbling? Or will she look for the easier way out of this misery, once and for all?All Rights Reserved

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