When the foundations are shaken book 1
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In the working-class streets of Bellflower, California, siblings Dana and Miguel grow up in a home fractured by abuse, neglect, and their parents' unraveling marriage. With no one but each other to lean on, they build an unbreakable bond, carrying one another through teenage struggles, addiction, and single motherhood. Their journey is raw and painful, marked by survival and scars of trauma, but also by love that refuses to die. The book closes with hope-Miguel finding sobriety and Dana fighting to create a future for her child-yet their lives remain fragile, unfinished, and uncertain.
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