Oi! Pretty girl!
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Clara Byrne spends most of her days trying to disappear.
Between a drunk father, a ghost of a mother, and a brother who only ever talks to his screen, she's learned to keep quiet and stay out of the way. Her only escape is the town library, quiet, steady, safe.
Until one afternoon, a voice cuts through the noise of her world.
"Oi! Pretty girl!"
Jamie Wells is everything she isn't, loud, fearless, alive. He makes her laugh in ways she's forgotten how. For the first time, Clara begins to imagine a future that doesn't hurt.
But in a place where bad luck finds good people easily, happiness doesn't last long. One moment changes everything, and Clara is left with a silence even the library can't hold.
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