Dreadful Holidays
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**Dreadful Holidays**
For most people, holidays are a time for celebration.
For Libby, they're reminders of everything she doesn't have.
As her twenty-first birthday approaches, Libby feels like she's already fallen behind in life. Despite graduating college early and doing everything she was told would lead to success, she's unemployed, struggling to make ends meet, and constantly comparing herself to everyone around her. Every holiday seems to bring another disappointment, another reminder that everyone else is moving forward while she's standing still.
From an unforgettable Fourth of July that changes everything, to an unexpected encounter on Halloween, Libby begins a journey she never saw coming. Along the way, she'll discover that family isn't always easy, success doesn't always look the way we expect, and sometimes the moments we dread the most become the ones that change our lives forever.
**Dreadful Holidays** is a heartfelt contemporary novel about finding hope in unexpected places, learning to let go of impossible expectations, and discovering that life has a way of surprising us when we least expect it.
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