Lessons In Falling
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Last published Sun, Aug 2, 2015
This is the diary of Maddie Taylor. Maddie's is 20 and starting university. She is contending with bitchy room mates, college stress and mental illness. There is one thing brightening Maddie's life and that's her hot Art lecturer. But when things take a turn for the disastrous, Maddie gets lost in a world of fantasies and infatuation. She is learning to fall but will she learn to live?
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Trigger Warning - Mental illness is a theme within this story so read with caution. I will include any specific trigger warnings at the beginning of each chapter.
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