Going Off the Deep End #Wattys2015
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"Thoughts are shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler."---Friedrich Nietzsche
Swimming pools were never 14-year-old Liv Hamilton’s idea of a good place to be in. In fact, she avoided them with a passion.
Now? It’s her go-to place to think. To ponder. To dream.
This is a short story about growing up and finding out who you really are.
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