100 Reasons Why
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Last published Thu, May 16, 2013
[This story revolves around the topic of mental disorders such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders. May be triggering.] For all his life, Charlie Winters had stood in his brother, Frankie's shadow. They were often compared, and while Frankie basked in the glory and warmth of popularity in school, Charlie blended into the crowd. All in all, Charlie's life wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows. Then, Charlie's single mother lands a job as a psychiatrist at Hollymore, which happened to be both a Rehabilitation Centre and a Psychiatric Institute. Charlie befriends Brooklyn, one of his mother's patients, as well as some other residents in Hollymore, and with each other's help, they might be able to turn their lives around.
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