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A Fractured Echo

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Reads 35,843
Votes 2,270
Parts 29
Time 11h 0m

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What would you give to be able to erase your history, to start your life over with a clean slate?  For some, this is the stuff of dreams, but for one woman that reality is laced with fear and uncertainty.  Building a new life becomes infinitely harder as events from her past start to weave themselves into the present.  In a journey that will turn her whole world upside down for a second time, uncovering the truth poses more questions than it gives answers, as she fights to fully understand what happened.  Meanwhile, strength & support comes from unexpected places as she fights to remember.
  
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  Copyright © 2015 by Lou Moran. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Lou Moran.
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.All Rights Reserved

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