Roots - A Working Title
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Last published Mon, Jan 23, 2012
"I will come back to you, I swear I will; and you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller than when I went." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mackenzie Turner is a nuisance; or so her mother believes her to be. Growing up in Manhattan had seemingly turned her into a rather spoiled young lady. One that would wreak havoc wherever she pleased.
After an incident that draws the line, with no other options left for adjusting her daughter's attitude, Mackenzie's high society life gets uprooted.
The best punishment for a girl who has everything; Simple, take it all away. After a decade, Mackenzie will have to make residence with her estranged father and return to her country home-town.
Now this Diva turned Farm Girl will have to face old demons, old enemies and old friends. What's a girl to do?
They say there's no place like home. But where exactly is home?
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