This Thing Call Life
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Last published Fri, Mar 4, 2016
Heaven Unique Johnson. 17 year old shrugging with this thing called "Life'. Drug addicted mother, and drug dealing brother her life is more than a struggle. Big Brother move out when she was 15, leaving to go make a better life for him and his growing family, forgetting the struggles of what he left far behind. Heaven finding it hard to basically live and support herself, she moves to Down Town New Orleans with her brother and his family. Will her life change for the better or worst?
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