Footprints on an Empty Road
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Last published Wed, Mar 16, 2016
"Dear, He who may understand,
Whoever you are, whomever I come to send these to, you should know I am incredibly grateful to have you in my life. You are the only person who I am, and will ever be able to comprehend. You are the answers of the questions I ask the moon everyday. I am 10 now, and I assume I will finally meet you at age 20 maybe; maybe that's when, my life will finally begin again."
Evana is a teenage orphan. Like many other teenagers, she is one to undertake many things that she may not understand. Her thoughts, her experiences; even the things she made herself do!
Yes, Evana may not be the richest person; she may not be living the easiest of the easiest life, but she is gifted. She possesses a gift like no other: The gift to allow herself to talk.To her, the strongest people, possess the ability to let herself free.
The Novel, Foot prints on an Empty Road is weaved together through a collection
of letters written from Evana to her loved ones from her past. Sent or unsent, her letters convey in the most eloquent way, how she grew and became the person she needed to be.
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