Finding Joie de Vivre
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joie de vivre
/zhwah duh vee-vruh/
(n.) a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
meet adrena, a new college freshman whose life is founded off of free will and an adventurous spirit.
outwardly, others view her as having some kind of "great life".
inwardly, she has more struggles than we can count on your hands and mine combined.
as she begins to shroud herself in a cloud of mystery and adventure, she realizes that some things are meant to be, and others.. not so much.
can she manage to get herself to stop trying to free doors that have closed and just won't budge? will she ever understand that the key she has doesn't always work anymore, and that people change as they wish?
don't ask me, i don't have all the answers, but adrena does, and i think she has quite the story to tell you.
better get reading!
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