The Thing About Being Alone
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Last published Fri, Jul 22, 2016
Seventeen year old Wendy Sullivan sets out on a journey of a lifetime with nothing but her memories and a collection of paperbacks to read. She heads to a small town in search of a close-knit family she always thought she knew but never really wanted to meet. Running from a twisted past, she's not sure what will happen.
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