Wooden Box
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Life of Susan Edwards took a sudden swerve from being ranked as 'Perfect' by her to being at rock-bottom.
On her 16th Birthday, her mother made an announcement- an announcement that according to her would probably wreathe Susan's life with roses.
Maybe she was unaware of the fact that roses have thorns, some of them concealed.
Her life now swayed between being worse and worst. The announcement being the beginning of the worse for her perfect life.
Delve into Susan's past to find what makes her shed salty tears in a futile attempt to burn the blazing fire of agony and anguish within her?
Will this fire ever extinguish or will it continue to flare to burn Susan everyday?
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