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BOOK 1 of The Growing Up Series
Lucilla Hartley left the quiet countryside village she had always called home at thirteen to attend a boarding school several counties away. Three years later, she finally returns to her family's farm, carrying with her a trunk full of books, memories, and everything she has learned beyond the village.
But home is not quite as she remembers it.
Her siblings have grown, old friendships have changed, and the people she once knew so well now seem to see her differently. Even the familiar fields and winding roads feel strangely unfamiliar, as though she has returned to a place that belongs to another version of herself.
As Lucilla settles back into village life, she finds herself caught between two worlds: the life she once knew and the wider world her education has introduced her to. For the first time, she must reckon with what it truly means to grow up, to leave home, and to come back again.
Perhaps the village has not changed nearly as much as she thinks.
Perhaps she is the one who has changed.
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