THE BOOKS

MY BORING LIFE

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Gavenia Platt is not your typical nineteen-year-old. Her British parents from Manchester view drinking and mocking as a family sport. She's a ginger-haired book nerd with her own chair at the library, and whose best friends are a group of hip grannies. Needless to say, she's never fit in. She leaves her disastrous first year of college when her brother returns from Vietnam, minus one leg with a crippling case of PTSD. Back in Boring, Gavenia discovers that she might be the only one who can save her brother from devastation. But first, she must save herself. She's in for one hell of a summer. 

THE DARKNESS WE CARRY

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Elizabeth arrives on Bridger Island shattered and alone. leaving her alcoholic fiance in San Francisco, she is desperate to escape the emotional pain that continues to plague her. What she finds is the sinister reality of her family's secrets, bringing her into the depths of her dark past. She discovers the story of her great grandmother Hannah and the tortured life she lived, realizing that trauma has been with her family longer than anyone ever knew. Elizabeth must face the harsh truth of her life and find the light she never knew existed. 

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