Generations and Family Boundaries
Family Drama · fiction

The Birthday She Finally Claimed

The first sound I heard when I walked into my parents' house on the evening of my twenty-fifth birthday was my mother's voice telling me not to overreact. I hadn't even taken off my coat yet. "Claire, honey, before you go upstairs, I need you to understand that Madison has been having a difficult day." That sentence should...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Generations and Family Boundaries

Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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