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𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘢 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

ᶜʳʸˢᵗᵃˡ'ˢ ʳᵉᶜᵒˡˡᵉᶜᵗⁱᵒᵒᶠ "ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵃˢᵗ ᶠᵉʷ ᵈᵃʸˢ,"
ᵒʳ ʷʰᵃᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵃʸˢ ˡᵉᵃᵈ ᵘᵖ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵘʳᵍᵉʳʸ.

ᶜʳʸˢᵗᵃˡ'ˢ ʳᵉᶜᵒˡˡᵉᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᵒᶠ "ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵃˢᵗ ᶠᵉʷ ᵈᵃʸˢ," ᵒʳ ʷʰᵃᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵃʸˢ ˡᵉᵃᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᵘᵖ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵘʳᵍᵉʳʸ

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ˡᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵃˢᵗ, ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ˢʰᵉ
ᵗʳⁱᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ⁱˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇˡᵃᵏˢ.

ᵃ ˡᵒᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵃˢᵗ, ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ˢʰᵉ ᵗʳⁱᵉˢ ᵗᵒ ᶠⁱˡˡ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇˡᵃⁿᵏˢ

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ʰᵉʳ ᵖʳᵉˢᵉ "ⁱᵈ ᶠᵉᵃʳˢ."

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"𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭'𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬:" 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

ᵉˣᶜᵉʳᵖᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵉᵍⁿⁿ ᵖᵃᵍᵉˢ.

ᵃⁿ ᵉˣᶜᵉʳᵖᵗ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵉᵍⁱⁿⁿⁱⁿᵍ ᵖᵃᵍᵉˢ

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table of contents:
prologue - the world before
one - the glass children
two - friendship
three - fulfilling an obligation
four - the almost-murderer
five - the great twins
six - the world of "maybe"
seven - mothers always know
eight - the first "i love you"
nine - the choice
ten - the game
eleven - the knight and the superhero
twelve - deadbeat club
thirteen - up in smoke
fourteen - the morning after
fifteen - a big strong boyfriend
sixteen - she knows
seventeen - mature conversations
(and those who are ill-prepared to have them)
eighteen - nowhere but here
nineteen - the lie of a dream
twenty - the graduation
twenty-one - pennies
twenty-two - the writing's on the wall
twenty-three - a season in hell
twenty-four - as for the rest
a — the plight of castor
b — sir misfortune and lady luck
c — mothers' redemption
epilogue - the pediatric psychiatrist
postscript - october '83
afterword

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𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, charlie conwayWhere stories live. Discover now