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Hope & Kindness · fiction

The Question Above the Clouds

One month after my husband died, I discovered that grief could follow you through an airport. It could stand beside you at the check-in counter while you tried to balance a diaper bag, a carry-on, an eight-year-old who was pretending to be brave, and a five-month-old baby who had no idea why his father had...

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Genre
Hope & Kindness
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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

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