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Family Drama · fiction

The Tears Behind the Linen Door

The sound came first. Before the face, before the hallway, before any of the reasons anyone would give later, it came through a white-painted door at the end of the upstairs hall. It was muffled the way crying becomes muffled when the person doing it is certain she is alone. Swallowed. Shaped by the stacks...

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

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