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    Pieces of Broken China
    Pieces of Broken China
    Pieces of Broken China
    Audiobook3 hours

    Pieces of Broken China

    Written by Dean R. Blanchard

    Narrated by Daniela Acitelli

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    A father struggles to tell his long-lost daughter that he is not a predatory sexual molester. A promising ring becomes the symbol of a boy's love for a girl he thought he knew. A son stands by his dying mother, and in return, she helps him to make peace withj his adopted father. A mother attempts to help her daughter deal with an emotioanlly crippled Vietnam vet, who happens to also be her father. A wife senses her husband's sexuality after an encounter with a gay man in a striight bar.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRonald Hewitt
    Release dateNov 30, 2018
    ISBN9781987116571
    Author

    Dean R. Blanchard

    I share a home with Sarah, my calico who undersands me more than I do. Sometimes I stare at a blank page on my computer. when the muse illudes me I go for long walks at the shopping maul near my home or bake loaves of bread or go play backgammond with a disabled veteran. 

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