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    Hanging Onto Hope
    Hanging Onto Hope
    Hanging Onto Hope
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    Hanging Onto Hope

    By Adelise M Cullens

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    Ashley didn't particularly like her father. Deep down inside she knew there was love, but that was not enough. It had been a long time since she had spoken to him, she always meant too, but simply never did. When a call came from work telling her that her father George was dead everything changed. Can she live with the guilt?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdelise M Cullens
    Release dateDec 15, 2015
    ISBN9781370852949
    Hanging Onto Hope
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    Adelise M Cullens

    On my Twitter mini bio it says "I'm a hugger. Oh ... and I write things." This basically sums me up pretty nicely. I love to write, so I do. Writing, to me, is about sharing and connecting with people. I like to metaphorically reach out and hug people with my words! And as long as I am doing that, I am a happy clam. I hail from Australia, the land down under. (Where women glow and men plunder) More specifically, I am from the western burbs of Sydney. It is a truly magical place, where you can hear the call of sirens through the night and the sunsets are a bright watermelon from all the toxic pollution ... but nah, seriously, I love it here. I have a dog named Roe Roe, a black Lab with perpetually sad eyes that loves to hold my hand while I write. Seriously. You can see more of Roe on my social media. But, about my writing, I don't tend towards any particular genre. So, if you stick with me, hopefully you will be in for some surprises along the way. to quote the great Sylvia Plath - "And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise." Hugs AMC xxx

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      Hanging Onto Hope - Adelise M Cullens

      Hanging Onto Hope

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      Copyright 2015© Adelise M. Cullens

      Published by Ink Blood Publishing

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      Hanging onto Hope

      It was just terrible … just horrible. I don’t understand how … You know we were meant to be burying my father today and then this … Please. It’s been a long day. I would really like to get back to my family now. – Witness statement number one.

      George sat in his house. No lights were on, but his face was lit with blue from his computer screen. He browsed through porn sites. Flicking from one unsatisfying thing to the next. All the girls looked the same to him now. Not even that gave him any joy anymore.

      He clicked out of those browsers and checked his

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