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    Little Girl Lost: Poems
    Little Girl Lost: Poems
    Little Girl Lost: Poems
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    Little Girl Lost: Poems

    By Lauren S. Barr

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    A collection of deeply moving poetry which explores the author's journey through childhood abuse.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 29, 2011
    ISBN9781456759254
    Little Girl Lost: Poems
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    Lauren S. Barr

    Lauren S. Barr, a survivor of childhood abuse, grew up in suburban Westfield, New Jersey. She has held jobs as a pharmacy technician, political campaign operative, marketing director, paralegal and spent seven years as an emergency medical technician. She served as the assignment editor of The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, and continues to write for them. Lauren holds an Associates in Science from Union County College and a Bachelor of Arts from Thomas Edison State College. She still lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters.

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      Little Girl Lost - Lauren S. Barr

      AuthorHouse™

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      © 2011 Lauren S. Barr. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 04/12/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-5929-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-5925-4 (e)

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      Bloomington, Indiana

      For Karen, who saved my life and never gave up on me, even when I had; and my darling husband Jon-Henry, who makes all my dreams come true.

      Table of Contents

      windows to infinitum

      a girl i used to know

      a doll’s life

      little girl lost

      not even dawn

      night stand

      rantings of an insomniac

      blank page

      shooting stars

      comforts of familiarity

      concessions

      new year’s

      what matters

      drowning in emptiness

      outcast

      speed of light

      fearful

      mendacity

      garbage

      drip

      nothing ever happened

      needing

      fading

      filling shoes

      lightening

      i know

      free

      what has passed

      valium

      hurdles

      churned memories

      pedestals & hiding places

      knowing

      repeat beatings

      screaming into silence

      why

      explanation

      atrocity

      waking

      on the edge

      undone

      autumn’s hour

      reminders

      echo

      love lost, strength gained

      lonely

      eraser

      pain so real it hurts

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