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Family Drama · fiction

The Child Beyond the Empty Chair

For eighteen years, I had learned how to live with an empty chair that no one else could see. It followed me through grocery stores and school concerts, through Christmas mornings and family photographs, through every birthday cake I baked for my sons. It sat beside me whenever Caleb and I watched Ethan and...

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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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