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    How Going Abroad Teaches You More About Home #WritingWednesdays

    I was approached by EF Academy to feature their students writing and I’m happy to include them here. Today, Maya shares her writing. How Going Abroad Teaches You More About Home Maya is a 16-year-old student from New York who just completed her sophomore year studying the IGCSE program at EF Academy, New York Thornwood. She is an aspiring writer and aficionado of history, painting and animals, particularly cat Peaches. Several years ago upon first arriving in Stockholm’s Arlanda airport while moving from my birthplace of Queens, New York, I spotted a sign emblazoned with the phrase “Borta bra men…

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    Your crossroads. Your choice | Ataraxia – Are You Positive

    Happy to feature Your crossroads. Your choice. by EJ Apicello today and also host a guest post from the author. About the Book Welcome to my diary, my journey, as I tripped and crawled through the darkest time in my life- when I witnessed people that I held incredibly close to me shatter my very existence with their words and actions. The things within this book spine are extremely raw and exceptionally real. You and I are going to get very close, the details in this book, although oddly general, are incredibly specific. Yes, I realize what I just said…

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    The Summer Letters

    The Summer Letters By Elyse Douglas Genre: Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Romance   When Vanessa finds a rusty coffee can filled with old letters hidden away in a summer beach cottage, she learns of a haunting and secret affair dating back to the 1950s. Determined to find the woman whose life parallels her own in many ways, Vanessa searches for the woman and her lover, uncovering past and present secrets that finally reveal a shocking truth. Over the course of the summer, Vanessa’s own life is transformed by the possibilities of love and new beginnings, even as she confronts…