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’s survival depends on keeping one step ahead of players in a game she never intended to play

Maud is left with only questions: How

There’s no sign of the party that was promised

An illustration that courage and strength can be found in unexpected places and in unexpected people

but when a handsome prince is involved

Talking In The Dark: Stories Format:Trade Paperback ’s survival depends on keepingBeautifully crafted and movingly told, the stories in Talking in the Dark read like small exquisite novels. From betrayal to sacrifice, obsession to abandonment, each tale speaks the truth of the underside of love, evoking images of lowered voices and shared confessions. A single mother, haunted by loneliness and self doubt, sleeps with her daughter's teenage boyfriend, and, in a scene of frightening family tension, turns her rage not toward the