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    Not A Stranger In Paradise
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
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    Not A Stranger In Paradise

    By Ray Daley

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    Wake up from your dreams, things are never as it seems,
    Look all around you, the trials that surround you.

    Is this a test? Or are you the test?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateOct 31, 2016
    ISBN9781370915392
    Not A Stranger In Paradise
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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