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    Beginnings and Endings: A Selection of Short Stories
    Beginnings and Endings: A Selection of Short Stories
    Beginnings and Endings: A Selection of Short Stories
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    Beginnings and Endings: A Selection of Short Stories

    By Jane Suen

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     …life never turns out like you expected…

    A weekly ritual that turns into the surprise of all time; an accident that has a devastating effect on two lives in different ways; and a father’s heartfelt journey to tell his son of an important part of his past.

    All come together in Beginnings and Endings, a trilogy of short stories that will bring a lump to the throat.

    Grits Girl explores the beginning of a lifetime of love over a favorite bowlful of breakfast.

    The Accident is an ironic story of how life can change in the blink of an eye.

    In The End of Summer, two men come to terms with their past through an unexpected detour and the innocent joy of a child.

    Each story is layered with unexpected twists and turns, and there’s a bonus flash fiction, Pick Me, to bring you a smile that will last the day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJane Suen
    Release dateNov 11, 2017
    ISBN9780997929775

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      Beginnings and Endings - Jane Suen

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      Table Of Contents

      BOOKS BY JANE SUEN

      1 GRITS GIRL

      2 THE ACCIDENT

      3 THE END OF SUMMER

      BONUS PICK ME

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      BOOKS BY JANE SUEN

      Children of the Future

      Flowers in December

      Alterations

      Beginnings and Endings: A Selection of Short Stories

      BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS: A Selection Of Short Stories

      Copyright © 2017 by Jane Suen

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, photocopying or other means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without prior written permission from the author. The only exception is for a reviewer who may quote short excerpts from the book in a review. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is coincidental.

      Jane Suen books are available for order through Ingram Press Catalogues

      www.janesuen.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing: November 2017

      Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9979297-6-8

      Hardback ISBN: 978-0-9979297-8-2

      E-book ISBN: 978-0-9979297-7-5

      For the child we were and the child we have.

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      GRITS GIRL

      "How fast can you say ‘scattered,

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