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    Girl Behind the Smile
    Girl Behind the Smile
    Girl Behind the Smile
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    Girl Behind the Smile

    By Ariel Barley

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    Girl Behind the Smile is a collection of poetry that is as joyous and painful as authentic and disarming as life itself. Ariel best exemplifies her ability to express her desires, fears, and frustrations that life brings us. Each poem deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Life can make us bitter but we have to be able to find time to smile because there is time to smile even during life’s most bitter moments.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateFeb 28, 2016
    ISBN9781329826953
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      Girl Behind the Smile - Ariel Barley

      Girl Behind the Smile

      Girl Behind the Smile

      Ariel Barley

      Copyright © 2016 by Ariel Barley

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      First Printing: 2016

      ISBN 978-1-329-82695-3

      Ariel Barley

      Los Angeles, California

      www.arielbarley.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      Thank you

      To my beautiful family and friends.

      A special thank you to JC. Thank you for the unconditional love.

      A Note to the Reader

      When you experience darkness in life, happiness, love or whatever it may be, some like to express it with others. Life gives us so many beautiful emotions and Girl Behind the Smile expresses some of those emotions that we experience.

      Until a couple of years ago, I truly didn’t realize the power of language. I

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