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    Carlin, David
    Carlin, David
    Carlin, David
    Ebook23 pages14 minutes

    Carlin, David

    By Shay Siegel

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    When David ends up in the hospital after an impulsive suicide attempt, his life comes in short flashes from past events to present. Unfolding in dark strokes of lyricism, much like the marks he puts on his arms, the morose life he's been living is exposed. But there might be one person who can pull him back from the edge and give him reason to hold on.

    Carlin, David is a dramatic young adult short story about one young man who can't handle the weight of existence any longer. Will he find hope before it's too late?

    [Trigger Warnings: suicide, cutting, infidelity, alcohol use]

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShay Siegel
    Release dateFeb 18, 2021
    ISBN9781734660029
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      Carlin, David

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      CARLIN, DAVID. Copyright © 2021 by Shay Siegel.

      All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this story may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      SECOND EDITION, 2021

      United States of America

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-7346600-2-9

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      Carlin, David

      D avid, can you hear me, sweetie? A woman touched my arm with the lightness of white cotton. It was difficult to open my eyes, more difficult than something so simple should be. Sticky and crusty gunk was attached to my lashes and caked in the corners. My head

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