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    Thirty Years and Counting
    Thirty Years and Counting
    Thirty Years and Counting
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    Thirty Years and Counting

    By Cresselle Baptiste

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    Over the past thirty years, Cresselle has dealt with domestic violence, sexual assaults, a suicide attempt, homelessness, and many other traumatic experiences spanning back to her childhood. The poems in this book have been written over the course of her life and are inspired by the things that she experienced or observed. The topics vary from things in everyday life to more abstract thoughts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCovenant Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 3, 2020
    ISBN9781646706716
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