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Madelaine and the Forest

Beth Wood

Publisher: The Conrad Press

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Summary

‘Madelaine and the Forest’ is a remarkable book that plunges the reader into a world inhabited by poets and madmen.  Madelaine Parker is bright and funny.  She has lived the life of a struggling poet and recently found commercial success without too much compromise.  As she tells a press conference, she believes in happy endings.  But when a central relationship crumbles, Maddie’s mind and her life start to fragment.  She tries to claw back, as her subconscious becomes the landscape of her life.  But the forest won’t be banished.  It lives, it breathes, and it waits.
Available since: 11/23/2022.

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