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    Counting Backwards From Gone
    Counting Backwards From Gone
    Counting Backwards From Gone
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    Counting Backwards From Gone

    By Kat Savage

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    On November 27, 2013, Kat Savage's life forever changed. Her little sister, Angela, was brutally murdered and Savage has been searching for the strength to write her grief down ever since. Finally, just shy of six years later, and one year after justice finally rained down upon the man to blame, Savage found the courage to try. This collection is an 18-poem narrative of the very real and raw emotions felt by the author over the years since the tragedy. Here, she pays homage to her baby sister and bleeds her own pain onto paper for anyone who might need help finding their own strength.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKat Savage
    Release dateNov 12, 2020
    ISBN9781393700173
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      Counting Backwards From Gone - Kat Savage

      Counting Backwards From Gone

      Counting Backwards From Gone

      Kat Savage

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      About the Author

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

      Copyright © 2019 by Kat Savage

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.

      www.thekatsavage.com

      thekatsavage@gmail.com

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