Audio Readings
Audio Excerpts from Paper Girls Burn
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“I had needed to know one last time that he could still want me.”
“Eventually, it became a constant funeral for what we called marriage.”
“There had been a blood-curdling scream for over an hour when I was eight years old.”
“Date men your own age, Kiddo. Trust me.”
“Even if this ride was destined to crash, I couldn’t walk away from the deep feeling of being known.”
“I had tried to escape into another world, burying my life at home to shield myself from the shame of constantly falling short.”
“I did not want to be so acutely aware. At least give me the gift of ignorance.”