Women Who Rise
Family Drama · fiction

Thirty-Six Squares Above Her Future

The ceiling above my hospital bed had exactly thirty-six square tiles. I knew because I had counted them so many times that I could close my eyes and still see every one. Thirty-six white squares. Three fluorescent lights. One ventilation grate that rattled every few minutes. And one photograph taped to the rail beside my...

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Women Who Rise

Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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