January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 18m
English
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CREATE THE YOU WHO WON’T KNUCKLE UNDER
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.—ERNEST HEMINGWAY
ANNE THOUGHT SHE’D put the Karla nightmare behind her when she started her new job. She’d taken a work break, gotten her master’s degree, and moved from Chicago to Portland. But she hadn’t counted on Eudora.
“I was reading about you,” Eudora smiled, sidling up to Anne in the break room.
“Reading?”
“Pretending not to know?”
Anne felt a sudden sick feeling in her stomach.
“I love to research new hires, especially those who move from out of state. Fascinating Facebook posts about you; the men in our company have so much to look forward to.”
The nausea in Anne’s stomach turned to ice. Would she have to leave this ...