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“Girls.” Mrs. Bliss clapped her hands to get their attention. “The best way to become an effective public speaker is to…?”

Of course I understand. I’ll put on an exemplary show, I’ll play the part well; a well-behaved teenager whose world has just come crashing down

With the closing of the serial, Ruti Kepler shares an inside view of the crafting of and reception to her unique plot and characters

How could Karen tell her daughter that she never felt secure as a mother and as her next-door neighbor, Miriam Steiff bore witness to her failure?

It was her background, he didn’t want to get involved with a girl from a broken home. An only child, whose single mom might need her after her marriage

I dubbed him “the Monster.” His hulking figure, his glee at my near failures, made him monstrous in my eyes.