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When Smiles Fade
When Smiles Fade | Paige Dearth
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Emma was unloved from the moment she was born. Her earliest memory is being severely beaten by her father, Pepper Murphy, when she was just eight-yearsold. Seething with resentment over the sacrifice of his dreams for a woman he cares little about and children he never wanted, Pepper chooses to blame his older daughter. Her mother, Valerie, makes matters worse with her verbal abuse, leaving Emma isolated with a man that had no boundaries in punishing his daughter, taking his abuse to unimaginable levels. Emma's father's coldblooded beatings and the ultimate abuse to which he subjects her, lays the foundation of the person she becomes. As she matures into a resourceful teenager, she is unwilling and unable to stifle her desire for revenge. Reaching her breaking point she can no longer control the impulse to fight back and finally takes matters into her own hands. Having learned the art of hatred from her father and the mastery of manipulation from her mother, young Emma now sets out to make a better life for herself, leaving the memory of the abused child she had once been behind her. Hardened by the heartless brutality she encounters and the dangerous situations she must overcome in the course of her journey, she faces every challenge that comes her way in her quest for a normal life for herself and for those she loves. Finally a person emerges from within that guides her toward a better life until she learns of a secret that sets her on the path of ultimate redemption.
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JesByrne
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This author has a way of expressing herself. I have been on a kick to read her books and have yet to be disappointed. Abuse described very detailed but if definitely opens your eyes to abuse.

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EadieB
When Smiles Fade | Paige Dearth
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Day 12 - #Smiles #FebruaryFeels
#WhenSmilesFade #PaigeDearth

I like psychological thrillers and the one looks interesting!

MySharonaK Sounds good! 4y
tracey38 I like psychological thrillers, too. This one does look interesting! 4y
Eggs That cover!!! 4y
EadieB @Eggs Those eyes get me! 4y
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Busha1984
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This book was extremely hard to read but, at the same time, I couldn't put it down. Paige Dearth, the author, gives us a small snippet into her own life before the story, When Smiles Fade, even starts. Emma is abused, physically, emotionally, mentally, from an extremely young age. When Smiles Fade is her story of having to deal with the horrors of past, current, and future abuse as she struggles to find love and family. Heartbreaking and raw

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