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In Paula Lichtarowicz's debut, Calamity Leek has lived her entire life beneath a garden wall, never stepping beyond its borders. When the world she knows collapses, she finds that the only way forward is to create a new story herself. Lichtarowicz weaves a tale of imagination and self‑reliance, exploring how books shape our understanding and how a young woman can ask her own questions when the answers she once trusted are gone. Combining playful inventiveness with earnest introspection, the novel offers a fresh look at the power of storytelling and the courage needed to rewrite one’s own narrative.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Paula Lichtarowicz
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