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Hold Still by Sandra Daniels · Loreum

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Hold Still

Sandra Daniels

@sandradaniels

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BOTH ARMS CRADLE YOU NOW
"Thank you, Jesse. Really. Thank you — and I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm not afraid of you now, Corin. Villain and violent. Infant and innocent. Baby, both arms cradle you now. Both arms cradle you now…" Both Arms Cradle You Now — literary coming-of-age, first-person, set in the fictional rust-belt town of Cinder Falls, Ohio (Mahoning Valley), mid-2010s.

Eight years ago, Ruth Ann watched an innocent man go to prison and said nothing. Now he’s back in town, and he just walked into her tailor shop asking for a suit. He has no idea what she saw. She can’t stop herself from helping him.

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