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Painting a Room in Your Father's House

By: Will Bevis
Narrated by: Cathy Schrecongost
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Summary

About the author:

Will Bevis is a prolific writer of short, sometimes very controversial slice-of-life stories, articles, essays, and memoirs that make you feel you are right there, experiencing the story as it happens. His best-known story is the Top One Hundred Free for Kindle story "The Killing of Train-Man Brown". He has written more than 100 short stories including "Then Her Wig Fell Off", "Let the Dog Drive", "Blackbird", "Supply and Demand", "Daddy's Playing Dead", and many, many others. Many are also available as audiobooks.

About this short piece:

(Please note this work would be free always, if it were up to me.)

What can you do, what can you say, When your child becomes discouraged? I said nothing. I wrote this letter to her instead. Tell your child you care. That she's wonderful and special. Because... She is.

©2014 Will Bevis (P)2015 Will Bevis

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