Roland Marks is a Nobel Prize winning novelist with a penchant for younger women and four marriages behind him. Lou-Lou Marks, his grown daughter, is a successful academic in her own right. But her real career lies in attending to her father. An egomaniacal and emotionally manipulative man, he deman
Participant
β Scribed by Carmen Kemp
- Publisher
- Evolved Publishing LLC
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Sometimes, falling apart is the only way to put yourself together.
"The story of one woman's journey to change her life and realize her dreams, or face another crushing failure, 'Participant' is a fully engaging novel that showcases author Carmen Kemp's genuine flair for originality, memorable characters, and inherently entertaining narrative storytelling skills." ~ Midwest Book Review
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