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In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty

English · Billionaire · On the rack since

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In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty is a billionaire novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Maisie Swanson has spent her life watching her mother, Amanda, lie to her face. When Amanda tells a door-to-door salesman that Maisie has lung cancer and will be dead within the month, it is only another casual cruelty meant to clear the way for her younger sister. But this time the words are true: a company health screening has just confirmed late-stage lung cancer, and Maisie has no time left.

Amanda does not know. She presses Maisie for three hundred thousand dollars to send her sister abroad, and Maisie, who has saved only one hundred five thousand six hundred forty-two dollars and ninety cents in three years of work, transfers every last cent. Her sister hugs her in thanks; Amanda accuses her of spite. When a coworker offers a blessed pendant at a farewell party, Amanda shrieks that Maisie is running off with him.

Maisie has learned that her mother's love was never hers to earn. With nothing left to lose, she must decide what to do with the days she has.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

Mom loved to look you in the eye and lie.

When she wanted me to give my air-conditioned room to my sister, she pointed at the ninety-five-degree glare outside and smiled, gentle as anything.

"The weather's so nice you won't even need the AC. Switch rooms with your sister."

If I took one extra bite of pot roast, she'd knock the fork out of my hand.

"That meat's gone bad, it'll give you the runs. Your sister's been constipated lately, let her have it."

It went on like that for a long time.

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty after chapter 2?

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What is In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty about?

Maisie Swanson has spent her life watching her mother, Amanda, lie to her face. When Amanda tells a door-to-door salesman that Maisie has lung cancer and will be dead within the month, it is only another casual cruelty meant to clear the way for her younger sister. But this time the words are true: a company health screening has just confirmed late-stage lung cancer, and Maisie has no time left.

What genre is In the Ugly Duckling's World, Even Swans Are Guilty?

It is shelved under Billionaire, and written in English.

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