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The Blood-Red Diary

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The Blood-Red Diary is a novel in English. Chapter 1 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

On her tenth birthday, Lily finds two blood-red lines in the blue diary her mother gave her: a warning that her father Maury will come home in a gray shirt smelling of gardenia perfume, and a prediction that her mother Sarah will die in ten years. The diary reveals only two sentences a day, telling Lily what will happen but never how to save her mother.

When Maury's mother Helen demands Sarah's paycheck card, Lily hides it under the kitchen sink. Maury sides with Helen, and Sarah finally refuses him for the first time. Then the diary warns that Maury will treat Sarah so well she will almost forget the cruelty — and at an upscale dinner he introduces Rachel, the new sales manager, who wears the gold bracelet Sarah never received.

Lily can see what is coming, but the diary offers no way to change it.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

On my tenth birthday, two blood-red lines appeared in my diary:

[Do not make a wish for Dad to come home.]

[Ten years from today, Mom dies.]

I thought it was a prank and shoved the diary into my backpack. But after midnight, it flipped open on its own.

[At 11:00 PM tonight, Dad will come home wearing a gray dress shirt.]

[Do not let Mom ask about the gardenia perfume on his collar.]

At exactly eleven, Maury walked in wearing that gray shirt, reeking of gardenia perfume. Sarah cautiously asked about the smell.

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Contents

Chapter 1 is on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Which chapters of The Blood-Red Diary are free?

Chapter 1 is free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 2 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading The Blood-Red Diary after chapter 1?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 618775, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 2.

What is The Blood-Red Diary about?

On her tenth birthday, Lily finds two blood-red lines in the blue diary her mother gave her: a warning that her father Maury will come home in a gray shirt smelling of gardenia perfume, and a prediction that her mother Sarah will die in ten years. The diary reveals only two sentences a day, telling Lily what will happen but never how to save her mother.

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