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Withdrawal Symptoms

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Withdrawal Symptoms is a 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

At eighteen, Andrea watched Ned fumble with a scholarship girl's bra strap in a school restroom, and by twenty-six she had married him under a family arrangement. Everyone in their elite circle knew he kept a portrait of that girl, Penny, locked in his study. In their third year of marriage, Andrea asks for a divorce.

Ned signs the agreement in silence, then a gala, a new law partner and a late-night message from Ned unsettle her. When a call from the police precinct summons her, she finds Penny dabbing ointment on Ned's cut face, and he shields Penny from her, warning that she is easily frightened.

On the drive home he whispers comfort to Penny on the phone, and Andrea realizes the marriage was never what she believed. Ned's locked drawer and his hand-painted portrait of Penny remain, and his cold warning that the night's trouble had better not involve her leaves the divorce hanging in the air.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

At eighteen, I walked in on Ned fastening a scholarship girl’s bra strap.

The young man looked incredibly solemn, his clumsy fingers fumbling with the clasp in a hesitant, awkward rhythm.

At twenty-six, following family arrangements, I married Ned.

But everyone in our elite circle knew he kept a portrait of that scholarship girl locked away in his…

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Contents

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Which chapters of Withdrawal Symptoms 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.

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What is Withdrawal Symptoms about?

At eighteen, Andrea watched Ned fumble with a scholarship girl's bra strap in a school restroom, and by twenty-six she had married him under a family arrangement. Everyone in their elite circle knew he kept a portrait of that girl, Penny, locked in his study. In their third year of marriage, Andrea asks for a divorce.

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