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VIVACIA K AHWEN
Finding Lily
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For my sister
Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
Edith Wharton
Table of Contents
Prologue: Weathering the Storm
Chapter 1: Room for Discussion
Chapter 9: Meeting of the Minds
Chapter 10: Coitus Interruptus
Chapter 14: Bane of My Existence
Chapter 16: Nobody Puts Lily in the Corner
Interlude: The Courtesy of Strangers
Chapter 17: An Officer and a Gentleman
Chapter 18: Like Water for Chocolate
Chapter 22: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spyder