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    Caring For Lily: A Short Story
    Caring For Lily: A Short Story
    Caring For Lily: A Short Story
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    Caring For Lily: A Short Story

    By Rachel Elizabeth Cole

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    With her maternity leave about to end, Elle Williams is visiting her fourth daycare in as many hours. Maybe this one will be just right.

    A short story of 1500 words or about 10 pages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTangled Oak Press
    Release dateJun 13, 2014
    ISBN9781498961288
    Caring For Lily: A Short Story
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    Rachel Elizabeth Cole

    Rachel Elizabeth Cole is a novelist and short story writer whose work has appeared, among other places, in Cahoots, Literary Mama, Gator Springs Gazette, and Flashquake. Even though she hates the rain, she lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, their two sons, and two very spoiled house rabbits.

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