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    The Lunatic Asylum Screams
    The Lunatic Asylum Screams
    The Lunatic Asylum Screams
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    The Lunatic Asylum Screams

    By Patricia Harris

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    Can a life be worthy of two memoirs? can one life have more stories than can fit in a single book? for the half mad poet, the lunatic asylum screams out the stories of a life lived, 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFae Corps Publishing
    Release dateAug 4, 2023
    ISBN9798223006596
    The Lunatic Asylum Screams
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    Patricia Harris

    Patricia Harris is a dreamer, crafter, gamer and digital artist who loves creativity in life. A half mad poet,  her writing is found all over social media and various other websites, including coffee house writers. She is a devoted mom who can be found doing a variety of art when she isn’t penning poetry and writing words. She is half of the indie publishing company Fae Corps publishing. Her collection of writings include a memoir,  children's books, and poetry. For more from Patricia, check out www.Facebook.com/mouseypoet or pattimouse.wordpress.com 

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      The Lunatic Asylum Screams - Patricia Harris

      The

      Lunatic Asylum

      Screams

      By

      Patricia Harris

      Copyright © 2023 Patricia Harris

      Fae Corps Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      In Inspiration without a home, I spoke of Childhood, Of memories half-formed and somehow more traumatic for it. I want to say that was all of my story and be happy with it. I am more honest than that though. No one ever has their story be that easy. The beginnings of adulthood came into play. I told of the Maiden years, I told of the Mother years starting. I am now in the crone years, and I realized that I did not even cover half of a life lived.

      I don't know if the rest of the story is half as story-worthy, but well it seemed like I ought to try. I need to do the whole set. I have a home now. So it means that the inspiration is no longer without a home. My children are all grown – or near enough, and I am now facing life and amazed. I was never expecting to make it to thirty and here I am looking down fifty. I feel like this volume will have a bit more chaos in it. The asylum is open for business, after all. It has to begin in the past and work forward. I will expose stories that I left out last time. Still keeping to the no-names being involved. None

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