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the liberation of Maya Jane Clark: maya & marc

Chapter 1: Maya and Marc

By Maya Jane Clark
Wow. Hello there. My name is Maya and I am honored to meet you. Sooooooo……. I’ve started this introductory letter oh, about 41 times. Many different versions. Many different ideas. So much so, I’m just spinning round and round and round. Enough already. Time is now. Let’s not burn the day away any longer. Well, I’m scared out of my...
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the liberation of Maya Jane Clark: Ms. Sheila’s Affirmation

Chapter 2: Ms. Sheila’s Affirmation

By Maya Jane Clark
Ms. Sheila’s Affirmation TRIGGER WARNING: (Sadness In Relationships, Abuse, Lies, Affairs) Guys!! It’s Maya. How ya doin’? Can We Head Back to High School English Class, please? My high school years were spent in a mid-sized city in the upper Midwest. It was a small school with high academic standards. Once you reached junior year, you were required to take...
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the liberation of Maya Jane Clark: Vodka with Extra Lime

Chapter 3: Vodka with Extra Lime

By Maya Jane Clark
Vodka with Extra Lime TRIGGER WARNING: (Cursing, Affairs, Sex, Sadness, Lies, Pain) Hi! Are you there, God? It’s Me. Maya. (Flashing back to my favorite seventh grade book by Judy Blume. You can find it for your favorite teenager here.) The abuse delivered to me and my children at the hands of a man named Marc De Saude is extensive;...
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Chapter 6: Dear Janey

By Maya Jane Clark
Dear Janey TRIGGER WARNING: (Lies, Secrets, Sadness, Worry, Pain, Affairs, Fear of Sexually Transmitted Infections) Hey! Hello, my friends. Hope you’re well. Happy and healthy. It’s Maya. We are starting my letter to Janey- remember, she’s my good friend of 40 years. I wrote in Chapter 5 that I would be sharing the letters I wrote to people at the...
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the liberation of Maya Jane Clark: Dear Janey, part 2

Chapter 7: Janey Letters, continued

By Maya Jane Clark
Janey Letters, continued TRIGGER WARNINGS: (Lies, Secrets, Sadness, Worry, Pain, Affairs, Fear of Sexually Transmitted Infections, Being Drugged and Raped) Hey, Janey. How are you? I’m feeling grateful and thought I’d share. I feel like I’d be remiss not to bring up some key folks. There is a whole cast of characters who rescued me at key moments of my...
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