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Mad about Maddie

A 25-year-old treasure braves the big world

This coming-of-age novel is heavily based on the author’s own life. It’s an emotionally raw and very poignant story about a young woman caught between duty and freedom, traditions and modern ways, family and friendship.

Maddie is a 25-year-old Londoner who is struggling with many of the things that most typical twenty-somethings have to deal with – carving out a career, forming relationships, deciding who she is.

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