Nadine's Sunflower

By Helen Rigby

From the #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Collective a Soulful Mind, comes a striking novella that delves into the complexities and reality of familial trauma and abuse. The girl with golden hair and emerald eyes never loses hope that she'll one day run through the meadow of sunflowers she dreams about. The readers will fall in love

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sacred Goddess Publishing House
• Release date: Oct 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781736970935

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Also by Helen Rigby

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A Soulful Mind

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ISBN: 978-1-7369709-2-8 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-7369709-3-5 (e-book)

Cover Designer: Jana, Templo-Thomas

Interior Illustrator: Jana, Templo-Thomas

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Author’s Note

Nadine’s Sunflower began as a poem, born in the middle of a fall night. It became clear to me that it didn’t fit in my first poetry book nor my second. It wasn’t long before I realized that this four-line poem was meant to be a short story. A novella about a girl with a gentle heart longing to be free and loved. The following pages were not always planned, but they all convey the importance of saying something when you see something.

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Hair of gold

eyes of green

No sweeter smile

than Nadine’s

Nadine was sitting on her window sill gazing at the meadow behind her house, when she was startled by a loud crash. It happened right outside