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Title:
STANDING SIDEWAYS
Author:
J. Lynn Bailey
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
About Standing Sideways
When Livia Stone suddenly loses her twin brother,
Jasper, she must learn to navigate her new life alone. As she faces tragedy and
starts down a road toward self-destruction, Daniel enters Livia’s life—at a
moment when she needs it most.
Exclusive Excerpt
Cao is eclectic in her choice of
clothes. She’ll wear just about anything. Her style makes her unique in her own
right. From her jam pants to her leg warmers, she’s a trendsetter. With her
tiny waist and tall frame, she can squeeze into just about anything.
“You hate grapes,” I say, putting my
fork down.
“Why are you sitting in the dark?”
She pops another in her mouth.
Maybe, sometimes, it’s easier in the
dark. When the world doesn’t seem so loud, so chaotic.
“Why are you eating grapes?”
“Why are you sitting in the dark?”
“Quiet, I guess.” I always give in
first.
She spits her grape out into her
hand. “Thank God you caved. My mom made some Chinese meal again for dinner. I
gave most of it to Rosie.” Their golden retriever. “I’m starving, and grapes
were my only choice in your empty refrigerator.”
Cao’s mom, Beth, has been making
traditional Chinese meals for the past three weeks, she tells me. She rests her
head on the crook of her arm. “And”—she pauses—“they found my stash.”
I want to say, I told you so.
“When?”
“Yesterday. They waited.”
Cao chain-smokes out her upstairs
bedroom window to prove cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer. She claims it’s a
research study. But I think she got addicted somewhere along the way.
“My parents think I’m going through
some sort of identity crisis. Adopted from China. White parents. Their words,
not mine. ‘We want you to feel like you can be yourself, baby. We feel like you
might be using cigarettes to escape whatever you’re feeling.’
“So, what does my mom do? She’s been
packing me rice in my lunch, and just this morning, I found Amy Tan’s entire
book collection on my desk. And the thing is, Amy Tan was born in Oakland. And,
if they knew me, they’d know, I’ve already read all of Tan’s books. You’d
think, if they wanted me to embrace my culture, they’d send me to some camp in
China or something. I don’t know.” She huffs. “That’s me. Now, you.” She stops.
“Why are you really sitting in the dark, Liv?”
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About the Author
Lynn Bailey has loved to write since she learned to read, around the second grade. When she isn't running after her children, watching COPS, or on the hunt for her next Laffy Taffy joke, you can probably find her holed up in her writing room feverishly working on her next book. She lives in Northern California with her family.
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