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Donnaldson Brown, "Because I Loved You: A Novel" (She Writes Press, 2023)
Today I talked to Donnaldson Brown about her new novel Because I Loved You (She Writes Press 2023) Sixteen-year-old Leni O’Hare loves her horse, so when her mother tries to sell it, she rides as far as she can. It’s 1972, and she ends up falling in love with another horse-lover. Seventeen-year-old Caleb McGrath plays football with Leni’s beloved older brother Foy, and dreams of a future far from East Texas. Leni and Caleb fall in love and make the plans of young lovers, but they’re both torn between their desire and following their dreams. Tragedy strikes and turns everyone’s world apart…
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