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The Honest Magazine

Lauren Phillips-Freeman

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Chloe lay on her front, the newly purchased magazine open in front of her. She’d had to buy it in secret while her mother was out doing the weekly shop, using money she had found around the house. A pound coin from down the back of the sofa, a fifty pence piece lying forgotten on the drive, eventually amassing enough for this clandestine purchase. It wasn’t that her mother had a problem with magazines per se. Sometimes, when Catherine was feeling…

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Lauren Phillips-Freeman

Lauren Phillips-Freeman is a language teacher and writer with a love of words in all their forms. She uses writing to help her process her own tangled emotions.