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    Cage Life: Love in the Time of Literature, #1
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    Cage Life: Love in the Time of Literature, #1

    By Karin Cox

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    What happens when life doesn't turn out as planned? This collection of two darkly evocative stories explores the choices and compromises we make in life and in love, and how they can trap or liberate us, depending on our mindset.

    In "Cage Life," a young mother feels like a prisoner in her own home. Her decision to escape the perceived bonds of marriage and motherhood, just for a few hours, has unexpectedly tragic consequences that force her to a re-evaluate what it really means to be loved, to be married, to be a mother, and to be "free," and what truly matters in life.

    In "The Usurper," unconditional love is explored within the boundaries of age and longing. Basil is in his eighties, with an illustrious career in law enforcement behind him, when he meets Carla: a beautiful, energetic and much younger mistress. But when Simon appears on the scene, can Basil keep her or does she, in fact, keep him? With a twist that makes reading all the way to the end imperative, The Usurper poses the question: "Are things ever really as they seem or is our reality filtered by perception?"

    Note: These stories contain some drug use and explore the darker aspects of the human condition--irrational fault-finding, subconscious fears, guilt, grief, jealousy, and blame--but careful readers should find neither without hope of redemption, forgiveness, or character growth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKarin Cox
    Release dateJul 17, 2011
    ISBN9781502268846
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    Cage Life: Love in the Time of Literature, #1
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    Karin Cox

    Karin Cox edits and writes in her "spare time" while being a fulltime mum to a toddler and to a black cat with the improbable name of "Ping Pong."She is the author of more than 40 trade-published natural history books, biographies, Australian social history books, children's picture storybooks, and travel guides, several of which have won awards. Karin has had poems and short stories published in anthologies worldwide and her ebooks CRUXIM (Book I of Dark Guardians Trilogy), CRECHE (Book II of Dark Guardians Trilogy), CREED (Book III of Dark Guardians Trilogy), GROWTH, CAGE LIFE, HEY LITTLE SISTER and PANCAKES ON SUNDAY are available on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble.Thankfully, the busier she gets, the more creative she is (and the more likely to afford to hire a housekeeper). You can follow her on twitter @Authorandeditor or visit her fanpage on Facebook www.facebook.com/KarinCox.Author.

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