Elissa Schappell

You know what they say – sleep is the mother’s drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.

You know what they say – sleep is the mother’s drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.

– Elissa Schappell –

Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction

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