A girl who's lost her twin. A mother who can't leave her children.A child who longs for freedom.An anomaly in the oddest of places. Talks of peace and home.Ducks and a crook.A soldier, a suffering victim.A self pitying student and an uncaring one.Friends and future partners, bitter and sweet. Hope and heartlessness. All those stories, and many more, not necessarily in that order. All in one book.