The Date She Kept

A continuing recovery story about the dates we fear, the milestones we keep, and the people who quietly help us reach them.

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Latest Chapters

  • Chapter 2: Counting Without a Clock

    Mara's notebook holds no speeches, only bus rides, paid bills, returned keys, and the ordinary evidence of days that continued.

    Chapter 2: Counting Without a Clock

    Mara's notebook holds no speeches, only bus rides, paid bills, returned keys, and the ordinary evidence of days that continued.

  • Chapter 1: An Ordinary Square

    On the first morning of April, Mara Hale turned the kitchen calendar to a clean page and found that someone had already circled the seventeenth. The circle was made in...

    Chapter 1: An Ordinary Square

    On the first morning of April, Mara Hale turned the kitchen calendar to a clean page and found that someone had already circled the seventeenth. The circle was made in...

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