Southern Roots
Family Drama · fiction

The Road They Could Not Take

At seventy-one, he knows every sound around his farmhouse. The truck outside is new, and the son who sent it believes the road will decide who controls the land.

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Genre
Family Drama
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Chapters

  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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