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Borrowed Skin is a luminous literary novel about the quiet architecture of care-how ordinary people build places that hold grief, tenderness, and survival without spectacle. Set in a city shaped by rain, benches, corridors, and borrowed chairs, the novel follows Willa and a widening circle of lives who learn that healing is rarely loud. It happens in ten-minute pauses, in rooms rearranged by hand, in policies that bend, and in the courage to stay human when systems prefer efficiency. With spare, lyrical prose and a deep compassion for work that goes unseen, Borrowed Skin explores community, resilience without cliché, and the radical power of small, practical kindness. This is a book for readers who love literary fiction rooted in empathy, social realism, and the quiet triumph of people choosing tenderness anyway.

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Laura Carpenter writes emotionally charged contemporary romance with Irish heart, sharp dialogue, and characters who choose courage over convenience. Winner of the 2025 Impact International Indie Award for Contemporary Romance, she's known for stories rooted in consent, resilience, and found family. When she's not writing, she's plotting the next one with a cup of strong tea and a notebook full of ideas.

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