Clarion/Foreward Rates 4 out of 5

 "Heartrending..." "Cathartic..."
"...candor, stripped of sentimentality is written to let people's weaknesses unfurl.."

Clarion (indie author division of Foreward) rated The Things They Didn't See 4 out of 5!

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