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![Evie Hudson is a woman with amnesia, who forgets the last 13 years. Piecing her life back together, she navigates the harsh realities of coercive control.
Evie is the leading character in local author @emmagreyauthor's second novel Pictures of You.
Her debut book, The Last Love Note, sold more than 100,000 books worldwide within a few months of being published last year.
“I think that using amnesia really helped [show the effects of coercive control] because she had that sense of being completely lost in her own life,” Emma says of her new work of fiction.
To read the full story and find out more about this fabulous local author and her latest novel, visit our website at citynews.com.au or click the link in our bio! 📚✒️
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