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Seen through the eyes of an innocent young girl, a beautiful people, a beautiful culture, a beautiful country, are torn apart, burnt, raped, looted and plundered by an evil empire. One by one, Negdar watches her family cruelly stolen from her, until only one sister, Sonia, remains to her. They hold on to shreds of hope, but the evil ones try to beat and rape that hope away until it is nearly gone. One night it is do or die, escape, or face death in the ultimate death camp. Half-starved and terrified they will be caught, the two sisters are given shelter by compassionate farmers who show them the way to a refugee camp in Aleppo. There, Negdar meets her first love, a girl named Lusine, an orphan like herself. They joyfully plan a life together but Lusine mysteriously disappears during their stay in Beirut. Negdar, Sonia, and Sonia's new boyfriend Masis travel to Sardinia, France, and finally Wales, where at last they feel safe, and where Negdar meets the only person who could possibly be good enough to take Lusine's place in her heart. Laura Susan Johnson has been writing since the age of eleven, cutting her teeth on stories of the family dogs and cats. She has written two novels: CRUSH and BRIGHT and three short stories, BURDENS, OUR HOUSE, COLD FOOT, and OLD CARS. All of these projects are now available here at Smashwords. CRUSH and BRIGHT are also available in print at Beaten Track Publishing, in Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.She is currently working on her most challenging projects to date, the interdependent novels, DREAMS and ARMOUR. She lives in Idaho, Oregon, Arkansas and California.Inspired by gay couples she took care of in her career as a hospice nurse, Laura Susan began penning her novel CRUSH in August 2010.Laura Susan has applied much of her own life experience to the characters she hasỲ created in her books and stories. UPDATED 12/22