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Friday September 6, 2024
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Featuring Annie Chiappetta, author of “Imperfections”
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More about Ann Chiappetta and her work…
Imperfections by Ann Chiappetta
© 2024 By Ann Chiappetta
For Lainie, feeling unwelcome is only the beginning of her struggles. Her mom is addicted to
painkillers, her stepfather is a felon, and her dad traded her in for a new family.
So what if she’s kicked out of high school? Determined and attractive, Lainie sets out to make
her own path.
Shane, the young man she begins dating and believes is trustworthy, transforms into a
possessive and cruel boyfriend. When Efren, Shane’s older cousin, enters her life, Lainie grasps
onto a sliver of hope, falling in love.
Shane’s obsessive and abusive treatment of her, however, casts a deep shadow over Lainie and
Efren’s chance to find safety and a future free of the fear of Shane’s sadistic retribution.
Will their love persevere, or will Shane’s pervasive and negative influence push Lainie and Efren
apart, forcing them to love secretly?
About the Author
Ann Chiappetta, M.S. Poet and author
Ann’s award-winning poems, creative nonfiction, and essays have appeared internationally in
literary journals, popular online blogs, and print anthologies. Her poems have been featured in
The Avocet, the Pangolin Review, Plum Tree Tavern, Magnets and Ladders, Oprelle, Western PA
Poetry Review 2024and Breath and Shadow. Ann’s short story, The Misty Torrent appeared in
the Artificial Divide anthology published by Renaissance Press (2021).
Ann is the recipient of the 2019 GDUI Excellence in Writing award and the WDOMI 2016 Spirit
of Independence award.
Independently published since 2016, the author’s six volume collection includes poetry,
creative nonfiction essays, short stories and contemporary fiction.
Diagnosed in 1993 with a rare form of progressive retinal disease, Ann accepts vision loss as
part of her life but doesn’t let it define her as a whole person.
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