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, now available through ECW Press, tells the story of Maya, an international aid worker who travels to a small developing country to contain a scandal: a male colleague is accused of sexually assaulting a young local woman in an orphanage her agency runs. How does Maya reconcile the victim카지노 게임 컬렉션s experience with what she thought she knew about her colleague? How will the allegations impact the charity they work for? Whose side is she even on?
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The story became more real in October 2017.
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