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Autumn’s Child tells the desperate story of Layla, a young and naïve

twelve year-old girl. Over ten critical years, her life changes quickly like

the colors of the trees in Autumn. Her parents are killed in a car accident

and she is forced to abandon her religious middle-class lifestyle.

She moves to the inner city streets of Chicago with her grandmother

and aunt; her only living relatives. Layla’s perfect past-life haunts her

throughout her tormented journey. This story tells the tale of a young

girl stumbling through her new found reality as she continues to understand

that she has been dealt a different set of cards. Layla’s neighbor

and best friend, Shay, helps to guide her through adolescence to

adulthood. Layla’s loyalty, faith and sanity are continually tested as she

matures throughout each season of her life.

Autumn’s Child chronicles a life on the opposite side of the coin, where

friendships are developed through tragedy and the pressure of a marginalized

life bears down heavily on pure souls. Layla is faced with

many compromising decisions, all while pleading to answer the perpetual

question, what would you do?

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L. Nicole Murray is a Chicago native. She

graduated from Columbia College with a

degree in Fiction Writing and Marketing,

and continues to write creatively. Nicole

lives in Chicago with her husband and

daughter. �This is her � first novel.