Growing up Hadley

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A heartbreaking story of resilience friendship and self-discovery.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Thirteen is a hard age. Even harder when you lose your mom to cancer. For Hadley it means being left in the hands of an angry alcoholic father who chips away at her self-worth until her anxiety is almost crippling.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Desperate for solace an unexpected friendship blooms - a lifeline woven from patience respect and shared laughter. Suddenly Hadley starts to smile again. Really truly smile. That is until her father's outlandish demands ruin everything.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As Hadley grows up she faces a choice: succumb to her father's toxic hold or finally put herself first and dare to chase the dreams she once whispered to the stars.</span></p><p><br></p>