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    Playing Patience
    Playing Patience
    Playing Patience
    Audiobook8 hours

    Playing Patience

    Written by Tabatha Vargo

    Narrated by Tatiana Sokolov and Todd Haberkorn

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Life's been hard for Zeke. Being a punching bag for his alcoholic father has turned him into stone. Not even the dodgy trailer park he lives in can scare him. Fighting is his release and sex, drugs, and his guitar bring him peace, but deep down Zeke isn't quite as hard as he makes himself out to be. When he meets Patience, she finds all his broken pieces and puts him back together. She's a ray of light in his shadowed life and the last thing he wants to do is bring her into his dark world. Playing careless is easy, playing the bad guy can be fun, but playing Patience is impossible, especially when she can see right through him.

    Zeke isn't the only one who's broken, and for the first time in a long time, Patience feels alive. Her black and white world gets a shot of color when she meets Zeke. With his tattoos, piercings, and blunt honesty, he's unlike anyone she's ever met. She wants nothing more than to let go and ride the wild side with him, but some wounds never heal and the broken pieces of Patience aren't so easy to find.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 31, 2014
    ISBN9781452688220
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      This is a very powerful story about two teenagers faced with some horrible events. I am so shattered by their story and at times I found it difficult to breathe because of the pain. But after reading and understanding these are two strong individuals. I realized their story will be cherished by many and may help people.
      If you have not read the book you may not understand my review so I'm sorry for that but I refuse to give away this gift, this story, their love.