The Smoke We Shared

This debut novel by Lauren Sisley is available on Amazon in paperback and Ebook versions.

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Connor never imagined himself growing up outside of the city. But after a terminal diagnosis, drug abuse, and one bad night descend on Connor’s family, he finds himself transferred to foster care in North Walton, a rural community. Determined not to plant roots in this temporary placement, Connor keeps everyone at a distance. As long as he and his mother keep a clean record, he can count on going home soon.

While he passes the time in North Walton, Connor focuses on his sketches and smokes the cigarettes he smuggled from home. Each smoke takes him back to before his father was sick.
To a time before his mother chased her ghosts.
To a time before North Walton.

In this story of addiction and loss, Connor wants to be home. He mourns the life that illness stole from him, and through some chance encounters with an elderly resident of North Walton, he begins to redefine his understanding of the term, home.