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a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system

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Anna begins to uncover deeper layers of herself

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Palm House, The Aug 2025 a lonely kid stuck inEdmund Putnam, days away from the end of his 50th year, finds that his solitary life is about to change. The magazine to which he has given his best decades faces closure, and Edmund will likely lose his job this coming Monday morning. But before this fateful prospect can arrive there are others, no less daunting: a date, and a birthday. Putnam's great friend, Laura, worries for him. She is a decade or so younger, employed by the same magazine but