Read An Excerpt From Shadows In The Pleasure Gardens By Elaine Mary Griffin
- EXCERPTS
- May 19, 2025
Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens by Elaine Mary Griffin weaves together timeless themes, including the personal search for purpose and fulfillment, pressure to conform to societal expectations, corruption of the powerful, and how horses help us escape it all, if only for a bit. Below is an excerpt from the novel: Chapter One It was
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