Kimberly Babiarz sets out to fight human trafficking, only to discover that one of the biggest obstacles is the lack of reliable data, and after years of therapy, Denise Cai believes she's moved beyond her trauma—until her family notices patterns she can't yet see.
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Growing up in the fifties and sixties, Jenice Matias senses there's more to her mother's occupation than she understands, and D.B. Firstman has always known their body is different, but at the age of thirty, they make a discovery that changes everything.
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After years of helping others safely navigate glaciers, Monte Montepare suddenly finds himself at the mercy of one and Jessica Lee Williamson's OCD fixates on a single question: how will she die?
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While teaching a summer school math class in Texas, Justine Ang Fonte realizes that many of her students have never received even the most basic sex education and Guilherme Lichand uncovers a flaw in Brazil’s education system that leaves thousands of children with invisible disabilities unidentified and unsupported.
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