Analyzing Wharton's Loss Of Self

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THE SEQUEL TO I WILL NOT KILL MYSELF, OLIVIA

So much has been broken. So much has been lost. But against all the odds, Jimmy Wharton is determined to wipe the slate clean, put his life back together again, and find the happiness that has been eluding him. Two years, eight countries, one degree change and a brand new career later, it looks as if he’s finally found it – until his world once again implodes around him, and his friends have to rush him straight back to hospital.

When he wakes up, his life appears more in ruins than ever. However, there is one person who can help him finally find the light at the end of the tunnel.

But, it’s someone from his past.

Someone who he was sure he’d never speak to again.

Picking up right

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