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The Space Between Houses

by D. S. Artden (writer)

Eabout 1 hr 15 minchildren's fictionfamily1 endings

Ten-year-old Owen lives mostly with Mom and visits Dad at a new apartment forty-five minutes away. While both parents concentrate on rebuilding their separate lives, Owen quietly carries missed promises, adult messages, and a frightening suspicion that the divorce was somehow his fault. In a vivid dream world between two distant houses, a lantern-bearing Fox and a nest-building Bird help Owen find the words to tell the truth: a child can love two parents, live in two homes, and still remain entirely whole.

The shortest way through is about 1 hr 14 min; the longest, about 1 hr 15 min.

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Divorce and parental separationMild parental conflictA missed visit and feelings of abandonmentChildhood guilt, anger, and sadnessMildly unsettling dream imagery

What to expect

EDivorce and changing custody arrangementsParental conflictA parent missing a promised visitFeelings of abandonment and self-blameEmotionally intense dream sequences

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