beauty & bone
by Layla O'Marain ⛪ Faith & Spirituality
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beauty & bone
About the Substack
Exploring, from a real, raw, lived place, how it feels to write, tend and (m)other as a mid-40's woman on this beautiful, tattered planet right now.
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About Layla O'Mara
Irish writer and tender. Fuelled by mucky walks, good coffee & early mornings to myself. ᨒ ོ ☼ My memoir about my unruly body, longing, belonging and coming home is out on submission soon.
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