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But now that Journey has a future, she apparently also has to figure out what that future’s supposed to look like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome days the pain feels as fresh as that day: the day she attempted suicide. Her parents don’t know how to speak to her. Her best friend cracks all the wrong jokes. Her bipolar II disorder feels like it swallows her completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut other days—they feel like revelations. Like meeting the dazzling Etta, a city college student who is a world unto herself. 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