title: It's Complicated: Stories From Within an Ancient Conflict
author: Kristen McCormack
description: Kristen McCormack lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a teacher, a coach, a speaker, a traveler, an artist, a part of her community, and a forever story-teller.
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  Author: Cynthia Eden This book is a work of fiction. Any similarities to real
  people, places, or events are not intentional and are the result of
  coincidence. The characters, places, and events in this story are fictional.
  
  
  Copyright ©2012 by Cynthia Eden Cover Design by Pickyme Digital Artist,
  Patricia Schmitt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
    * [Title/Copyright Page](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_000.html#filepos168)
  
  
  ### [The Better To
  Bite](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_002.html#filepos1814)
  
  
    * [Chapter One](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_002.html#filepos1814)
  
  
  * [Chapter Two](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_003.html#filepos24231)
  
  
  * [Chapter Three](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_004.html#filepos52214)
  
  
  * [Chapter Four](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_005.html#filepos89416)
  
  
  * [Chapter Five](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_006.html#filepos115235)
  
  
  * [Chapter Six](CR%21X2DDF79ZRX6BKA5J2F90FJHTMXVN_split_00