Writing a book is no small feat. It takes endless creativity, patience, and dedication—from building the plot and characters to spending months, even years, bringing the story to life.

So you can imagine the heartbreak of this Redditor, who decided to support her sister-in-law by buying her new book, only to realize it was a copy of her own story, one she’d been working on since childhood. Feeling shocked and betrayed, she decided to take legal action. But when her family found out, they didn’t take her side.

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The woman decided to buy a copy of her sister-in-law’s book to show her support

But was stunned to find out it had been stolen from her own work

She later followed up with an edit

Readers encouraged the author to take things seriously and offered their

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