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Her visits to her former hometown were infrequent and often painful. Pilgrimages fueled by the tepid oxygen of family duty, unease, guilt. The more Es...more

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The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. T...more

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For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?